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 »
Sept. 3, 2019 By Allie Griffin As if lead paint inside classrooms wasn’t worrisome enough, a new report shows that 39 public schools across Queens are near heavily polluting roadways. Booming residential development, coupled with overcrowded school districts has made it difficult to find spaces large enough to build new schools, often leading the city… Read more »
Sept. 3, 2019 By Allie Griffin A 19-year-old from East Elmhurst planned an ISIS-inspired knife attack at several Queens locations including the World’s Fair Marina — going so far as to purchase a knife and camera mount to livestream the attack, according to the FBI. Awais Chudhary, a U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, was arrested… Read more »
Aug. 29, 2019 By Allie Griffin Council Member Costa Constantinides has pledged $299,000 to keep the streets of Jackson Heights and Astoria clean over the next year, he announced today. The money will fund a number of organizations that will sweep the sidewalks, empty garbage cans, remove graffiti from walls and enhance natural plantings along… Read more »
Aug. 29, 2019 By Ryanne Salzano A new elementary school that will cater to 476 students is opening in Jackson Heights next week. The school, which is 5 stories tall and located at 69-01 34th Ave., features 22 classrooms, a library, a combined gym/auditorium and a 4,000 square-foot rooftop playground. The school, called P.S. 398,… Read more »
Aug. 28, 2019 By Ryanne Salzano Borough President Melinda Katz and the New York Immigration Commission will be hosting a town hall next month to discuss the controversial “public charge” rule. The town hall, scheduled for Sept. 17 at Queens Borough Hall, will address the Trump administration’s new rule, which will make it easier for the… Read more »
Aug. 27, 2019 By Christian Murray The police are looking to track down a man who grabbed a 32-year-old woman’s buttocks while she was climbing the staircase at the 74th Street-Broadway station last month. The suspect allegedly grabbed the woman’s buttocks as she was going up the stairs in the mezzanine area of the station… Read more »
Aug. 27, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Several community organizations filed a joint lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court in a bid to block the Trump administration’s “Public Charge” rule from taking effect on Oct. 15. Make the Road New York, African Services Committee, Asian American Federation, Catholic Charities Community Services, and Catholic Legal Immigration Network… Read more »
Aug. 27, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Police shut down an illegal drug operation in Corona on Friday when they raided a smoke and vape shop on 43rd Avenue, arresting two men and finding vast quantities of narcotics and controlled substances in the process. Members of the NYPD Queens North Gang Squad executed a search warrant… Read more »
Aug. 27, 2019 By Allie Griffin The number of accidental overdose deaths among Queens residents decreased for the first time in years with 55 fewer deaths in 2018 compared to 2017, according to data released Monday by the NYC Health Department. City-wide, the number and rate of overdose deaths also decreased in 2018 after seven… Read more »