Oct. 8, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A flyer with a message demanding that citizens report undocumented immigrants to ICE has popped up in the area, with a video of Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer ripping the poster apart going viral. The flyer, written in bold, capital letters, says it is the “civic duty” of American… Read more »
Oct. 8, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A Sunnyside restaurant came under fire for recently posting a now-deleted photo of one of its staff members in blackface, which it maintains is part of a cultural tradition. Cumbia & Sabor, the Colombian restaurant by 45th Street and Greenpoint Avenue, posted a photo about two weeks ago to… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Potential development of the Sunnyside Yard continues to inch closer to reality, as the first public meeting as part of the master planning process has been set for this month. The meeting, scheduled for Oct. 24 at LaGuardia Community College, will go over the master planning process that kicked… Read more »
Oct. 3, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Richard Carranza, the new chancellor for the city’s Department of Education, will be in Woodside later this month for a town hall. The event will take place at P.S. 11 on Oct. 17, and is organized by the Community Education Council for District 30. The town hall comes as… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Two blessing of the animals events will be taking place in Sunnyside this weekend. The events will be held at All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Queens of Angels, where attendees can bring their pets to be blessed as part of the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, which takes… Read more »
Oct. 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A Woodside man has been sentenced to three and half years in prison for a hate crime committed against an MTA employee earlier this year, announced District Attorney Richard Brown today. Meher Kalam, 23, pleaded guilty to second degree assault as a hate crime last month that took place… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A new video posted to a local Facebook group shows a firetruck being blocked from traveling down Skillman Avenue–raising questions about public safety following the street’s recent redesign. The video, just over a minute long and posted to the Woodside Pride group at around 8:45 p.m. yesterday, shows an… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The size and scope of a large project proposed along Queens Boulevard in Woodside is currently being negotiated, with discussions of a smaller development with a public school on the table. Council Member Robert Holden, who represents the district where Madison Realty Capital has proposed a two-tower project at 69-02… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez P.S. 150, the elementary school with more than 1,000 students on 43rd Avenue, will soon have a revamped auditorium thanks to thousands of dollars in funding recently secured for the project, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer announced yesterday. The school will be receiving $400,000 for the long-awaited renovation work,… Read more »
Sept. 28, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A 73-year-old man died earlier this week after he was struck by a car on Roosevelt Avenue, according to police. Luis Simbana, of Jackson Heights, was hit near 49th Street and Roosevelt Avenue just before 10 p.m. on Sept. 17, and suffered severe head trauma after being knocked off… Read more »