Oct. 10, 2024 By bparry
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Oct. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
Astoria man killed after crashing his motorcycle on the Whitestone Expressway on Monday: NYPD
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Gianaris announces $6 million in funding for new intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Queens
Oct. 9, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 9, 2024 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. Mike Gianaris has secured $6 million in funding for a new intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Queens, expanding critical care services at the hospital to meet the growing needs of the local community. Gianaris joined Mount Sinai Queens President Dr. David… Read more »
Man sought for stabbing pedestrian multiple times in Elmhurst on Monday morning: NYPD
Oct. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives out of the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are investigating an attempted murder that occurred just before 5:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 7. A 25-year-old man was walking at the corner of Broadway and 76th Street when a stranger approached him and engaged him in a verbal dispute. The… Read more »
Five men indicted for selling narcotics in Astoria Houses where they all live following long-term investigation: DA
Oct. 8, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_82019" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Queens North Narcotics team dismantled a selling crew operating at the Astoria Houses NYCHA complex where they all live following an 18-month investigation with the Queens DA’s office. File photo: Queens Post[/caption]
Oct. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry
Brute sought for beating 15-year-old boy in a random attack on a 7 train in Corona: NYPD
Oct. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are still looking for a suspect who punched out a 15-year-old boy in an unprovoked attack in broad daylight on a 7 train in Corona last month. The youngster was onboard a Flushing-bound train entering the Junction… Read more »
Corona man, busted in undercover sting, pleads guilty to sex trafficking a migrant teenager: DA
Oct. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry A Corona man pleaded guilty Thursday on Queens Supreme Court to sex trafficking charges for targeting and exploiting a migrant teenager into prostitution and paying for sex. Alfredo Morocho, 38, of 110th Street in Corona, admitted he brokered sex encounters between customers and the young girl at locations around… Read more »
Council Member Won co-chairs hearing investigating New York school bus inefficiency
Oct. 4, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Council Member Julie Won co-chaired a joint oversight hearing on Monday exploring how to improve school transportation services, which suffered from a cumulative 80,312 delays during the 2023/24 academic year. Won, the chair of the New York City Council’s Committee on Contracts, and… Read more »
Astoria-born Chip City Cookies to launch limited-edition Pop-Tarts cookie
Oct. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Oct. 3, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Chip City Cookies, the rapidly expanding cookie chain originally founded in Astoria, has announced a new collaboration with Kellanova’s iconic Pop-Tarts brand. The two companies are introducing a limited-edition “Strawberry Poppable Pop-Tarts® Cookie,” available for a select period in October and November across Chip… Read more »
Vandal sought for destroying Pride flag, harassing staff at Astoria pub with anti-gay rhetoric: NYPD
Oct. 2, 2024 By bparry Oct. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Unit has joined the search for a vandal who allegedly tore down a Pride flag at a popular Astoria sports bar and was caught on camera pulling out a knife and slicing it to pieces as he and a… Read more »
Westchester man busted for robbing $250K at gunpoint from gambler at East Elmhurst hotel in June: NYPD
Oct. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry Members of the NYPD’s warrant squad arrested a Yonkers man and delivered him to the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights on Sept. 23, where he was booked in connection to an armed robbery of an out-of-town gambler who was in the borough for a high-stakes poker game in Flushing,… Read more »