Aug. 15, 2019 By Ryanne Salzano Elected officials from Queens celebrated the signing of the Religious Garb Bill at the Sikh Cultural Society in Richmond Hill on Tuesday. The bill, signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday, Aug. 9, widens the definition of employment discrimination in New York’s existing Human Rights Law. Now, religious attire,… Read more »
Aug. 14, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The police are looking for a man in connection to a e-bike robbery that occurred in Flushing on Monday. A 44-year-old man noticed the suspect removing his electric bike from a secure location in front of 136-21 41st Ave. at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12. The man… Read more »
Aug. 14, 2019 By Ryanne Salzano NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling on the MTA to make all its LIRR stations in Queens and Brooklyn handicap accessible and make a number of station upgrades. Stringer penned a letter to LIRR President Phillip Eng Aug. 7 and noted that 18 of the 22 stations in Queens… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Several elected officials have condemned the Trump Administration’s new “Public Charge Rule” which will reject green card applications for legal immigrants who rely on public assistance. Congresswoman Grace Meng, Council Member Daniel Dromm and New York State Attorney General Letitia James have all publicly criticized the ruling, which makes… Read more »
Aug. 13, By Max Murray The city will begin spraying pesticides for the third time this season to keep the number of mosquitos at bay in Corona, Flushing, Kew Gardens, Murray Hill, Auburndale, and other parts of Queens and the Bronx on Aug. 15. The spraying will begin at around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday night,… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The police are looking for three suspects in connection to two robberies that occurred over the course of an hour in Flushing last month. The two robberies took place at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 14 and at 12:40 a.m. on Monday, July 15, approximately a mile and a… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2019 By Christian Murray The subway stations in Queens are in a state of disrepair and a new report released by the state comptroller’s office indicates that nearly half the structural components—such as stairs, platforms and ventilators—are worn out or damaged. The report, released by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Friday,… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A firefighter rescued a 4-year-old boy from a sweltering car in College Point yesterday after his father left him inside the locked vehicle while he was allegedly buying drugs. Firefighter Matthew Clinton smashed his way through the driver’s-side window of a car parked outside Target, located at 135-05 20th… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Police are looking for two men who robbed a man at gunpoint inside his Flushing home on Monday. On Monday, August 5 at around 6:25 p.m., a 33-year old man was held up by the two men in his home located in the vicinity of 157th Street and 26th… Read more »
Aug. 7, 2019 By Allie Griffin The fierce six-weeks-long battle between Public Defender Tiffany Cabán and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has finally ended when Cabán conceded in the DA primary race Tuesday. After she failed to win back enough ballots to surpass Katz’s narrow lead in a court decision yesterday, Cabán announced her concession… Read more »