Aug. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A St. Albans man was arrested by the Port Authority Police Department after a loaded handgun was detected in his backpack at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Terminal C in LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday, July 31. Anthony Richard Morgan, 31, was checking in for a flight…
Aug. 2, 2024 By Ethan Marshall National Grid, a multinational company that supplies natural gas to New York, announced on Thursday, Aug. 1, that Sally Librera will be the new president of its New York business starting in September. Librera will also join National Grid’s Group Executive Committee, where she will work to help…
Aug. 2, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported rapes spiked in southern Queens during the 28-day period from July 1-28, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. Meanwhile, felony assaults jumped in northern Queens over the same respective period. Rapes in southern Queens…
Aug. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD is looking for six members of a retail theft crew that has targeted nine sportswear and clothes shops in three boroughs during a three-month-long crime spree, with one of their biggest scores carried out in a sporting goods store inside the Queens Center Mall in late…
Aug. 2, 2024 By Anthony Medina A targeted operation launched in May to shut down illegal smoke shops has led to the shuttering of over 195 locations in Queens and hundreds more throughout the five boroughs, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced at a press conference in the Bronx Wednesday. The Mayor’s announcement…
Aug. 2, 2024 By Athena Dawson The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced Wednesday, July 31, that they have started their planned $51.8 million infrastructure project in Rosedale. The project, which the DDC is managing, will address reoccurring…
Aug. 1, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The median sales price for new developments across Queens fell from the second quarter of 2023 to the second quarter of 2024, according to a report by the New York City real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate. Year-over-year, the median sales price for these developments in Queens dropped…
Aug. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A Rockaway Beach man could spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting at cops at the Ocean Bay Apartments in Edgemere during the early morning of Saturday, July 27, following a night of heavy drinking. Joel Kelly, 60, of Beach 92nd Street, was arraigned in…
Aug. 1, 2024 By Anthony Medina Thousands of low-income families across the state will soon be receiving as much as $350 per child as part of the Empire State Child Credit Program, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. The governor announced Tuesday that a total of $350 million in supplemental payments will be distributed to…
Aug. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for a suspect who targeted women at or near the Queens Center Mall on two occasions in two days, snatching their pricey MacBook devices. The latest incident occurred on the evening of Wednesday, July 10, as a 57-year-old woman…