Aug. 20, 2021 By Christian Murray Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new mandate today that will require public school students and administrators involved in high-risk school sports to be vaccinated in the coming school year. The mandate would require students and administrators involved in high-risk public school sports—including football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, lacrosse and… Read more »
Aug. 19, 2021 By Christian Murray Several online hearings are scheduled to take place next week that will provide the public with the opportunity to weigh in on a controversial plan that aims to revamp an Astoria powerplant. The New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation is holding a series of public hearings on Aug…. Read more »
Aug. 18, 2021 By Christian Murray A hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a pedestrian in Woodside while driving drunk pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated vehicular homicide, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Jorge Samaniego, 51, of Maspeth, struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk at Broadway and 60th Street at around 8 p.m. on Dec…. Read more »
Aug. 18, 2021 By Christian Murray Police are looking for a suspect who slashed a man across the face with a knife at the Court Square subway station in Long Island City earlier this month. The suspect, according to police, followed a 36-year-old man into an elevator at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1… Read more »
Aug. 18, 2021 Op-Ed By: Marvin Jeffcoat, Candidate for City Council We all need to understand what’s at stake here. To do that we have to understand our Constitutional rights. No emergency ever justifies a suspension of the US Constitution and our Rights! If government were allowed to suspend the Constitution based on emergencies the… Read more »
Aug. 17, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A rally will be held Tuesday evening in Jackson Heights for a Filipina nurse who was assaulted in an apparent bias attack while handing out masks on the subway. The event, which is being organized by the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns, will take place at Diversity Plaza at… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A Filipino advocacy group in Queens will petition redistricting officials in hopes of having the borough’s Filipino community grouped into a single Assembly district to maximize its political voice. Little Manila Queens Bayanihan Arts, which organizes projects for the Filipino community in Woodside, is one of 14 groups comprising… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2021 By Christian Murray A developer’s application to rezone a large piece of property on Roosevelt Avenue received the blessing of the Queens Borough President last month and the project’s fate is expected to be determined by the city council in October. The application calls for the development of a 13 story, 213… Read more »
Aug. 12, 2021 By Christian Murray A dedicated crew of workers will be keeping a long list of streets in western Queens clean stemming from a new allocation of city funds by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer. Van Bramer said that his office has allocated $270,000 to a non-profit organization that will be bringing on… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Aug 10, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT BY Clifford Michel Shortly after sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo surfaced, his press office stopped regularly publishing the public schedule of his next in line: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former member of Congress from Buffalo, who had… Read more »