Dec. 15, 2021 By Allie Griffin The next City Council speaker will apparently be from Queens, but the question as to who it will be remains a mystery as two Queens members declared victory Tuesday in a confusing kerfuffle played out over social media. Both Council Member Francisco Moya and Council Member Adrienne Adams said… Read more »
This article was originally published by Chalkbeat New York on Dec.14, 2021, BY Christina Veiga New York City officials unveiled long-awaited details on how middle and high schools will accept students for the coming year: Middle schools will continue a pause on academic screens, and high schools will dramatically streamline their competitive admissions criteria, education… Read more »
Dec. 14, 2021 By Allie Griffin and Christian Murray A street corner in Woodside is going to be co-named “Little Manila Avenue” as an ode to the Filipino community in the neighborhood. The NYC Council Parks and Recreation committee voted 15-0 Tuesday in favor of co-naming the southwest corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2021 By Allie Griffin A former NYPD officer who once served as a bodyguard for El Chapo’s wife was indicted Friday for allegedly transporting cocaine throughout Queens in 2019. Ishmael Bailey, of Staten Island, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on charges of selling and possessing a controlled substance, receiving bribes, conspiracy and… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Flushing man has been indicted for the horrific sexual assault and murder of a woman at his Main Street apartment building last month. Qiuming Wan, 52, was indicted on murder and sex abuse charges by a grand jury Thursday for sodomizing his 29-year-old victim to death with a… Read more »
Dec. 13, 2021 By Allie Griffin A Flushing-based pediatrician was indicted on attempted murder and other charges Thursday for allegedly stabbing a pregnant employee at his medical office over the summer. Jianqiang An, 58, who runs a pediatric clinic in Flushing, allegedly slashed his 30-year-old pregnant employee repeatedly with a knife on June 21 in… Read more »
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 Michael Dorgan A man was fatally shot inside his girlfriend’s East Elmhurst home Saturday morning. The victim, 27, was shot once in the chest by a male suspect just before 8 a.m. —inside a house at 23-23 98th St. — and was later pronounced dead at an area hospital, police said…. Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Dec.12, 2021, 9:40 p.m. BY KATIE HONAN When Huge Ma shuttered his TurboVax website this spring after helping connect countless New Yorkers to COVID-19 vaccine appointments, he found himself starting to “think more about my place in the world.” Two million people had visited his website… 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 »