June 13, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Council Member Peter Koo has been appointed as Chair of the City Council Committee on Park and Recreations, filling the empty seat left by Council Member Barry Grodenchik who resigned last month following a sexual harassment scandal. “I am thrilled at my appointment to the Chair of the NYC… Read more »
June 11, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The MTA held a town hall meeting in Long Island City last night and its leader Andy Byford told the audience that the agency will be installing a new system designed to catch falling debris. Byford, speaking at an MTA Fast Forward event at LaGuardia Community College, said that… Read more »
June 11, 2019 By Max Murray What looked to be a great ending to a fun night wound up being a disaster for a Whitestone man. During a late-night at the Up and Down Club in the West Village, the 26-year-old victim caught the attention of the female suspect at around 3.a.m. The pair went… Read more »
June 10, 2019 By Max Murray The police are looking for a man in connection with an attempted robbery in Flushing earlier this month. According to police at around 11 p.m. on Sunday, June 2nd, a 26-year-old woman was walking outside Macy’s at 136-50 Roosevelt Ave. with a 25-year-old male companion. The two were then… Read more »
June 6, 2019 By Christian Murray The police are looking for two men wanted in connection to an assault that took place in Flushing last month. The suspects allegedly punched and kicked a 56-year-old man in the head following a verbal dispute that took place inside a commercial establishment at 40-01 149th Place around 9… Read more »
June 5, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Three men were arrested over the weekend after police raided a Flushing home and seized 43 pounds of marijuana, a variety of opioids, and over $37,000 in cash, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. The Queens North Narcotics Squad searched the Flushing home, located at 47-04 163 St., on… Read more »
June 3, 2019 By Max Murray Council Member Paul Vallone introduced a bill last week that aims to reduce pedestrian fatalities through the introduction of a new traffic device that would be powered by solar energy. The device would provide drivers with an advanced warning through flashing lights when a pedestrian crosses the street in… Read more »
June 3, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A woman was found dead inside a Flushing apartment over the weekend. On Sunday, just before 10:30 a.m., police responded to a call of an unconscious person inside an apartment of 143-16 Willets Point Blvd. Officers arrived and found an unconscious and unresponsive Asian woman on a bed inside… Read more »
May 31, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) broke ground yesterday on a 555-seat annex for Francis Lewis High School. The Fresh Meadows school, located at 58-20 Utopia Pkwy., has been in desperate need of classroom space, being at 200 percent capacity, making it the most overcrowded school in the… Read more »
May 29, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A thief made off with $70,000 cash and other belongings from a College Point home in a burglary over the weekend, according to authorities. Police say the suspect forced his way into the residency, a house located in the vicinity of 117 Street and 12 Avenue, around 3:24 a.m. on… Read more »