Aug. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is calling on the state legislature to allow community boards to meet remotely for the duration of the pandemic. Richards penned a letter to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Thursday requesting that they pass legislation that would allow community… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2021 By Christian Murray The prestigious Davis Cup tennis tournament will be coming back to Forest Hills for the first time since 1959. A best-of-five match series between South Africa and Venezuela will take place at the historic Forest Hills Stadium on Sept. 18-19, the weekend after the conclusion of the U.S. Open…. Read more »
Aug. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Hip Hop artist and former Queens resident Nas will return to the borough to perform a concert next month benefitting a local nonprofit. Nas will host and perform at the “Concert to Feed NYC” at Forest Hills Stadium on Sept. 23. Proceeds from the concert will go to City… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police released a video of a person of interest Sunday in connection to a Woodside shooting that took place in June that left two men injured. The NYPD is looking to speak to the man in the video in relation to a gun that was fired multiple times into… Read more »
Aug. 6, 2021 By Allie Griffin New York City is getting its first curbside charging stations for electric vehicles — but many activists want more stations than what has been allotted for Queens. The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced in June that it would install 120 curbside charging ports in 23 neighborhoods… Read more »
Aug. 6, 2021 By Allie Griffin Assembly Member Catherine Nolan announced Thursday that she supports impeaching Governor Andrew Cuomo — in response to a rally calling on her to do so earlier in the day. Local activists and Democratic district leaders rallied outside Nolan’s Long Island City office Thursday morning demanding that she vote to… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2021 By Christian Murray The police have released video footage of a man who ripped a necklace off a 26-year-old woman on a Ridgewood street Tuesday and then took off with it. The woman was robbed while walking her dog in front of 17-39 Bleecker St. at around 9:35 a.m., when a man… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2021 By Allie Griffin A new school serving children on the autism spectrum will open in Long Island City next month. Academy For Young Minds (AYM) will open in a new building located at 11-20 46th Rd. this September. The independent private school is geared towards mid-to high-functioning school-aged children who fall on… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2021 By Allie Griffin The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) has started work on the fourth and final phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign project, the agency announced Thursday. Crews have begun installing protected bike lanes, a pedestrian path and other traffic safety features along Queens Boulevard from Yellowstone Boulevard to Union Turnpike… Read more »
Aug. 5, 2021 By Christian Murray More than two dozen individuals from three warring gangs were nabbed in a massive take down yesterday at the Ravenswood and Queensbridge NYCHA developments, the Queens District Attorney announced today. Twenty-eight reputed gang members were indicted by a Queens grand jury—variously charged with murder, attempted murder, assault, criminal possession… Read more »