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.…
June 1, By Jason Cohen
The Corona branch of the Queens Library will be hosting a 31-hour open house starting at 10 a.m. Friday, featuring a variety of activities for children and adults.
The event is part of the “Queens Library is for Everyone” campaign that aims to promote inclusivity throughout the borough.…
June 1, Staff Report
Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, who was elected to the city council in 2009, is not running for re-election.
Ferreras-Copeland, deemed a front runner to become the next Council speaker, told Politico
that she made the decision so she could spend more time with her husband and son.…
May 30, By Jason Cohen
Nearly 40 Elmhurst residents whose apartment building went up in flames last month filed a lawsuit today against their landlord that calls for an administrator to oversee the reconstruction of their building to ensure the rent isn’t hiked upon their return.…
May 30, Staff Report
A woman was kicked in the stomach at the 74th Street Roosevelt Avenue station last week after chasing a man who had stolen her purse, police said.
The victim was going through the turnstile at around 10:40pm on Monday,…
May 26, By Jason Cohen
Elmhurst Hospital officials claim that emergency room wait times have come down this year.
The hospital, in a statement, claimed that in March the average wait time for all patients was down to 1 hour and 16 minutes and that for sicker patients the wait time was far less.…
May 25, By Jason Cohen
State Senator Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and the IDC (Independent Democratic Conference) passed a senate bill Tuesday requiring food vendors to post letter grades on their carts on the same day he released a lengthy report detailing the worst pushcarts in the city.…
May 23, By Jason Cohen
An 11-year-old boy accidentally shot a teacher with a pellet gun at a Queens school Monday afternoon, police said.
According to a police spokesman, the youth brought the BB gun to I.S. 5-Walter Crowley Intermediate School,…