Sept. 13, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Police are looking for two suspects who impersonated police officers and stole $900 worth of valuables from a man while beating him in Elmhurst in July. The incident occurred in the vicinity of 41st Avenue and 81st Street in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, July 17… Read more »
Sept. 12, 2019 By Allie Griffin An electrician has died after a box truck struck the cherry picker he was inside, causing him to fall to the street below in Elmhurst early this morning. The 59-year-old, who reportedly worked for Welsbach Electric, was inside the cherry picker’s bucket fixing a traffic light at the intersection of… Read more »
Sept. 12, 2019 By Allie Griffin The Queens Night Market returns to Flushing Meadows Corona Park Saturday for the first night of its fall season. The event will continue every Saturday from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. through Oct. 26, when the season concludes with a Halloween-themed festival, offering visitors a chance at trick-or-treating and… Read more »
Sept. 12, 2019 By Allie Griffin The City Council is dedicating $16.6 million of this year’s budget to fund and expand a program that provides free legal council to detained immigrants facing deportation. The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) is the country’s first public defender system for detained immigrants facing deportation. The funding… Read more »
Sept. 12, 2019 By Christian Murray The City Council is expected to give the School Construction Authority the green light to go ahead and build a 3,100-seat high school on Northern Boulevard when it comes up for a vote Thursday. The high school is slated to go up on the corner of Northern Boulevard and… Read more »
Sept. 11, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A food festival dedicated to the Tibetan and Nepalese dumpling, called “the Momo,” will return to Jackson Heights this weekend. The annual Momo Crawl is set to take place for the eighth successive year this Sunday, Sept. 15 and will begin at 1 p.m. at Diversity Plaza. The crawl… Read more »
Sept. 11, 2019 By Allie Griffin Homeowners will no longer be penalized for sidewalk damage caused by city trees, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. Previously if a sidewalk in front of a home was damaged by a tree’s roots, the homeowner would be notified by the city and a lien would be issued against… Read more »
Sept. 9, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A Forest Hills resident climbed to the top of the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Friday to hang a banner advocating for climate change action. Glen Schleyer, a retired attorney, climbed the 12-story sphere and hung a banner that read “Zero CO2 2025, Climate Justice Now.” He was… Read more »
Sept. 5, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Police are looking for a man who stole $1,400 during an armed robbery at a grocery store in Jackson Heights last week. The robbery took place at around 8:50 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26 in Sweety Grocery Store at 86-18 37th Ave., according to the NYPD. The suspect approached… Read more »
Sept. 4, 2019 By Allie Griffin With New York City public schools opening tomorrow, the NYPD is ramping up its traffic safety enforcement, with more speed cameras being installed and additional cops assigned to write tickets. The city began adding cameras in July in an effort to rapidly expand its anti-speeding enforcements and in that… Read more »