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May 29, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
A man was found dead under the porch of an Elmhurst residential building Friday morning.
Police discovered the man’s body at 44-11 72 St. at around 10:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 call, according to the NYPD.
The police received reports that there was a strange odor emanating from the front of the three-story building.
May 29, 2020 By Allie Griffin
New York City is on track to reopen in about two weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today.
May 29, 2020 By Allie Griffin
The City Council voted to axe the terms “alien” and “illegal immigrant” from all official city documents, laws and rules Thursday.
May 29, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Council Speaker Corey Johnson introduced legislation Thursday that would require the city to open up sidewalks and street space for outdoor dining, with the aim of helping restaurants get through the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin
New York businesses will soon be able to turn away customers who aren’t wearing a mask.
May 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin
A wholesale grocery distributor sold more than 46,000 cans of Lysol disinfectant spray to New York grocery and discount stores at excessive prices, including several in Queens — and is now paying the price with a lawsuit from the state.
May 28, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
A homeless man was found dead in the rear yard of a North Corona home Sunday and police have ruled it a homicide.
May 28, 2020 By Michael Dorgan,
Queens business leaders and an elected official will not let shuttered theaters stop residents from enjoying a night at the movies this summer.
May 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin
The city has hired more than 1,700 contact tracers and secured 1,200 hotel rooms to reduce the spread of the coronavirus as it prepares to reopen.
May 27, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
The mayor has signed several new bills into law to support small businesses during the COVID-19 shutdown.
May 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin
The city opened its first COVID-19 testing site in Far Rockaway yesterday, nearly three months after the start of the pandemic — a delay a local council member said cost lives.
May 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin
New York City faces a whopping $9 billion deficit due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today.
May 27, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Alternate side parking is suspended once again during the coronavirus pandemic.
May 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin
New Yorkers are still being hospitalized with COVID-19 in large numbers, with a significant number of them living in three hard-hit areas of Queens.
May 26, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
Queens Council Member Eric Ulrich has called for an investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin
More than 10 new COVID-19 testing centers will open in Queens over the next month — including three facilities in the hard-hit Far Rockaway neighborhood, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning.
May 25, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn will re-open churches for limited services this week.
May 25, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
A man was found dead in the rear yard of a North Corona home Sunday morning.
By Michael Dorgan, May 23, 2020
The number of New Yorkers that have died from COVID-19 in a single day has dropped below 100 for the first time in two months, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today.
May 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
A Queens doctor and his patient who allegedly used prisoner names as part of an illegal scheme to buy and sell oxycodone have been busted by the DEA.
May 22, 2020 By Allie Griffin
More Queens streets will be turned over to pedestrians and cyclists beginning tomorrow, as the city expands its open streets initiative during the coronavirus pandemic.
May 22, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
The number of New York City children inflicted with a rare and potentially deadly illness linked to the coronavirus has risen to 89, according to the NYC Health Department.
May 21, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
Queens Community Board 9 has called on the city council to vote against the funding of borough-based jails in the upcoming 2021 budget.
May 21, 2020 By Christian Murray
A group of developers looking to build on a 28-acre section of land surrounding Anable Basin provided an overview of their plans at a Community Board 2 Land Use Meeting Wednesday night.
May 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin
New York City is on its way to reopening as early as June 1 as it inches closer to defeating the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said today.
May 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants the city to open beaches and pools — and refuted the mayor’s pool-less plan for summer in the Big Apple.
May 20, 2020 By Allie Griffin
City Council Member and Queens borough president candidate Costa Constantinides is calling on the city to create 10 miles of commercial corridors — where streets are shut to traffic and local restaurants can open “European-style” sidewalk cafe space.
May 20, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
Schools not going to be out for summer for many New York City kids this year.
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