June 13, Staff Report
The police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a Jackson Heights electronics store and stole $15,000 in cash and dozens of cellphones and laptops last week.
The suspect broke into Electromania, located at 100-15 Roosevelt Avenue,…
June 12, By Jason Cohen
Elected leaders and Parks Depart. officials released the design plans for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Elmhurst Park on Friday.
The memorial, which will honor the 420 Queens residents who died in Vietnam, will feature two semi-circular granite walls,…
June 12, By Christian Murray
A developer’s plan to convert a car wash on Northern Boulevard into an 8-story office building took a major step forward last month when the City Planning Commission approved the owner’s bid for a zoning change.…
June 8, By Jason Cohen
An East Elmhurst man who bludgeoned his girlfriend and her daughter to death with a hammer in 2014 was convicted of murder yesterday and faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Carlos Alberto Amarillo,…
June 7, By Jason Cohen
The third annual Jackson Heights Jazz Festival takes place in July and will feature four artists at three local venues.
Last year the concert series drew large crowds and Joe Knipes, the event’s founder,…
June 7, By Jason Cohen
A bill requiring the MTA and the New York City Transit Authority to study lead paint levels along the elevated subway lines passed the state senate on Monday.
Proposed by Senator Jose Peralta, (D-Jackson Heights),…
June 6, By Jason Cohen
Elected officials and the Parks Department unveiled a $1.7 million renovation of Veterans Grove Playground in Elmhurst this morning.
The park, located at Judge Street and 43rd Ave., now features a new dog run,…
June 5, By Jason Cohen
Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights) introduced legislation last week that would classify “stealthing,” which involves the removal of a condom during sex without consent, as a form of sexual assault.
Should the bill become law an offender would be charged with rape in the third degree,…
June 5, By Jason Cohen
Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights) announced Thursday that he is running for City Council and plans to take Julissa Ferreras-Copeland’s 21st District Council seat now that she has decided not to seek re-election.
Ferreras-Copeland,…
June 2, By Jason Cohen
Four firefighters were injured yesterday while battling a fire in Corona.
The fire broke out on the second floor of an abandoned house at 32-03 Junction Blvd., near 32nd Ave. at 4:11pm, according to the FDNY.…