March 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin A MS-13 gang associate from Elmhurst has been indicted for a gruesome murder that took place inside a Flushing park three years ago, federal authorities announced Friday. Oscar Flores-Mejia, 21, was indicted on the charge of murder in-aid-of racketeering at Brooklyn federal court Thursday for the 2018 killing of… Read more »
March 25, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Around 40 people gathered outside the Woodside Houses NYCHA complex Thursday to call for an end to local gun violence and to demand justice for the victims of recent shootings. Elected officials, community leaders, residents and family members of the victims came together outside 50-51 Broadway to condemn a… Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Christina Santucci A fundraiser set up to help three men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1996 double homicide and spent 24 years behind bars has raised more than $40,000. The funds are being distributed among George Bell, Rohan Bolt and Gary Johnson who had been wrongfully convicted of killing Ira… Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin Public school parents have another opportunity to send their kids back to in-person classes for the remainder of the school year, starting today. The city has opened a second opt-in period to students who enrolled in full remote learning to switch to the hybrid learning model in which students… Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Christian Murray The Queens Post in conjunction with Sunnyside Community Services and Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement is hosting a virtual forum for the city council candidates of District 22 and District 26. The candidates will be face to face at the live event that will take place at Sunnyside Community… Read more »
March 24, 2021 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who made a number of anti-Asian statements towards a 35-year-old woman yesterday while she was on a 7 train near the Main Street Flushing station. The victim was subjected to the racist taunts while she was sitting across from the alleged bigot… Read more »
March 23, 2021 By Christian Murray A man was fatally shot outside the Woodside Houses NYCHA development this afternoon, the second fatal shooting to take place by the complex in less than a month. The police said that a 30-year-old man was shot five times in the lower body at around 1:13 p.m. in front… Read more »
March 23, 2021 By Allie Griffin Council Member Eric Ulrich is calling on Department of Education to change its protocols on school closures–to prevent school buildings from shutting down and reopening so frequently. Ulrich penned a letter to Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter urging her to reconsider the current DOE policy that requires school buildings… Read more »
March 23, 2021 By Allie Griffin Flushing Assembly Member Ron Kim has contracted COVID-19, he announced Tuesday. Kim said he has a mild case of the virus and will be quarantining for the next 10 days. “Dear friends and colleagues, unfortunately I have tested positive for COVID,” he wrote on Twitter. “I am well and… Read more »
March 23, 2021 Op-Ed By Brent O’Leary In our second year of pandemic life, having lost over half a million Americans lives, we face a cycle of surge and mutation alongside a significant burden of illness and deaths for years to come. There has never been a more compelling time for health reform. We need… Read more »