Feb. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 34-year-old man was shot dead in an apparent drive-by shooting on a North Corona street Saturday. The man was shot in the left leg and torso around 12:20 p.m. in the vicinity of Northern Boulevard and 101st Street, police said. The victim, according to the NYPost, was riding… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Kristen Torres A daycare center in Elmhurst is shutting its doors after more than a decade of serving families in the neighborhood. Little Elms Child Care Center, located at 77-11 Broadway, announced its decision to shutter its operations in an email to parents on Feb. 3. The center is slated to… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death in their Corona home Saturday. Police say that 30-year-old Edwin Sarmiento stabbed Juliet Ximena Galindo Puentes, also 30, inside their 58-27 Van Cleef St. housing unit at around 4:15 a.m. The NYPD responded to a 911 call of… Read more »
Feb. 7, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Queens Council Members have accused the NYPD Police Commissioner of creating a “false narrative” by attributing an uptick in crime to the new bail reform laws. Council Members Donovan Richards and Rory Lancman penned a letter to Commissioner Dermot Shea yesterday asking him to publicly withdraw his comments,… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Queens lawmakers have come out in opposition against the Port Authority’s plan to build a 1.5-mile AirTrain from Willets Point to LaGuardia Airport. State Senator Jessica Ramos said she couldn’t support the $2 billion plan without it including any added benefits to the surrounding northern Queens communities. She… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Kristen Torres A 22-year-old man was indicted on manslaughter charges Thursday for a deadly push that sent his elderly landlord flying down the front steps of a two-story Corona house last month. Alex Garces was charged with first and second degree manslaughter and second degree assault, according to Queens District Attorney… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Ryan Brady Community Board 7 will vote Monday, Feb. 10, on a major Flushing Creek waterfront special district and rezoning proposal that has generated opposition from area residents. The land-use application from a landowner consortium called FWRA LLC seeks to turn 29 acres of mostly inactive property into the Special Flushing… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Allie Griffin Crime across the city and in the borough of Queens jumped significantly in the first month of 2020 — which top NYPD brass attributes to bail reform. Major crimes spiked 20 percent in the first 26 days of the year in Patrol Borough Queens North — which includes Long… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens residents interested in serving on their local community board now have six more weeks to apply. Acting Borough President Sharon Lee announced yesterday that the original Jan. 31 deadline for applications has been extended to March 13. “The extension is to ensure that the pool of applicants is… Read more »
Feb. 4, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Queens delis sold winning lottery tickets worth upwards of $50,000 last week. In Astoria, Stop-N-Go Astoria, located at 22-55 31st St., sold a winning Take 5 ticket worth $58,206 on Thursday, Jan. 30. A few days later in Corona, Flor Azteca Deli & Grocery, located at 48-12 104th… Read more »