July 20, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens residents will have a once-in-a-decade chance Thursday to weigh in on how their political districts are shaped. The Independent Redistricting Commission of New York State is hosting a virtual public meeting Thursday at 2 p.m. to seek comments from Queens residents on the redrawing of district borders. The… Read more »
July 20, 2021 By Michael Dorgan An annual event that celebrates native Americans is returning to Queens this week. The event, called the Thunderbird American Indian Powwow, will see dozens of different American Indian tribes come together at the Queens County Farm Museum, located at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., from July 23 through July 25…. Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on JUL 19, 2021, 10:07PM EDT BY Samantha Maldonado Under the new ranked choice voting system, New Yorkers got to cast ballots for their top five choices for mayor and other municipal offices in last month’s primary. When it came to whether the new system worked, supporters and… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray The building that houses the Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library will be closing due to a failure of the HVAC system. The branch, located at 41-17 Main St., has been used in recent months by the city as a vaccination site—with library service being closed. The vaccination… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin New cases of COVID-19 are on the rise across Queens and citywide as the Delta variant spreads across the boroughs. The average daily number of cases in Queens more than doubled in the past two weeks — it was 122 on July 15, compared to just 57 on July… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A 4-year-old boy is in critical condition after being struck by the driver of an illegal dirt bike in a hit-and-run incident in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Sunday. The young boy was in the boathouse parking lot at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park at around 5:50 p.m. when the dirt bike rider… Read more »
July 19, 2021 Staff Report State energy regulators gave Con Edison and partner 174 Power Global approval last week to place a large battery system at the site of a former fossil fuel plant near the East River in Astoria. The approval by the New York State Public Service Commission is an important step in… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for three suspects who robbed two men in separate incidents in Corona earlier this month. The three men approached a 57-year-old who was walking in the vicinity of 99th Street and 38th Avenue at around 5 a.m. on July 3 and demanded money. When the… Read more »
July 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin Two statues that have stood outside a Catholic Church in Forest Hills since it opened in the 1930s were toppled and smashed early Saturday in what police are investigating as a hate crime. A woman knocked down the statues that stood outside Our Lady of Mercy parish, located at… Read more »
July 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin Nearly 30 couples will say “I do” in a joint wedding celebration at a Corona parish Saturday. Twenty-eight love birds will be wed at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church during a special “United Weddings” ceremony at noon. The ceremony is meant to be a celebration of love… Read more »