Dec. 13, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The City Council passed legislation Thursday that makes it illegal to sell products designed to hide vehicle license plates. The bill, which was introduced by Council Member Robert Holden, bans merchants from selling products that obscure tags or make them unreadable to speed and toll cameras. Holden’s bill targets people… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2021 By Allie Griffin A 34-year-old New Jersey man is dead after crashing his car on the Whitestone Expressway early Saturday. Omkar Shivnauth, of Rockaway, NJ, died after losing control of his Toyota Highlander and smashing into a cement median at 4:20 a.m., police said. Shivnauth, according to police, was driving northbound on… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin The City Council passed a bill Thursday aimed at protecting city trees across the five boroughs. The Council voted unanimously in favor of a bill sponsored by Flushing Council Member Peter Koo that requires the Parks Department to more regularly inspect trees and to publish its findings for the… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Japanese market that closed in August after a fire ripped through its storefront – and several other adjoining businesses – is set to reopen at a new location in Sunnyside with the help of a resident-backed GoFundMe campaign. Taiyo Foods, a grocery and convenience store, will open before… Read more »
Dec. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens officials are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to replenish and reopen the Excluded Workers Fund after the state closed applications in October upon running out of money. Officials such as State Sen. Jessica Ramos and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards are urging Hochul to inject $3 billion into… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Dec.8, 2021, 9:40 p.m. BY GABRIEL SANDOVAL A Queens public pool that’s been closed since before the pandemic due to a crumbling roof is set to reopen early next year with a ceiling netting to catch flaking concrete. But the reopening of the $67 million Flushing Meadows… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin Two men were caught with two kilos of fentanyl in their car last week during a traffic stop in Bayside. The men — Navarro Gonzalez, 26, of California, and Esquer, 48, of Jalisco, Mexico — were charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and other crimes in Queens… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens elected officials are calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Agency to revamp the Forest Hills LIRR train station — and clean up the surrounding area on Burns Street — which they say has not been properly maintained. Seven legislators, alongside local residents who formed the Burns Street Alliance, penned… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2021 By Christian Murray A Forest Hills woman was stabbed to death during a dispute with her boyfriend in Briarwood Tuesday, according to police. Mindy Singer, 35, who lived on the Grand Central Parkway service road, was stabbed multiple times by her boyfriend in his 141-13 85th Road apartment in Briarwood yesterday, according… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2021 By Christian Murray A church in Forest Hills was vandalized this past weekend with two large rocks thrown through the glass front doors. Parishioners of Grace Lutheran Church, located at 103-15 Union Tpke., discovered Saturday the glass front doors smashed by rocks. The damaged glass included stained glass inserts. A source provided… Read more »