Feb. 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin The world’s borough is not just diverse in its ethnic makeup — it has great diversity in politics as well, a new study shows. Out of the 3,155 Queens residents who contributed money to a presidential candidate’s campaign last year, nearly a third — 31 percent — gave money… Read more »
Feb. 24, 2020 By Rob MacKay and Christian Murray A memorial service is being held at St. Sebastian Church this Friday in honor of a fallen New York City transit officer from Woodside who was gunned down on the streets of Manhattan 50 years ago. Patrolman Michael Melchiona, a St. Sebastian School graduate who grew… Read more »
Feb. 21, 2020 By Kristen Torres An elderly Greenpoint woman who was reported missing earlier this month was found dead near the Kosciuszko Bridge on Thursday, according to police. Konefal Czeslawa, 76, who had dementia, went missing on Feb. 9. She had been last seen at St. Stanislaou Church, located at 607 Humboldt St. in… Read more »
Feb. 20, 2020 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who broke into house on 48th Street by Laurel Hill Boulevard and stole about $1,000 worth of power tools last week. The suspect smashed through the basement glass door at around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, grabbed the power tools and… Read more »
Feb. 19. 2020 By Kristen Torres The city is hiking the fine for alternate side parking violations starting tomorrow, according to the Department of Sanitation. Fines for violators–who fail to move their vehicle to make way for street cleaning–will increase to $65 starting on Feb. 20 in all five boroughs. Currently, drivers who receive tickets… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2020 By Kristen Torres The MTA said on-time performance rates for city subways in January approached a record high. Weekday subway on-time performance was around 83 percent last month—the highest of any January since 2013, the agency reported. There were just 29 major weekday incidents that caused delays throughout the month—a 44 percent… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2020 By Kristen Torres Lawmakers are split on whether or not to back the state’s six-week-old bail reform law, which has ignited fierce debate among elected officials, the police and criminal justice advocates since it went into effect on Jan. 1. The new law eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanor and non-violent offenses,… Read more »
Feb. 18, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The long-awaited movie theater planned for Queens Boulevard is about to get bigger. The developers of a 12-story mixed use building slated to go up at 38-01 Queens Blvd. said that the building will contain 10 Regal Cinema movie screens instead of earlier plans that would have contained eight…. Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Construction has begun on a $3.2 million revamp to a Woodside park that will feature a new basketball court, children’s play areas and other amenities. Renovations on Hart Playground, located at 65th and 37th Ave., got underway last month and are slated to be done by January 2021. The… Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Kristen Torres A former sanitation employee who spent 20 years working for the city is putting his hat in the ring to challenge State Senator Michael Gianaris in this year’s Democratic primary. Ignazio “Izzy” Terranova retired from the city’s Department of Sanitation after a decades-long career in 2019. His inspiration to… Read more »