June 21, 2021 By Allie Griffin The Department of Transportation (DOT) will present a proposal Wednesday to create a “bike boulevard” along 39th Avenue in Sunnyside. The agency plans to convert 39th Avenue, from 45th Street to Woodside Avenue, to a bike boulevard that would involve making significant changes to the strip. The DOT will… Read more »
June 21, 2021 By Allie Griffin Federal officials have postponed making their final decision on the $2 billion LaGuardia AirTrain project after community groups and legislators expressed concerns over its environmental review. Early construction of the AirTrain — a proposed 1.5 mile rail line linking LaGuardia Airport to the 7 train and Long Island Rail… Read more »
June 21, 2021 By Christina Santucci A development team’s plan to build a large film production studio—backed by actor Robert De Niro—got the approval of Astoria’s Community Board 1 last week. The plans call for a $400 million complex – called Wildflower Studios – to be built at 35-15 19th Ave., between the Steinway &… Read more »
June 21, 2021 By Christina Santucci Andrew Yang and former Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley announced last week that they are supporting one another’s respective campaigns for mayor and Queens borough president. The candidates held an event in Bayside to cross endorse each other Friday – with supporters including the firefighters union. “Together, we’ll deliver for Queens… Read more »
June 21, 2021 By Christina Santucci Police are looking for a man who allegedly forced a 31-year-old woman at gunpoint to perform a sex act on him in Jackson Heights last week. The suspect approached the woman just after 2 a.m. Friday near 78th Street and Roosevelt Avenue and displayed a firearm, the NYPD said…. Read more »
June 21, 2021 By Christina Santucci More than 35,000 Queens residents cast their ballots during the past nine days of Early Voting for the Primary Election, the city’s Board of Elections said Sunday night. Early Voters in Queens made up about 18.5 percent of the total 191,197 people citywide, according to unofficial and cumulative counts… Read more »
June 18, 2021 By Allie Griffin A candidate running to represent the 26th Council District released an explosive Medium post Wednesday just days ahead of Election Day. Jonathan Bailey, a former co-chair of the Queens Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and a candidate for District 26, argues that political opportunists are co-opting the progressive-left platform,… Read more »
June 18, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Coldplay played live in front of thousands of adoring fans on the Long Island City waterfront Thursday evening in a performance that culminated in a colorful fireworks display. The internationally-acclaimed rock band took to the stage at Hunters Point South Park – in front of the Oval and to… Read more »
June 18, 2021 Op-Ed By: Brent O’Leary, Candidate for NYC 26th Council District Due to term limits put in by referendum, for the first time since the beginning of our city, we will have an almost entirely new government. Come January 2022, there will be a new Mayor, a new Comptroller and at least 35… Read more »
June 17, 2021 Op-Ed By: Heidi L. Sieck As New York City voters begin voting early, filling out and mailing in their absentee ballots, or heading to the polls in person on Election Day, New Yorkers will be voting like we have never done before. This is the first election where New York City voters… Read more »