Feb. 26, 2019, By Meghan Sackman State Senator Jessica Ramos has co-sponsored a series of bills that would decriminalize sex work and vacate the records of people who have been arrested or charged with prostitution or related offenses. Ramos, along with State Senators Brad Hoylman and Julia Salazar, aims to rewrite the state’s penal code to… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2019 By Meghan Sackman State Sen. Jose Peralta, who represented Jackson Heights since 2002 in Albany until his unexpected death late last year, may be getting a street named after him in the neighborhood he both lived in and served. The northeast corner of 79th Street and 37th Avenue, the street where Peralta… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2019 By Christian Murray A homeless man who allegedly stabbed a 25-year-old man to death on a Jackson Heights street last year has been indicted on murder charges and faces life in prison. John Daves, 33, allegedly got into a verbal dispute with Miguel Angel Becerra-Perez, the victim, at a food truck at… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2019 Staff Report Police have made two more arrests in the broad daylight shooting at the 90th Street station platform that saw one person die earlier this month. Tito Martinez-Alvarenga, 19, and Victor Lopez, 20, were arrested yesterday and charged with second degree murder, gang assault, kidnapping and criminal possession of a weapon… Read more »
Feb. 21, 2019 Staff Report A Queens-based advocacy group is holding a forum in Jackson Heights Monday night where the leading candidates for the office of Queens District Attorney will attend and answer questions on how they plan to serve in the position if elected. The event comes well in advance of the Democratic primary… Read more »
Feb. 21, 2019 By Meghan Sackman The man who was fatally dragged by a moving 7 train at Grand Central Station earlier this week was an area resident, according to police. The 39-year-old victim, whose name has yet to be publicly released, died after he was dragged by a Queens-bound train at the station just… Read more »
Feb. 21, 2019 By Christian Murray The number of arrests, deportations and immigration court proceedings brought by ICE involving New York residents has surged since President Donald Trump took office, according to a scathing report released today by Comptroller Scott Stringer. The report, titled “The Demographics of Detention,” noted that nearly 2,600 people were deported… Read more »
Feb. 20, 2019, By Meghan Sackman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly sworn in representative of the 14th District, will be opening a Jackson Heights district office next month. Ocasio-Cortez’s office will be located in the Bruson Building at 74-09 37th Ave., about eights blocks from where her predecessor Joseph Crowley operated from. She anticipates opening the office… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez The city has unveiled a new Vision Zero plan highlighting the next batch of streets and intersections deemed dangerous across the boroughs that will see enhanced safety measures—with a long avenue running between Jackson Heights and Woodside among the targeted locations. The Department of Transportation, in its updated Borough… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Former Congressman Joe Crowley, who represented Queens and the Bronx for 10-terms until he was unseated last year by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has moved on to a new position at a Washington, D.C.-based law and lobbying firm. Squire Patton Boggs, the international firm and one of the largest in… Read more »