With less than five months to go until the Democratic primary, the gloves have come off in the Queens district attorney race. Challenger George Grasso is calling on Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz to rescind her endorsement from the New York State Court Officers Association (NYSCOA) and repudiate its president Dennis Quirk. The union leader… Read more »
During a two-day public hearing on the mayor’s 2024 preliminary budget, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. listened to testimonies from 14 community board representatives, community stakeholders and members of the public on where the money should be spent in Queens. The public hearings were held both in-person and via Zoom on Monday, Jan. 30,… Read more »
Police from the 104th Precinct and Transit District 33 are looking for a suspect in a public lewdness investigation for an incident on an M train at the Seneca Avenue station last month. A 31-year-old woman was on board a Queens-bound M train on Sunday, Jan. 22, at around 9:20 p.m., when she was approached… Read more »
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards held a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols outside Queens Borough Hall Monday, Jan. 30 after Nichols’ death at the hands of police officers in Memphis, Tenn., made national headlines for the brutality in which the officers beat him. Almost immediately after news broke about Nichols’ death, the Memphis police officers… Read more »
In an effort to get more young people involved in civics, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has created a new advisory panel known as the Youth and Young Adult Council to introduce the “youngest and fiercest” community advocates to both community service and organization. Members of the advisory body will advocate concerns through means of… Read more »
More than 300 community members attended the historic inauguration of Assemblyman Steven Raga as the first Filipino American elected to office in New York state. Many who attended the swearing-in event at the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park wore traditional and cultural attire to the event at the building that once housed the… Read more »
Illegal parking, blocked driveways and abandoned vehicles are some of the more common issues at almost every community-driven meeting. The Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale communities know all too well that these issues constantly plague their quality of life. The 104th Precinct recently shared several posts on Twitter involving the confiscation of illegal motorbikes… Read more »
Ridgewood Garden Associates Inc., a residential co-op based in Maspeth, is filing a lawsuit against the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) and Lyft for their alleged lack of negotiation on alternative locations for the installation of Citi Bike stations near their property. According to Ridgewood Garden Associates Inc.’s president of the board of directors, George… Read more »
Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood and Transit District 33 are looking for a man who assaulted a woman on board an L train at the Myrtle Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue subway station last month. The unprovoked attack occurred at around 1:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 30. Police say the 22-year-old woman was sitting… Read more »
A member of Queens Community Board 5 (CB 5) was removed from the board after making racist and anti-vaccine comments during last week’s board During the Jan. 11 CB 5 meeting, former board member Richard Huber would make a statement in which he questioned the COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness. In his rant, Huber referred to the… Read more »