July 22, 2021 By Christian Murray A Queens-based rugby club that was founded in 2019 is about to kick off its 2021 season and its leaders are currently recruiting players. The club, based out of Astoria, has around 60 active members and is called the Queens Rugby Club, the first rugby club in the borough… Read more »
July 21, 2021 By Ryan Songalia The oldest and largest Dragon Boat festival in the United States will return to Queens next month. The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will stage its 30th iteration on Saturday, Aug. 7 at Meadow Lake at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to… Read more »
July 21, 2021 By Christian Murray An FDNY firefighter who allegedly killed a man while driving drunk in Jackson Heights last year has been indicted on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide—and other crimes—and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. John DaSilva, 31, was indicted today for allegedly killing Grady Romero-Duarte during the… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on JUL 19, 2021, 10:07PM EDT BY Samantha Maldonado Under the new ranked choice voting system, New Yorkers got to cast ballots for their top five choices for mayor and other municipal offices in last month’s primary. When it came to whether the new system worked, supporters and… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray The building that houses the Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library will be closing due to a failure of the HVAC system. The branch, located at 41-17 Main St., has been used in recent months by the city as a vaccination site—with library service being closed. The vaccination… Read more »
July 15, 2021 By Christian Murray A 29-year-man was indicted by a Queens grand jury Thursday on murder charges in the shooting death of a 10-year-old Far Rockaway boy. Jovan Young, 29, has been charged with murder in the second degree and other charges in the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Justin Wallace on the evening… Read more »
This article was originally published by The City on JUL 13, 2021, 8:07PM EDT BY ALLISON DIKANOVIC New York was one of the last states in the country to launch a COVID rent relief program with money from the federal government this spring. And the funds have yet to start flowing. Just to recap: In… Read more »
July 15, 2021 By Christian Murray State Sen. John Liu and several Queens officials held a press conference in Bellerose Tuesday to call on the city to repair sidewalks that were damaged about a year ago by Tropical Storm Isaias. Liu, joined by community leaders and residents of northeast Queens, urged City Hall to fix… Read more »
July 14, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for three females wanted for robbing two cell phone stores in Corona on Monday. The first incident took place at around 5:15 p.m. inside Boost Mobile, located at 103-19 39th Ave., when the women entered the store and asked an employee to see an iPhone… Read more »
July 14, 2021 By Christian Murray New York City’s vaccination campaign has prevented as many as 8,300 COVID-related deaths, the City’s Department of Health reported today. The DOH, citing a study conducted by epidemiologists at Yale University, said that the city’s campaign has also prevented 250,000 COVID-19 cases and 44,000 hospitalizations since it began through… Read more »