Aug. 28, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police from the 110th Precinct are searching for three suspects who allegedly carjacked a man at gunpoint in Corona earlier this month. The 24-year-old victim was inside his parked vehicle — which was in front of a house on 42nd Avenue, between 11th Street and 108th Street — at… Read more »
Aug. 25, 2023 By Michael Dorgan and Paul Frangipane Queens Borough President Donovan Richards met with local officials and residents for a town hall in Corona on Thursday, Aug. 24, with street vending and crime among the topics of discussion. The town hall took place at the Aliento de Vida Christian Church, located at 103-12… Read more »
Aug. 24, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The beaten-up basketball courts at Travers Park in Jackson Heights will soon get a makeover thanks to an allocation of more than $1 million in capital funding from the Queens Borough President’s Office. Borough President Donovan Richards presented the NYC Parks Dept. with a $1.05 million check on Thursday,… Read more »
Aug. 24, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police have released images of a knife-wielding man who is wanted in connection with a number of muggings in Corona earlier this month. In each of the three incidents, the suspect displayed a knife and attempted to rob his victims, cops said. The first incident took place on Aug…. Read more »
Aug. 23, 2023, By Michael Dorgan and Dean Moses – Updated at 5:58 p.m. A 75-year-old Manhattan man has been charged with the sexual abuse and kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl who was reported missing from Jackson Heights on Tuesday, Aug. 23, and was later found after a frantic police search. The man, named by… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry
A former dean at a Corona public school was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 22, and charged with the rape of an underage male student, according to the NYPD.
Aug. 22, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A 5-year-old girl who was reported missing from Jackson Heights has been found and one person is in custody, according to police. Police issued an urgent alert on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 22, regarding the whereabouts of Genesis Inamagua, who had been last seen at around 9 a.m. this morning… Read more »
Aug. 22, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Gone, but not forgotten. A Queens historian and preservationist has teamed up with a Brooklyn-based foundation to salvage storefront signs from shuttered city businesses — including the distinct red and yellow sign of the Alpha Donuts coffee shop in Sunnyside and the Tower Diner sign in Forest Hills that… Read more »
Aug. 21, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Queens Borough President Donovan Richards presented representatives of Elmhurst Hospital with a $3 million check for capital funding on Monday, Aug. 21, to help centralize its maternal and neo-natal services unit (NICU). The presentation took place in front of the hospital — which is also known as NYC Health… Read more »
Aug. 18, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Queens Borough President Donovan Richards will make two major funding announcements next week in northwestern Queens, where he will also host public programming events as part of an initiative to engage with residents and connect them with public resources. The week-long initiative, called Borough Hall on Your Block, will… Read more »