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Man dead after fire breaks out inside Jackson Heights apartment building

March 6, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A fire at an apartment building in Jackson Heights left a man dead on Saturday, March 4. The victim, 47, was inside 37-60 88th St. — a six-story building — when the fire broke out on the fourth floor at around 4:25 p.m., according to authorities. The FDNY dispatched… Read more »

Big Crowds and Big Names Turned out for St. Pats For All Parade Sunday

March 6, 2023 By Kathleen Warnock On the first Sunday in March, the start of St. Patrick’s season, a poet and a rocker were the Grand Marshals of St. Pat’s for All, the inclusive parade through Sunnyside and Woodside, Queens. Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon and musician Caít O’Riordan grandly marshaled the gathering, begun in 2000, which… Read more »

International retailer Primark to open new store at Queens Center Mall

March 1, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Three months after celebrating the opening of its first Queens store in Jamaica, international retailer Primark has signed a new lease to open its second location in the borough at Queens Center in Elmhurst. While specific opening details are not yet available, Macerich, a retail developer that invests in… Read more »

Borough president delivers $1.5 million in funding to help create new ICU at Mount Sinai Queens in Astoria

Feb. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry Conjuring memories from when the borough was the “epicenter of the epicenter” during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced a $1.5 million capital funding allocation toward the creation of a new 22-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Mount Sinai Queens… Read more »

‘Housing is a human right’: Jackson Heights tenants rally against landlord for alleged poor living conditions and management negligence

Feb. 27, 2023, By Carlotta Mohamed  A group of tenants residing in a Jackson Heights building rallied outside of the Queens Civil Court in Jamaica on Monday, Feb. 27, after taking on their landlord in a group repairs case after years of living in alleged unacceptable conditions. They also highlighted the importance of passing legislation… Read more »