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 Allie Griffin A worker was rushed to a hospital after suffering burns at a building in Sunnyside Tuesday. The man was working inside 39-35 47th Ave. — where AMS Dental Laboratory Inc. is located according to online listings — when he was burned at around 11 a.m. It’s unclear at this… Read more »
Aug. 17, 2021 By Allie Griffin The state is establishing a fund in order to buy economically-distressed hotels and convert them into permanent housing for the homeless and people in need. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law Friday a bill called the “Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act” (HONDA), which calls for the creation of… 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. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin Business owners who operate a bar, restaurant, gym or similar establishment must require their customers and workers to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to gain entry starting Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The businesses that fail to comply with the vaccine mandate will face fines… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens council candidates who won hard-fought primary elections in June are now starting to focus on the November general elections. Winners of the Democratic primaries who secured victories against often-long lists of candidates will now need to beat off Republican nominees and other challengers in the Nov. 2 general… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The city will begin spraying pesticides to keep the number of mosquitos at bay in parts of western Queens on Aug. 17. The spraying–which will be from trucks–will begin at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday night and will continue until 6 a.m. the following day, according to the NYC… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin The population of Queens swelled by nearly 8 percent in the last 10 years, new data from the U.S. Census shows. The number of borough residents increased to 2,405,464 in 2020 — up 7.83 percent from 2010 when the last census was conducted. “The large jump in our borough’s… 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 »