May 23, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A 35-year-old man is dead after being shot Saturday at the LeFrak City housing complex in Corona. Douglas Jones, a resident of LeFrak City, was shot in the head on a stairwell at the 96-10 57th Ave. complex, according to police. The NYPD was called to the scene at… Read more »
May 23, 2022 By Christian Murray A man was fatally stabbed while in bed during a home invasion in Flushing early Sunday morning. Wong Yat, 41, was asleep with his wife in their 3rd floor apartment at 132-18 57th Rd. when a man broke in at around 2 a.m. via the balcony and woke the… Read more »
May 20, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Two eastern Queens lawmakers are working on renaming a Long Island Expressway overpass after an NYPD officer who was struck and killed by a drunk driver while directing traffic on the thoroughfare last year. State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky and Assemblymember Nily Rozic aim to have the overpass located… Read more »
May 20, 2022 By Christian Murray The city’s speed cameras are likely to be in operation 24/7 starting July 1—now that an agreement has been struck between state lawmakers and the mayor’s office. Mayor Eric Adams issued a statement Thursday saying that state legislators plan to introduce legislation that will permit speed cameras to be… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on May 19, 2022 The clock is ticking on the final days of a likely-to-expire tax break real estate developers rely on to build new apartments — and the rush is on to get foundations in the ground before June 15, when 421-a will end unless the… Read more »
May 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The average price for a gallon of regular gas broke the $5 mark in Queens today—for the first time ever. The pain at the pump for Queens drivers was evident this morning at the BP station on Queens Boulevard in Long Island City where it was $5.03 for a… Read more »
May 19, 2022 By Christian Murray The Flushing Business Improvement District is launching its first ever restaurant week on Monday. The weeklong event, which goes from May 23 through May 31, aims to showcase 15 restaurants in Downtown Flushing. The restaurants will offer prix-fixe lunch and early dinner specials starting at $20. The establishments participating… Read more »
May 18, 2022 By Christian Murray A woman who got into a vehicle in Manhattan—thinking it was a car service taking her to Brooklyn—was taken for a wild ride to Forest Hills during the early hours Sunday where she was sexually attacked by the driver. The woman, 33, found herself in the vehicle after attempting… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on May 17, 2022 By Rachel Holliday Smith New York City has more vacant apartments overall than it did five years ago even as units with monthly rents under $1,500 have dried up, according to a new report that also shows maintenance issues are surging across the… Read more »
May 17, 2022 By Christian Murray The new state senate districts in western Queens have undergone significant change with both Astoria and Long Island City residents slated to be in entirely new districts—while the maps across the borough are much more compact. A draft of the revised maps was released Monday that was put together… Read more »