Sept. 25, 2020 By Christian Murray A 56-year-old pedestrian was struck dead by a BMW while crossing College Point Boulevard on Saturday. Lujan Quintero, a Flushing resident, was crossing midblock in the vicinity of Avery Avenue when he was hit by a northbound 2014 BMW sedan at around 9:10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19. The… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2020 By Christian Murray The Queens Public Library announced today that seven additional branches are slated to reopen for “to-go” service Monday. The library system currently has 15 branches open for to-got service and after Monday it will have 22 up and running. The latest branches to be added include the Arverne Library,… Read more »
Sept. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray A pedestrian is dead after being struck at the intersection of Main Street and 37th Avenue in downtown Flushing earlier this month. Shaofen Jin, 57, was hit by a 2013 Honda Accord at around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6 and succumbed to her injuries four days later. Jin… Read more »
Sept. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray Drag racing is a problem throughout Queens—from Sunnyside to Fresh Meadows–and a Flushing legislator is looking to clamp down on the problem. Assemblywoman Nily Rozic is introducing legislation that would authorize the city to extend the hours that existing speed cameras are in operation in areas known for drag… Read more »
Sept. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray A Queens police officer who worked out of the NYPD 111th Precinct in Bayside has been charged with spying on behalf of the People’s Republic of China. Baimadajie Angwang, 33, a resident of Williston Park in Long Island, was allegedly working as an agent on behalf of Beijing and… Read more »
Sept. 21, 2020 By Christian Murray A Flushing man has been charged with insider trading after using information he learned at his place of work to profit on stocks. Yinghang Yang, 27, alongside an unnamed co-conspirator, made more than $900,000 based on information he obtained from his corporate employer. The defendant worked at a financial… Read more »
Sept. 18, 2020 By Christian Murray A College Point woman was indicted for murder this week for fatally stabbing her former boyfriend in the neck, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Kattie Mino, 20, allegedly plunged a knife into the neck of her ex-boyfriend, Jonathan Estevez, on the morning of March 4 after the… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2020 By Christian Murray A Queens legislator will be introducing a bill before the city council Wednesday that calls for the decriminalization of jaywalking. Council Member Costa Constantinides, who is sponsoring the bill, said that black and Latinx New Yorkers are the ones most ticketed for jaywalking and the bill aims to end… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2020 By Christian Murray A vandal smashed more than a dozen windows on a subway car on the 7 line in Queens Friday night. MTA police found 18 broken windows at around 11:40 p.m. as the subway car pulled into the 61st Street-Woodside station. More than 500 windows have been smashed since May,… Read more »
Sept. 11, 2020 By Christian Murray The Ridgewood YMCA will be offering parents free childcare on days their kids have to do remote learning. The program, which will be open for students in Queens, is being funded by a $500,000 donation by AT&T and WarnerMedia to the YMCA of Greater New York. The Ridgewood YMCA… Read more »