May. 16, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_74400" align="alignnone" width="680"] Cops are looking for this suspect for allegedly slashing a 22-year-old woman on board an E train as it entered the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City on Friday night. Photo courtesy of the NYPD[/caption]
May 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
May. 16, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_74394" align="alignnone" width="680"] File photo by Lloyd Mitchell[/caption]
May 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
May. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan On the two-year anniversary of a racially motivated mass shooting that killed ten people in Buffalo, Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng reintroduced legislation to ban the body armor worn by the shooter. The Aaron Salter Jr. Responsible Body Armor Possession Act would prohibit the possession, sale or transfer of enhanced…
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May. 16, 2024 By Anthony Medina The New York City Department of Transportation is inviting New Yorkers to ditch their rides and grab their bikes tomorrow, May 17, for a citywide Bike-to-Work Day. DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, who heads the citywide department, shared the invitation with city riders at the height of Bike Month. Earlier…
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May. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the popular fast-food chain known for its limited but beloved menu, will open its first Queens outpost this summer. The new chicken finger joint is scheduled to open on July 2 at 39-20 Main St in Flushing., a space previously occupied by Burger King. This…
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May. 16, 2024 By Ethan Marshall A $2.7 million settlement was reached for prevailing wage violations involving 332 temporary office workers at hospitals and medical centers contracted by NYC Health + Hospitals Corporation and the staffing provider, Winston Support Services, LLC. In total, $2,730,526.06 was paid to the workers, which accounts for back wages, civil…
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May. 16, 2024 By Athena Dawson The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) have announced a list of 138 recipients of the 2024 Queens Arts Fund. The awarded projects span various creative disciplines, including music, poetry, book art, painting, photography and sculpture. The selected…
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May. 15, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City suffered the largest gap between the amount of growth in wages and the increase in rent across the United States from 2022 to 2023, according to a study by the real estate listing information firm StreetEasy and the real estate marketplace company Zillow. Among the metro…
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May. 14, 2024 By emarshall May 14, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for three units in a 5-story mixed-use building at 12-22 Astoria Blvd. in Astoria. The building has ten residences, seven of which are market rate. The three affordable residences are each two-bedroom units meant for those… Read more »
May. 14, 2024 By emarshall May 14, 2024 By Ethan Marshall A new city street in Long Island City, Malt Drive, is bringing extra residential units and community space to the community. Construction is nearing completion on a 1.43 million-square-foot luxury residential development at 2-20 and 2-21 Malt Dr. Additionally, Hunter’s Point South Park, located… Read more »