April 13, 2021 By Christina Santucci New York officials halted the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at city and state sites Tuesday – as federal health agencies investigate whether the shot is linked to rare blood clots. The mayor said the city’s Vaccine Command Center was giving new appointments for the Moderna or… Read more »
April 13, 2021 By Christina Santucci New Yorkers who lost a loved one to COVID-19 can now apply for up to $9,000 in federal funds to help pay for funeral and burial costs. The FEMA hotline for applications launched Monday, and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Chuck Schumer visited Corona to highlight the program’s… Read more »
April 13, 2021 By Christina Santucci Queens elected officials – including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – joined dozens of residents displaced by last week’s massive blaze in Jackson Heights at a news conference in front of their fire-ravaged buildings Monday afternoon. The event was held to show support for the hundreds of tenants left in… Read more »
April 13, 2021 Sponsored Story People are not always aware that they can switch to a new pooled income trust. Others aren’t sure that it’s the right move for them—even if they are unsatisfied with their current one. Or they may not be sure that now is the right time to make the change. Once… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christian Murray The opening date of a number of schools undergoing construction in western Queens has been pushed back in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Philip Composto, Community Superintendent of District 30, provided Community Board 2 with an update Thursday on several schools in western Queens that are under construction—and… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christina Santucci A number of Queens environmentalists who want to revitalize a filthy inlet in northern Astoria got to work over the weekend with a cleanup around the short waterway–called Luyster Creek. Located alongside the Steinway & Sons Factory, Luyster Creek – also known as Steinway Creek – branches off… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin The city is opening up a new COVID-19 vaccine site at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The facility will open this week at the former Modell’s sporting goods store inside the mall, located at 58-56 92nd St., de Blasio said. Health staff… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christina Santucci While the majority of Queens state legislators recently approved the legalization of marijuana – four of their colleagues who represent southern parts of the borough voted against the plan State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblymembers Stacey Pheffer Amato, Brian Barnwell and Jenifer Rajkumar all opposed the “Marijuana Regulation… Read more »
April 12, 2021 By Christina Santucci Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI), which has been closed since the start of the pandemic, is reopening later this month. Members – as well as those who bought tickets to the Envisioning 2001 exhibition before the building closed – will be able to visit on April 30,… Read more »
April 11, 2021 By Christian Murray Seventeen candidates are vying to replace term-limited Jimmy Van Bramer as the representative for the 26th Council District. In today’s podcast we talk to Steven Raga, who is one of 15 Democrats vying for the seat that covers Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City and a portion of Astoria. The… Read more »