Jan. 4, 2021, By Michael Dorgan The Queens Place Mall and surrounding streets were evacuated Monday after a suspicious device near a vehicle in the garage was reported. The device was reported at around 8:40 a.m. in a vehicle that was “looking strange,” near 56th Ave. and Queens Blvd, police said. The vehicle was reported… Read more »
Dec. 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Mad For Chicken, the Korean-style chicken chain, is opening a restaurant in Forest Hills next month. The new restaurant, which will be located at 71-37 Austin St., will be the company’s fifth venue, with three currently in Queens and another in Brooklyn. Given COVID-19 restrictions, the new eatery will… Read more »
Dec. 22, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Two Queens pharmacy owners were busted by the feds Monday for ripping off the Medicare system to the tune of $30 million. Peter Khaim and Arkadiy Khaimov were indicted in Brooklyn federal court yesterday for allegedly making more than $30 million worth of fraudulent claims for cancer drugs that… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A second person has been charged in relation to an attack on a Muslim man– in what prosecutors say was a hate crime. Eric Leon, was arraigned Thursday for allegedly beating a Muslim man outside the victim’s Rego Park home on Nov. 6, while the victim’s wife and children… Read more »
Dec. 17, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A group of thieves have been busted by police for targeting cars with expensive wheels in Forest Hills, Maspeth, Flushing, Glendale and other areas throughout Queens. The group, consisting of three men, allegedly stole more than $42,000 worth of tires and rims from parked Honda cars–and then left the… Read more »
Dec. 16, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Anti-Semitic graffiti was scrawled across a fence in Forest Hills last night– alarming elected officials and residents. The hateful graffiti was plastered across a garden fence outside a house on the Grand Central Parkway Service road between 68th Road and 68th Drive, according to Assembly Member Dan Rosenthal. The… Read more »
Dec. 16, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Tuesday that bars federal immigration officers from making arrests inside or outside state courthouses without a warrant – a move hailed by immigration advocates. The Protect Our Courts Act seeks to address concerns that undocumented immigrants were being targeted for immigration offenses by ICE… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2020 By Michael Dorgan This could be a hairy move… Queens Assembly Member David Weprin, who currently has a smooth upper lip, has announced that his trademark moustache could be making a comeback– although New Yorkers will have to pay to see it. Weprin has declared that he will grow back the facial… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly shot a man near a public school in Kew Gardens Hills last week and then fled the scene in an SUV. The alleged perpetrator, who was driving a white Jeep Grand Cherokee, pulled up alongside a 24-year-old man who was walking… Read more »
Dec. 9, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The Queens Farm museum is now showcasing a floral-inspired winter wonderland. The museum has partnered with the Floral Escape, a Queens-based company that specializes in creating pop-up floral productions, to bring the colorful new exhibit to the 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy farm. The new production, called The Winter Escape,… Read more »