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World-renowned Jazz master Reggie Workman to be honored with 2023 Satchmo Award at Flushing Town Hall

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Oct. 19, 2023 By Rachel Butler The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) will be honoring the world-renowned bassist, composer, bandleader, educator and NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman with the foundation’s prestigious Satchmo Award. The artist is being recognized for his seven decades of jazz musicianship. The event will be taking place as part of the WBGO’s Kids Jazz Concert Series at Flushing Town Hall at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21. The free concert will feature Workman’s current creation for Armstrong, his six-piece ensemble with pianist David Virelles, drummer Gary Jones, III, alto saxophonist Marvin Carter, rap vocalist J Swiss and…
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Council Member Ung announces $4.5 million in funding to help improve local schools

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Oct. 19, 2023 By Rachel Butler Queens Council Member Sandra Ung recently visited P.S. 162 in Fresh Meadows to attend the school’s first assembly of the year, during which she announced that she has successfully secured $162,000 in this year’s budget, which will be used for technology upgrades at the school. In the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, Ung secured more than $4.5 million for schools in her district, which includes the neighborhoods of Flushing, Mitchell-Linden, Murray Hill, Queensboro Hill and Fresh Meadows. “I can think of no better way to invest in the future of our community and the rest…
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Study shows how flood zones impact prices and sales of Queens homes

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Oct. 18, 2023 By Ethan Marshall PropertyShark compiled a report that shows how the prices and sales of homes across New York City are impacted by flood zones. According to the report, flood zones have had a large effect in Queens since Superstorm Sandy hit the borough in 2012. In 2023, there were a total…
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NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital announces new chief of cardiothoracic surgery

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Oct. 18, 2023 By Rachel Butler NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital announced that Dr. Iosif Gulkarov has been named its new chief of cardiothoracic surgery. Gulkarov is a leading adult cardiac surgeon and, as of Oct. 1, was also recruited to Weill Cornell Medicine as an associate professor of clinical cardiothoracic surgery. In his new role, Gulkarov…
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Crunching the Queens crime stats: Rape cases rising, grand larceny continues downward trend

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Oct. 18, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The NYPD released the crime stats for northern and southern Queens from Sept. 17 to Oct. 15. While much of it follows a similar trend to last week’s stats, there are some notable changes in trends. Rape cases in northern Queens rose from 15 to 20 year-over-year. While the 104th, 111th and 112th precincts each saw no change, the only northern Queens precinct to experience a decline was the 115th, from five last year to one this year. Southern Queens, on the other hand, experienced no change compared to the same period of time…
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Queens community boards are frustrated with new responsibility of approving cannabis storefronts

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Oct. 18, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan As the state is rolling out legal adult-use cannabis with an emphasis on social equity, community boards have been left with a novel responsibility of approving the dispensary applications that are rolling in.   At this month’s monthly meeting that congregates the chairs of all 14 community boards in Queens, a frustration with the state’s lack of support in adopting the new responsibility dominated the meeting. All who spoke up at the Oct. 16 meeting in Kew Gardens expressed a need for more structure to deal with the various challenges that are already coming up…
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Queens man shot and critically injured after robber smashes way into home: NYPD

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Police stand outside the Flushing, Queens home where a man was shot and critically injured during an apparent robbery on Oct. 18, 2023.

Oct. 18, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki A Queens man is fighting for his life after being shot during an apparent home invasion robbery early on Wednesday morning. Police are looking for as many as eight masked marauders involved in the dramatic pre-dawn caper, which took place at about 5:39 a.m. on Oct. 18 on…

Report for September 2023 shows slight decrease in average rental price in Queens

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Oct. 18, 2023 By Ethan Marshall According to MNS Real Estate’s September 2023 rental market report for Queens, there was a 0.23% decrease in the average rent compared to the previous month, from $2,811.34 to $2,804.94. However, the average rental price is still 4.41% more than in September 2o22. The report shows that, compared to August, the average rental price for a studio unit went down 0.78%, from $2,239.70 to $2,222.19. However, the average rental price for a one-bedroom unit increased 0.40%, from $2,736.71 to $2,747.66. Two-bedroom units also experienced an increase, from $3,415.06 to $3,444.97, for a 0.88% rise….
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