This article was originally published by The CITY on Sept. 15, 2021, 1:19 PM EDT BY Rachel Holliday Smith As people slowly return to Manhattan’s commercial centers and climate change keeps punching the city in the gut, the push for so-called congestion pricing to help reduce traffic-related emissions is gathering steam. The idea’s been kicked… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2021 By Christian Murray The NYPD is looking for a man who allegedly stole an electric scooter at gunpoint in Jackson Heights early Saturday morning. The suspect allegedly approached a 28-year-old man—who was part of a group—in front of 89-02 Northern Blvd. at around 3 a.m. and displayed a firearm. The NYPD said… Read more »
Sept. 11, 2021 Staff Report A 31-year-old motorcyclist is dead after plowing into a car whose driver was making an illegal U-Turn midblock on 43rd Street in Sunnyside Friday night, according to police. The victim was riding his bike northbound on 43rd Street near Skillman Avenue at around 5:30 p.m. when a 66-year-old man in… Read more »
Sept. 10, 2021 By Christian Murray A 21-year-old Far Rockaway man who allegedly filed bogus claims to collect more than $150,000 in unemployment insurance has been indicted on grand larceny charges, the Queens District Attorney’s office announced Thursday. Keijohn Graham, of Hanson Court in Far Rockaway, allegedly bilked the system by illegally tapping into the… Read more »
Sept. 9, 2021 By Christian Murray Several state legislators representing districts in Queens are calling on the schools Chancellor to provide public school students with a remote learning option. The Queens officials signed onto a letter penned by Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz Tuesday that urges Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter to offer a remote learning option. “We… Read more »
Sept. 8, 2021 By Christian Murray The police have released video of a man who allegedly punched an Asian woman in the face in Jackson Heights last month and hurled a volley of racist statements. The victim, a 56-year-old woman, was walking in the vicinity of 37th Avenue and 75th Street at around 6:55 a.m…. Read more »
Sept. 7, 2021 By Christian Murray A 64-year-old Bronx man was indicted for murder last week for the brutal slaying of an attorney in the victim’s Jackson Heights law office in August. Nando Perez, of East 165th Street, was arraigned Thursday on an indictment of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Sept. 3, 2021, 6:10 PM EDT BY Katie Honan A stormwater risk map issued by the city in May showed serious possible flooding at homes where 10 people drowned in their basement apartments when record-breaking rainfall pummeled the city Wednesday night. The interactive map, released in… Read more »
Sept. 1, 2021 By Christian Murray A 9-year-old boy was killed by a fire that broke out inside his family’s Ozone Park home during the early hours Wednesday morning. Remi Miguel Gomez Hernandez was found unconscious inside a 3-story housing complex at 81-19 102nd Rd. by firefighters shorty after the fire broke out at around… Read more »
Aug. 31, 2021 By Christian Murray TF Cornerstone has extended the deadline for applicants looking to snag an affordable housing unit in one of its towers on the Long Island City waterfront. The developer announced Tuesday that applications are now being accepted through Sept. 13 to enter the lottery for one of its 534 affordable… Read more »