Apr. 7, 2025 By Czarinna Andres April 7, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin Get ready to race through rainbows for a great cause in Long Island City. Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 12, and lace up for the inaugural Let’s Grant Wishes Color Run, a vibrant charitable run/walk hosted by The Learning Experience in…
Apr. 7, 2025 By Shane O’Brien U.S. Rep. Grace Meng has joined U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis to reintroduce bipartisan legislation that would expand housing benefits for veterans nationwide. Meng and Malliotakis, a Republican representing parts of southern Brooklyn and Staten Island, have introduced the Fair Access to Co-Ops for Veterans Act (H.R.1803), a bill…
Apr. 7, 2025 Czarinna Andres and Ramy Mahmoud Council Member Sandra Ung honored longtime Flushing resident and Holocaust survivor Hanna Slome with a New York City Council proclamation on Sunday, April 6, in recognition of her 100th birthday and a life defined by resilience, service, and community. Ung visited Slome’s home on Parsons Boulevard,…
Apr. 7, 2025 By Jessica Militello Tucked away between a car dealership and an auto mechanic on Fresh Pond Road, Sideshow NYC is easy to miss—but for more than two decades, the small storefront has quietly served as a hub of underground culture, skateboarding, and analog media in Queens. Located at 62-15 Fresh Pond…
Apr. 7, 2025 By Jessica Militello A new fitness facility has opened its doors in Bayside with a mission to offer members a quieter, more personalized gym experience. Iron Pump, which held its soft opening on March 10 at 38-17 Bell Blvd., aims to stand apart from larger, high-traffic gyms by creating a space…
Apr. 7, 2025 By bparry April 7, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct are still looking for a groper who targeted a woman near the 61st Street transit hub in Woodside late last month. The incident occurred at around 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, as the 35-year-old victim was walking…
Apr. 7, 2025 By Bill Parry Marking one year since the fatal police shooting of 19-year-old Win Rozario, members of the South Asian community joined his family and friends on Thursday, April 10, for a vigil at Frank McConnell Park in Richmond Hill, followed by a march demanding justice. Rozario, a Bangladeshi teen experiencing…
Apr. 7, 2025 By emarshall April 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall As the Long Island City Business Improvement District (LIC BID) celebrates its 20th anniversary, community leaders and founding members are reflecting on the district’s transformative impact on one of New York City’s fastest-growing neighborhoods. Established in 2005 and managed by the Long Island…
Apr. 7, 2025 By Shane O’Brien U.S. Rep. Grace Meng has called on the Department of Homeland Security to restore millions of dollars in funding for food pantries across Queens and New York City. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Meng contended that New York City food pantries are…
Apr. 7, 2025 By sobrien April 7, 2025 By Shane O’Brien LaGuardia Community College has formalized a partnership with Queens College, aiming to increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students pursuing STEM majors. The partnership, formalized by LaGuardia President Kenneth Adams and Queens College President Frank Wu on Wednesday morning, promotes the Queens…