July 28, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The city has responded to pressure from Councilmember Sandra Ung and local community leaders and cleared several unlicensed vendors from the sidewalks of Main Street in Downtown Flushing. The enforcement action, conducted Wednesday by Dept. of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), the agency that oversees vendor compliance, came a… Read more »
July 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The operators of a smoke shop in Middle Village have been busted for illegally selling cannabis and untaxed cigarettes. Deputies from the New York City’s Sheriff’s Office raided “@dukaanboyz,” located at 63-118 Woodhaven Blvd., last week and seized a haul of 76 packages of cannabis and 33 cartons of… Read more »
July 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Two black teenage girls were arrested Tuesday for attacking a woman who was riding an MTA bus in Woodhaven earlier this month, in what police are investigating as an anti-white assault. The two teens, aged 15 and 16, were charged with assault and aggravated harassment as a hate crime… Read more »
July 26, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will roar back to full strength at Flushing Meadows Corona Park this weekend. The event, which is the oldest and largest dragon boat festival in the United States, will take place on July 30 and 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendance… Read more »
July 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The Dept. of Transportation has reduced the operational hours of the controversial Main Street busway in Flushing. The busway, which runs down a .6-mile stretch of Main Street between Northern Boulevard and Sanford Avenue, is now in operation from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Mondays through Sundays having previously… Read more »
July 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a man who allegedly pushed a 13-year-old boy to the ground and then punched him in the face while inside the 61 Street station in Woodside last week. The suspect got into an argument with the boy inside the station on July 20 at around… Read more »
July 25, 2022 By Christian Murray State Sen. Jessica Ramos took a shot at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday in a flurry of tweets accusing the congresswoman of being absent from the district. The tweets were sparked by a medical student who took to Twitter to criticize the congresswoman for not meeting with health policy… Read more »
July 22, 2022 By Christian Murray Police are looking for two men who approached a man in his car in Elmhurst earlier this month, pointed a gun at him, and then attempted to carjack his vehicle. The victim, a 37-year-old man, pulled into a driveway in the vicinity of 92nd Street and Elmhurst Avenue at… Read more »
July 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A vintage subway car that once transported passengers to and from the 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing-Meadows-Corona Park has been bought at auction for nearly $250,000. The subway car, one of the last remaining “Redbird” fleet of models, was snapped up by an anonymous buyer Friday who beat off… Read more »
July 21, 2022 By Christian Murray More than 520 Con Edison customers are without power in Astoria, with the utility company saying service is expected to be restored this afternoon. This morning nearly 800 Con Edison customers were without power including 522 customers in Astoria, according to the company’s outage map. The map said the… Read more »