Oct. 11, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Oct. 11, 2024 By Dirk McCall de Palomá Small businesses are the backbone of any community, driving job creation, fostering innovation, and bringing a unique character to neighborhoods. In Sunnyside, Queens, where cultural diversity is at the heart of our identity, our small businesses (particularly restaurants, bars, and cafes)… Read more »
Oct. 10, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_82159" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Cops are looking for this suspect who allegedly broke into an East Elmhurst home late last month and was caught on camera carrying away a pricey flat-screen TV. NYPD[/caption]
Oct. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
Oct. 10, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_71975" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Via iStock[/caption]
Oct. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
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 »
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 »
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
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »