May. 15, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Astoria State Senator Michael Gianaris and Fresh Meadows Assembly Member Nily Rozic introduced the Good Jobs Guarantee Act in Albany this month, which could unlock $1 billion in private funding for workforce development. The legislation was introduced in partnership with Pursuit, a workforce development company based in Long Island…
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May. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for an older-than-usual burglar who broke into a commercial establishment in Murray Hill late last month.
May. 15, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City suffered the largest gap between the amount of growth in wages and the increase in rent across the United States from 2022 to 2023, according to a study by the real estate listing information firm StreetEasy and the real estate marketplace company Zillow. Among the metro…
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May. 14, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Council Member Vickie Paladino hosted the Third Annual National Superheroes Day Breakfast on Apr. 28, honoring over 70 New York City law enforcement officers, EMTs, firefighters and members of the Transit K9 Unit. During the breakfast, held at Paladino’s Whitestone office, located at 2015 Francis Lewis Blvd., Paladino presented…
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May. 13, 2024 By Czarinna Andres May 13, 2024 By Queens Post News Team More than 100 people gathered at Elmhurst Hospital on Saturday afternoon for the second annual celebration in honor of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The event, organized by New York Assemblymember Steven Raga, featured several cultural performances from… Read more »
May. 13, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Despite the rainy morning, dozens of older adults lined up in Flushing on Friday to shred stacks of their personal documents in an effort to prevent fraud. For the second year in a row, AARP partnered with the Flushing YMCA on Northern Blvd to bring the shredding event to…
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May. 10, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan After pushing the State Department to address the long wait times associated with passport applications and renewals, Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng says the process is now significantly shorter. In 2023, the State Department issued a record 24 million passports after receiving an average of half a million applications each…
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May. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Queens residents can expect a slowdown in the amount of new development in the coming years. The number of building permits issued in Queens in 2023 was the lowest since 2016, with developers obtaining 3,834 permits in the borough last year, according to a report by the New York City…
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May. 10, 2024 By Czarinna Andres A lucky lottery player in Flushing, has won a top prize of $36,274 in the TAKE 5 evening drawing, the New York Lottery announced today. The winning ticket for the May 9 draw was purchased at 79-07 Express News Inc., located at 79-07 Main Street in Flushing. The same…
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May. 10, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_74046" align="alignnone" width="700"] Cops are looking for this suspect who allegedly stabbed a man multiple times in his neck during an attempted robbery in Corona. NYPD[/caption]
May 10, 2024 By Bill Parry