Jan. 6, 2021 By Allie Griffin Three COVID-19 vaccination sites will open in Queens next week, the New York City Health Commissioner announced Wednesday. The sites will open on Friday, Jan. 15 and health care workers — along with others who qualify — will be able to receive the vaccine. The sites will be open… Read more »
Jan. 6, 2021 By Christian Murray Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer released his 2020 annual report Tuesday. We talk to Van Bramer in a podcast about the report, as well as his potential run for Queens Borough President. The council member discusses the challenges his constituents have faced following the outbreak of COVID-19 and what… Read more »
Jan. 6, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A GoFundMe has been launched for a well known Sunnyside business owner who was run down by a car during a protest last month. Roque Rodriguez, who owns Suryaside Yoga at 49-06 Skillman Ave., had his leg broken when a car plowed through a group of demonstrators in Manhattan… Read more »
Jan. 6, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who stole $100,000 worth of jewelry from a store inside the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst last week. The suspect broke through the locked front door of Zales Jewelry, located at 90-15 Queens Blvd., on Dec. 28 at around 10:15 p.m, according to… Read more »
Jan. 5, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A last-ditch effort to prevent the city from installing a controversial new busway on Main Street in Flushing was struck down by a Queens Supreme Court judge Tuesday. Judge Kevin Kerrigan denied an appeal against the Dept. of Transportation which sought to stop the agency from converting a stretch… Read more »
Jan. 5, 2021 By Allie Griffin A 22-year-old man with a history of spewing far-right conspiracy theories online turned himself in to police early Tuesday morning for the bomb hoax at the Queens Place Mall a day before. Louis Shenker called 911 and surrendered to police at around 3 a.m. Tuesday, police said. He is… Read more »
Jan. 5, 2021 By Allie Griffin An 83-year-old woman was violently robbed in Forest Hills on Sunday. The senior was walking along the sidewalk on Queens Boulevard, near 112th Street, when a man jumped out of a dark-colored SUV and ran up to her. He snatched her purse and threw the elderly woman to the… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2021 By Allie Griffin Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the city to close a troublesome Kew Gardens hotel, where a 20-year-old was killed in a triple shooting Friday. De Blasio’s order comes after several months of calls from local elected officials demanding he shutter the Umbrella Hotel, which has become a hotbed… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2020 By Allie Griffin A Queens high school will serve as a “NYC Vaccine Hub” where health care workers can get vaccinated for the coronavirus on Sunday. Health care workers who have not already received the COVID-19 vaccine through their employer can get their first dose of the vaccine at Hillcrest High School… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The NYPD Bomb Squad has determined that a suspicious device reported at the Queens Place Mall Monday morning was a hoax. Police received a report at 8:40 a.m. that there was a device, with a battery hooked up to two propane tanks, inside a Black Tesla inside a garage… Read more »