July 28, By Jason Cohen
The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens District Attorneys announced Wednesday that they will be dismissing nearly 700,000 open summons warrants next month.
They will be dismissing warrants issued for low level crimes that took place more than 10 years ago.…
July 26, By Jason Cohen
A husband and wife were indicted yesterday for allegedly stealing nearly $3.7 million from the sick absentee owners of a Williamsburg pharmacy where the husband worked.
Jorge Vergara, 43, and his wife, Vanhia Narvaez,…
July 25, By Jason Cohen
A new exhibit that examines the impact of the 7 train on the borough of Queens opens next week at the New York Transit Museum Grand Central Gallery Annex and Store.
The exhibit, titled 7 Train: Minutes to Midtown,…
July 25, By Jason Cohen
The NYPD is looking for three men who allegedly conned people into giving them thousands in deposits for apartments in Queens that were already rented.
The suspects put the listings on Facebook, rented the apartments and gave the victims keys in exchange for a deposit.…
July 22, By Nathaly Pesantez
Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing for more speed cameras to be installed in school zones and other high-traffic streets in Queens and in the city.
The mayor was joined by State Senator Jose Peralta and other local leaders near William Cullen Bryant High School in Astoria yesterday to discuss efforts in expanding the speed-camera program.…
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and Councilmember Daniel Dromm, joined by city officials and local community groups, broke ground on the $4.5 million expansion and upgrade to Diversity Plaza today.
The project will bring new trees,…
July 21, By Jason Cohen
A 17-year-old shot two men in Elmhurst late Wednesday in a gang related incident, the police said.
Luis Duchitanga, from Corona, allegedly shot the men at around 11:54 p.m. in the vicinity of 94th Street and 45th Avenue,…
July 20, By Nathaly Pesantez
Al-Araf Halal Fried Chicken and Frozen Delights, a restaurant in Jackson Heights, has been closed by the Department of Health (DOH).
The restaurant, located on 76-03 37th Avenue, was closed due to several sanitary violations,…
July 19, By Jason Cohen
Elected officials broke ground on the new 14,000-square-foot $23 million Louis Armstrong Education Center in Corona on Monday.
The new center is going up across the street from the Louis Armstrong House Museum—the legendary jazz great’s nationally landmarked Queens home,…
July 19, By Jason Cohen
A developer filed plans with the Department of Buildings Monday to construct a seven-story, 22-room hotel in Jackson Heights.
The building, which would go up at 37-38 73rd Street, would be narrow. It would consist of five rooms per floor–from the third through sixth floors–and two rooms on the seventh.…