June 11, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City is offering $3 million in grants to local restaurants struggling to stay afloat given the coronavirus shutdown. The grants will help restaurants in neighborhoods hit particularly hard by the virus to employ and pay their workers, Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray announced… Read more »
June 11, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 30-year-old man died Wednesday after fleeing the scene of a car crash and running onto the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, where he was struck by a passing vehicle. The victim was driving Wednesday night when he smashed into another car near the intersection of 69th Street and Broadway in… Read more »
June 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin Newly-released renderings of a 3,079-seat high school that will be built in Woodside give prospective students a first look at the massive building planned for Northern Boulevard. The School Construction Authority (SCA) released the renderings for the facility at 51-30 Northern Blvd. to the Queens Post today. The six-story… Read more »
June 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo hosted his daily coronavirus briefing in Queens today to celebrate the opening of LaGuardia Airport’s new arrivals and departures hall. The state-of-the-art 840,000-square-foot facility in Terminal B opens Saturday and is just one part of the airport’s $8 billion revamp Cuomo announced in 2015. Cuomo said… Read more »
June 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York state lawmakers passed a bill yesterday to repeal a law that cloaks police records in secrecy. The lawmakers overwhelming voted in favor of the bill to repeal the law known as 50-A, as calls for police reforms are sweeping the nation. The bill disbands the decades-old law… Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin The Queens District Attorney’s office has launched a Major Economic Crimes Bureau to investigate and prosecute a variety of large-scale financial crimes, Queens DA Melinda Katz announced today. The bureau will target organized groups engaging in check-cashing and credit card fraud, fishing and identity theft schemes, auto theft, insurance… Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City’s health care program for low-income New Yorkers is coming to Queens as the city begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The effort to guarantee health care for all New Yorkers called NYC Care is expected to reach 44,000 Queens residents. The program provides New York… Read more »
June 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin The number of New Yorkers testing positive for COVID-19 has dropped to almost zero. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that only 1 percent of residents who took the test Sunday tested positive — the latest data available. “That is an amazing statement on what all of you have… Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin Hundreds of City Hall employees held a rally downtown this morning to protest the way Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD have handled the demonstrations over the past week. The de Blasio staffers, consisting of both current and former employees, assembled at City Hall Park and demanded that… Read more »
June 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City started Phase 1 of its reopening today and city officials are calling on all New Yorkers to get tested. The city has significantly ramped up its testing capacity–as officials works toward a full reopening. Previously, only the elderly, those with underlying conditions, first responders and health… Read more »