Oct. 26, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The Department of Transportation has officially announced that its pilot plan to convert Main Street into a busway will begin next month. The new busway, which the MTA says will speed up bus service, will run 0.6 miles along Main Street– from Northern Boulevard to Sanford Avenue. The busway… Read more »
Oct. 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City public school families will have just one chance to opt into in-person classes for the rest of the school year — beginning next week. Families who had opted into fully-remote classes, but now want to switch back to the city’s blended learning model — in which… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2020 By Christian Murray A developer has filed plans with the Department of City Planning to have a Rego Park site where the Shalimar Diner was located rezoned. The application was filed earlier this year by David Koptiev, the owner of the Forest Hills-based company Platinum Realty, who is looking to construct a… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin [This story has been updated to reflect that the Open Streets program has no set end date at this time.] The city will keep the 34th Avenue Open Street going as the Department of Transportation (DOT) looks into a plan for its “long-term” transformation. Residents and local elected officials… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray Ingrid Gomez, a long time Corona resident, formally announced today that she is running to unseat Council Member Francisco Moya to represent the 21st Council District. Gomez, a clinical social worker and self-described progressive, said she was prompted to run after seeing up close the toll COVID-19 had taken… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin A group of Sunnyside residents, a local nonprofit organization and a property owner have all come together to turn an empty lot into a composting site. The ad hoc group of residents— who go by the name of the 45th Street Composters — are collecting food scraps at an… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that COVID-19 restrictions in two Queens coronavirus hotspots will be eased as infection rates have come down. The Central Queens and Far Rockaway red and orange zones have been downgraded to yellow zones — in which nonessential businesses and schools are permitted to reopen…. Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended the statewide moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures from Oct. 20 through to the end of the year. He signed an executive order extending it Tuesday — the same day the emergency moratorium was set to expire. Cuomo first announced a state moratorium on… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police have released a sketch of man wanted for an alleged sex attack inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park earlier this month. The NYPD said the suspect approached a 34-year-old woman on a footbridge inside the park at around 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 and grabbed her from behind. He… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2020 By Allie Griffin U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 54 undocumented immigrants in the greater New York City area as part of a recent move to target sanctuary cities such as New York. The 54 immigrants are among hundreds of undocumented people ICE officers arrested in sanctuary cities across the… Read more »