Aug. 13, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Last week the Queens Chamber of Commerce brought together app-based delivery drivers and local restaurant owners for a roundtable discussion on what they say are negative consequences of the city’s new minimum pay rate for delivery workers. The Aug. 8 event, held at Rincon Salvadoreño, a family-owned restaurant…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are looking for an armed robbery crew that stole a pricey Swiss luxury wristwatch from a home on a residential street in the Liberty Park section of Glendale and shot a man before they fled the scene in a minivan last…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry Seven members of a California-based cryptocurrency hacker network were indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of grand larceny, money laundering, identity theft and other related crimes following a long-term investigation into the hack of a private Bitcoin wallet belonging to a 61-year-old Jamaica man, Queens District…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon More than 800,000 healthcare workers across New York have received more than $2 billion in bonuses from the state government, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. The extra funds were awarded to employees who provide hands-on, patient-facing care in counties throughout The Empire State. Only employees with an annualized…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Jenifer Rajkumar, a Queens Democratic Assembly member and close ally of Mayor Eric Adams, officially launched her campaign in next year’s Democratic primary for city comptroller late Monday. Rajkumar announced her bid via a video posted to her new campaign website on Monday afternoon. It followed Rajkumar filing…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Athena Dawson There is still time to experience one of Queens’ most iconic jazz events, with free concerts continuing every Thursday evening through September. The Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series, which started in June, will stop in Far Rockaway on Aug. 15, Baisley Pond Park on Aug. 29 and Astoria…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Mayor Eric Adams Earlier in June, the Lower East Side and New York City was shocked by an egregious outburst of violence when a person with severe mental illness stabbed three-people on 14th Street. While overall crime is down in our city and instances like this are an outlier, one…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Czarinna Andres St. John’s Episcopal Hospital on the Rockaway Peninsula has received $500,000 in funding from New York State Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato, which will advance the hospital’s efforts to improve women’s healthcare services. The funds will support the construction of the hospital’s new Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP)…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York Mets announced the launch of Mets Connect, the team’s first-ever loyalty program, on Monday, Aug. 12. Mets Connect is designed to provide fans with unique offerings and experiences throughout the remainder of the 2024 season. It is meant to help bring them closer to the…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Athena Dawson A local church in South Ozone Park is hosting its monthly food donation program next Thursday, Aug. 22. Volunteers at St. James-St Matthew’s Lutheran Church, located at 119-15 135th Ave., want to give back to some of the neighborhood’s most vulnerable residents. The event runs from 5 to…