Nov. 17, 2017 By Christian Murray
State Senator Jose Peralta is distributing a pamphlet that informs residents as to their rights when their car is towed from private parking lots by unscrupulous towing companies.
Peralta, who authored the pamphlet,…
Nov. 17, 2017, By Tara Law
Two 12-year-old boys were charged yesterday for making terrorist threats after a notebook was found earlier this month describing their plans to blow up their Elmhurst school.
The notebook contained elaborate plans to blow up Intermediate School 102,…
Nov. 17, 2017, By Tara Law
The police released a sketch of a man yesterday who allegedly groped a 14-year-old girl in Corona on Sept. 7.
The suspect allegedly followed the girl from Broadway and 103rd Street, and then inside 103-04 39th Ave.…
Nov. 16, 2017, By Christian Murray
The MTA will be increasing subway service along four Queens subway lines next summer in an effort to keep up with demand.
The biggest change will come to 7-train, where the agency will offer additional service on weekends.…
Nov. 15, 2017 By Tara Law
Workers who have been on strike at four Queens Foodtown supermarkets—including one in Jackson Heights—went back to work Friday after reaching a tentative agreement with their employer.
The employees, consisting of 35 meat and deli workers,…
Nov. 13, By Tara Law
A Corona woman who escaped sexual slavery has won an award for her work with survivors of human trafficking.
Shandra Woworuntu, 41, has been named a L’Oreal Paris Women of Worth honoree in recognition of her work as an advocate and a mentor for survivors of human trafficking.…
Nov. 10, 2017 By Tara Law
The owner of a 23-unit apartment building in Corona who threatened to evict tenants who failed to disclose their immigration status is now facing a complaint from the State Division of Human Rights.…
Nov. 9, 2017 By Tara Law
A 44-year-old man fell to his death from a fourth floor apartment in Jackson Heights in the early hours Thursday after he tried to flee through a window after he was caught molesting a young child,…
Nov. 9, 2017 By Christian Murray
The police are looking for a man armed with a knife who allegedly robbed a Jackson Heights bank Monday.
The suspect entered Sterling National Bank at 72-35 Broadway at around 4: 15 p.m.…
Nov. 6, 2017 By Christian Murray
Local officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking today to mark the beginning of construction of a new school building at P.S. 143 in Corona, which will bring nearly 1,000 permanent seats to the school and replace decades-old classroom trailers.…