Sept. 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin The city is threatening to shut down nonessential businesses and limit gatherings in neighborhoods with coronavirus clusters if cases continue to rise. Kew Gardens and Far Rockaway, along with several neighborhoods in Brooklyn, are in danger of a second shutdown if the cases don’t decline by Monday, the Health… Read more »
Sept. 22, 2020 By Allie Griffin Several New York City neighborhoods, including two in Queens, are seeing an alarming uptick in positive coronavirus cases that city officials say requires urgent action. The Health Department is investigating a large increase in COVID-19 cases in Kew Gardens and Far Rockaway in Queens and Williamsburg, Borough Park, Midwood… Read more »
Sept. 22, 2020 By Allie Griffin The majority of parents in eastern Queens with children in public school have opted to keep them home to attend classes online. More than half the students in the eastern Queens school districts will be learning remotely, according to the latest survey results from the New York City… Read more »
Sept. 21, 2020 By Christian Murray Police have arrested a female bigot who authorities say threw a glass bottle at a black jogger in Woodside last month then shouted a racial slur at her. Lorena Delagune, a 53-year-old white woman who lives at the Woodside Houses NYCHA development, has been charged with attempted assault as a… Read more »
Sept. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin Brooklynites spelled out how they really feel about the New York City mayor and New York governor with a massive street mural over the weekend. Attendees of a Williamsburg block-party fed up with the elected officials painted “F–k Cuomo and de Blasio” in huge block letters across the blacktop… Read more »
Sept. 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin Staffers at 10 Queens public schools have tested positive for COVID-19 since teachers and administrators returned to schools across the city on Sept. 8. The 10 schools are among 56 citywide, where positive coronavirus cases have been confirmed, according to a list the Department of Education provided from Sept…. Read more »
Sept. 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 35-year-old Brooklyn prosecutor was struck and killed by a bus Monday while she was riding her bicycle through South Williamsburg. Sarah Pitts, a Senior District Attorney with Brooklyn D.A. Eric Gonzalez’s office, was riding a bike eastbound on Wythe Avenue around 12:35 a.m. when she struck by a… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin A South Ozone Park man will serve two years in prison for sexually abusing two young girls at his daughter’s daycare business — including one whom he abused for several years. Ramon Rodriguez, 77, was sentenced to two years in prison and three years’ post-release supervision today in Queens… Read more »
July 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin Brooklyn activist Emily Gallagher has unseated 46-year incumbent Joe Lentol to represent Greenpoint and Williamsburg in a stunning defeat. Gallagher beat out Lentol, one of the longest-serving members of the State Assembly, with the support of absentee voters in the Democratic primary for the 50th Assembly District. She trailed… Read more »
July 21, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A disbarred Queens lawyer was charged Monday for allegedly bilking his clients out of thousands of dollars after they entrusted him to take charge of their legal matters. Michael Kohn, 70, allegedly stole funds held in bank accounts that were owed to three of his clients following real estate… Read more »