Sept. 13, 2021 By Christian Murray Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that the NYPD will be stepping up its traffic enforcement near schools this week. The announcement comes as public schools fully reopen for in-person classes today, the first time they are operating on a full-time, in-person basis since March 2020. The increase in… Read more »
Aug. 17, 2021 By Christian Murray A man was robbed at gunpoint in Astoria early Sunday morning. Police said that a 39-year-old man was walking in the vicinity of 38th Street and 28th Avenue when two armed men approached him and demanded his property. The suspects took the victim’s jewelry and other personal property and… Read more »
Aug. 4, 2021 By Christian Murray The NYPD is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four men wanted for a mass shooting in Corona Saturday night. The reward comes four days after two men opened fire on 37th Avenue (between 97th and 98th streets) that left 10 people injured in… Read more »
July 1, 2021 By Allie Griffin The City Council passed a record-breaking $98.7 billion executive budget for the upcoming fiscal year Wednesday, but not everyone supported it. Wednesday’s budget hearing was relatively placid compared to last year, when council members voted for or against the prior budget amid mounting pressure to decrease police spending. That… Read more »
June 14, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A street in Corona has been co-named in honor of an Elmhurst Hospital worker and long-time community leader who died of COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic. The intersection of 98th Place and 57th Avenue was co-named Priscilla Carrow Way on Friday, with Carrow’s friends, family and colleagues,… Read more »
June 2, 2021 By Christian Murray Hate-filled vandals scrawled swastikas and other ugly messages on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park today. The graffiti blanketed the memorial that features the names of 371 service members from Queens who gave up their lives in the Vietnam war. “This is the worst vandalism I have seen… Read more »
May 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin A developer has filed permits to demolish a number of buildings in Rego Park, including a popular diner and a synagogue that occupies a historic Art Deco building. RJ Capital Holdings, under the name Trylon LLC, filed the demolition permits on May 3 for the triangular lot at 98-85… Read more »
May 10, 2021 By Christina Santucci A 28-year-old Queens Village man was arraigned Sunday afternoon on charges of killing and sexually assaulting his own mother, the Queens district attorney said. Pushkar Sharma was charged with second degree murder and first degree sexual abuse in the death of his 65-year-old mother, Saroj Sharma, authorities said. The incident… Read more »
May 5, 2021 By Allie Griffin A 38-year-old homeless man died in hospital Tuesday after having been assaulted in Ridgewood days earlier. Lukasz Ruszczyk, who was living on the streets of Ridgewood, succumbed to his injuries at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center nearly five days after he was assaulted by another homeless man, police said. Ruszczyk… Read more »
May 4, 2021 By Ryan Songalia Four Queens-based start-ups were awarded $10,000 each in seed money last week to expand their respective businesses. A children’s center, a tech-design agency, a butcher shop and a design firm all nabbed $10,000 in the 15th annual Queens Economic Development Corporation’s StartUP! Business Competition. The businesses entered into a… Read more »