March 8, 2022 By Christian Murray The Flushing branch of the Queens Public Library is scheduled to reopen in April after being closed since March 2020. The branch closed along with the rest of the library system at the start of COVID-19 but has not fully reopened since—due to a faulty HVAC system and the… Read more »
March 8, 2022 By Allie Griffin Queens residents can donate supplies to Ukrainians under the daily threat of Russian violence without leaving the borough. Several Queens officials are collecting donations of medical supplies, food, clothes, toiletries and other necessities to send overseas to Ukrainian families as they face Russian forces or flee their homeland. Queens… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on March 7, 2022 at 8:14 p.m. By Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY Dozens of Jackson Heights tenants, still displaced nearly a year after blaze, say the NYPD won’t allow them to report their belongings stolen — and demand justice. Dozens of tenants displaced by a massive fire… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray and Michael Dorgan Plans have been filed for what will be the tallest building in Queens upon its completion. A developer has submitted plans that call for the construction of a 69-story, 818-unit development on Jackson Avenue near Queens Plaza in Long Island City. The building, which has an… Read more »
Mar. 7, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The St. Pats for All parade came roaring back to life Sunday as more than two thousand people took to the streets of Woodside and Sunnyside to celebrate Ireland, inclusivity and diversity. The parade, which was canceled last year due to COVID restrictions, proved it had lost none of… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray Elected officials, subway riders and disability rights activists gathered at a subway station in Rego Park Friday to call on New York State to allocate federal infrastructure funds toward the construction of elevators at MTA and LIRR stations. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Grace Meng, and disability rights activists… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A 28-year-old man was seriously injured after being shot while driving along the Jackie Robinson Parkway Saturday morning in an apparent road-rage incident. The shooter had allegedly cut the victim off while driving westbound on the parkway near Metropolitan Avenue (exit 6) in Forest Hills at around 7:35 a.m.,… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A motorcyclist is in critical condition and his passenger is in stable condition after crashing into a vehicle that was making an illegal U-turn in Jackson Heights Sunday evening. The motorcycle, driven by a 30-year-old man, collided with a vehicle that was making an illegal U-Turn in the vicinity… Read more »
March 4, 2022 By Christian Murray Armed robberies, vicious assaults and hate crimes have become all too common in New York City in recent months and the borough of Queens is no exception. There have been brutal attacks at subway stations, shootings at NYCHA complexes, to a rash of anti-Asian hate crimes. For the year-to-date… Read more »
Mar. 4, 2022 By Michael Dorgan New Yorkers are about to take a major step towards normalcy. Vaccine requirements for businesses and most mask-wearing mandates in schools will be lifted across the five boroughs starting Monday as the city appears to be winning the battle against COVID-19. The pandemic preventative measures – which have proven… Read more »