Nov. 26, 2019 By Kristen Torres Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects involved in three break-ins this month. The pair allegedly broke into a woman’s home through the back door in the vicinity of 53rd Avenue and 66 Street in Maspeth on Nov. 11. They then took $11,500 worth… Read more »
Nov. 22, 2019 By Kristen Torres A record number of graduating high school students have enrolled in college, according to a new report released by the mayor’s office. Nearly 50,000 students enrolled in college, vocational or public service programs, putting enrollment at an all-time high of 62 percent for New York City’s Class of 2018…. Read more »
Nov. 19, 2019 By Allie Griffin Local lawmakers are demanding an explanation from the Department of Education (DOE) on its failure to equip city school buses with GPS tracking by the beginning of the school year, as required by a recently adopted law. Council Members Robert Holden and Ben Kallos penned a letter to Schools… Read more »
Nov. 12, 2019 By Christian Murray A large piece of Myrtle Avenue real estate owned by the operators of the now-shuttered Happy Days Children’s clothing store has sold for $9.3 million. The property, which incorporates the site where Happy Days once operated, consists of three contiguous parcels at 56-40/56-42 Myrtle Ave. and 17-11 Hancock St…. Read more »
Nov. 11, 2019. By Shane O’Brien Police are looking for a man who replicated a woman’s debit card and withdrew roughly $3,000 from ATMs throughout Queens and Manhattan over a seven day period in October. The suspect made a total of 17 unauthorized transactions between Sunday, Oct. 20 and Saturday Oct. 26, according to the… Read more »
Nov. 6, 2019 By Allie Griffin Melinda Katz sailed to victory in the Queens District Attorney race last night, easily beating the Republican candidate Joe Murray. Katz, who has been the Queens Borough President since 2014, garnered nearly 75 percent of the votes — 138,000 to Murray’s 45,000, according to the unofficial results released by… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2019 By Allie Griffin The majority of Queens council members voted today in favor of a plan that will bring hundreds of miles of protected bicycle and bus lanes to city streets. The legislation introduced by Council Speaker Corey Johnson passed the full council by a 35 to 10 vote with two abstentions…. Read more »
Oct. 30, 2019. By Shane O’Brien The MTA will carry out a “blitz inspection” of the elevated subway tracks after yet another piece of debris fell from the tracks in Queens and smashed through the window of a car parked below. The most recent incident of falling subway debris occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 29 under… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin The number of Queens dwelling units for sale jumped to an all-time high during the third quarter of 2019, while house prices remained stagnant, according to a new report. There were 4,842 homes–including co-ops and condos– for sale in Queens during the third quarter, up 11.2 percent from the… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2019. By Shane O’Brien Over 1,500 people are expected to attend the NYPD’s annual Halloween-themed boxing event in Resorts World Casino New York City in Jamaica Thursday. The NYPD Halloween Boxing Smoker is returning to Resorts World at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd. for the third successive year on Thursday, Oct. 24 and will run… Read more »