Aug. 22, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A small number of protesters gathered at Citi Field Wednesday afternoon to campaign against the New York Mets’ use of facial recognition technology at ticket points throughout the baseball ground. The protest, organized by Fight for the Future, Encode Justice NY and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP),…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane As the New York Mets continue their playoff push, the team made a very special signing Tuesday, Aug. 20. Eight-year-old Mason Maier got to live out his dream when he signed an honorary contract to be a “Met for a Day.” Originally diagnosed with Acute…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York City metropolitan area is on track to lead the United States in new apartments constructed among major cities in 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm RentCafe. With 32,935 new rentals expected to be completed by the end of the year, the…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Anthony Medina Over the past two months, mosquitoes in more than 40 Queens neighborhoods—and additional areas across New York City—have tested positive for the West Nile Virus, according to the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Four residents from Queens and Manhattan were confirmed to have contracted West Nile…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry A 73-year-old man was punched out by a stranger in broad daylight in Flushing on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 10, and police from the 109th Precinct are still looking for his attacker, who remains at large nearly two weeks after the beatdown. The senior was walking in…
Aug. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien New York City FC (NYCFC) will host its first-ever Kids Night when the MLS club takes on Chicago Fire at Citi Field at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 24. Prior to kick-off, NYCFC will host a Fan Fest at Mets Plaza from 5-7 p.m. featuring family-friendly games, giveaways,…
Aug. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for two women who ran away from the scene of a fatal collision in Queensboro Hill early Tuesday morning. One of the women was behind the wheel of a 2015 Ford U-Haul box truck traveling westbound on the Horace…
The alleged Queens car thief who stole a vehicle in Corona over the weekend and led police on a white-knuckle chase after narrowly missing mowing down an officer was remanded on Tuesday. Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry led a slew of cops into a Queens Criminal Courtroom on Aug. 20 to face 19-year-old…
Aug. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and ESPN have announced a partnership with Alicia Keys’ Tony-nominated Broadway musical “Hell’s Kitchen” to help bring tennis to new audiences for the 2024 US Open. Music from the hit Broadway show will resound across ESPN channels and the Billie Jean King…
Aug. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson Overgrown medians and trash-strewn streets across Queens are raising quality-of-life concerns among residents throughout the borough. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards held a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 13, urging city agencies to address the neglected medians throughout the borough. Standing in front of an overgrown median at…