April 10, By Hannah Wulkan
The City council passed a bill last week sponsored by Councilman Danny Dromm that aims to protect immigrants from fraudulent legal service providers.
The bill imposes stricter standards on immigration service providers and imposes hefty fines for those firms that fail to comply.…
April 7, By Hannah Wulkan
A longtime Community Board 4 member was ousted from the board after she made disparaging comments about undocumented immigrants last month.
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz did not reappoint 30-year veteran Ann Pfoser Darby of Corona to Community Board 4 in the most recent set of appointments for the 2017 to 2019 term,…
April 5, Staff Report
Police are searching for a man who was seen masturbating on a 7 train in Corona last month.
According to the report, the man exposed himself and masturbated in front of a 38-year-old woman seated across from him on a Manhattan-bound 7 train at the 111th Street Station around 7:45 p.m.…
April 4, By Hannah Wulkan
The family of a Corona man who was struck and killed by an unlicensed drunk driver in Sunnyside on Saturday is working to raise money to cover his funeral costs.
Gelacio Reyes, 32, was biking home from work on 43rd Avenue near 39th Street at around 3:00 am when he was the victim of a hit-and-run.…
April 1, Staff Report
A knife-wielding robber stole a cellphone from a 25-year-old man on a Jackson Heights street Wednesday before stabbing him in the stomach, according to police.
The suspect approached the victim at around 9:30 pm, March 29,…
March 31, Staff Report
Police are searching for a woman believed to be involved in stealing wallets and cellphones from female “7” train riders in the past two months.
The suspect is connected to nine incidents. A man, who was involved in two of the incidents,…
March 31, Staff Report
Police are searching for two men who robbed a taxi driver at knife point in East Elmhurst last week.
According to police, the 22-year-old taxi driver picked up the first suspect at Queens Boulevard and 71st Street,…
March 29, By Hannah Wulkan
The mother of a 1-year-old girl that was fatally struck by a truck last week has started a fundraiser to help pay for her daughter’s funeral.
Last week, mother Frederique Rowe was pushing her baby across 23rd Avenue at 94th Street in a stroller when a truck turned in to the crosswalk and hit the stroller.…
March 29, Staff Report
Police are searching for a man who allegedly beat up and hospitalized a passenger on the mezzanine of the Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights E train station earlier this month.
According to the report, the suspect approached the 35-year-old male victim on the mezzanine around 4 p.m.…
March 29, Staff Report
The Department of Transportation has added new safety measures that will give pedestrians more time to cross a dangerous 37th Avenue intersection, following the death of a local man in a crosswalk in January.
The DOT has installed Leading Pedestrian Intervals,…