Dec. 11, 2022 By Czarinna Andres The police are looking for a man who robbed an 85-year-old woman—who was using a walker—inside a parking garage in Jackson Heights Friday. The suspect allegedly approached the elderly woman from behind at around 7:05 p.m. and pushed her to the ground inside the garage located at 74-10 35th… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Nathan Murray Plans are in the works for a new public high school in College Point. The School Construction Authority plans to open a 659-student school where St. Agnes Academic High School was located before it closed last year. The agency, according to a SCA filing, plans to revamp the shuttered… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Christian Murray A Brooklyn man who fatally struck a 62-year-old Asian American woman over the head with a rock in North Corona last year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is likely to be sentenced to 20 years in prison. Elisaul Perez, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Christian Murray A Queens man was sentenced to 23-years-to life in prison Tuesday for a fatal stabbing that took place outside a baby’s Christening party in Corona in 2019. Antonio Martinez, 50, was sentenced after being found guilty of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon on Nov. 16 following… Read more »
Dec. 6, 2022 Op-Ed By NYC Mayor Eric Adams Our city is facing a crisis. New Yorkers with severe and untreated mental illness are living out in the open, on our streets and in our subways. They are in danger and need help, yet often, the nature of their illnesses prevents them from seeking the… Read more »
Dec. 6, 2022 By Czarinna Andres A 20-year-old Queens man has been charged with murder and gang assault for the beating death of a man in Corona last month. Michael Santander, of 39th Avenue in Corona, was arraigned Wednesday for allegedly killing 22-year-old Esvin Vasquez at around 2 a.m. on Nov. 13 at a BP… Read more »
Dec. 6, 2022 By Max Murray The decade-long project to overhaul the Kew Gardens Interchange, long known for its congestion and tangled web of roadways, has been completed. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday the completion of the $739 million Kew Gardens Interchange project, marking the conclusion of a multi-phase undertaking by New York State to… Read more »
Dec. 5, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for two men who robbed a smoke shop at gunpoint in Forest Hills early Saturday morning and made off with $10,000 cash. The suspects allegedly carried out the robbery just after 2 a.m. on Dec. 3 at the Continental Smoke Shop, located at 107-36 71 Ave.,… Read more »
Dec. 2, 2022 Op-Ed By NYC Mayor Eric Adams It’s time to create a New York City where working New Yorkers can have safe, affordable homes, find well-paying jobs, send their children to good schools, and live close to public transportation so that they don’t have to spend hours commuting. Willets Point in Queens, previously… Read more »
Dec. 1, 2022 By Christian Murray An 18-year-old Elmhurst woman is dead after the vehicle she was in crashed on the Long Island Expressway during the early hours Thursday morning. Katherine Lin, who was killed in the crash, was one of two passengers in a 2018 BMW 320i that was traveling at a high rate… Read more »