Apr. 26, 2024 By Anthony Medina Queens Council Member Robert Holden has introduced a series of bills that aim to impose tougher penalties on lawbreakers and provide law enforcement with additional tools to make arrests. Holden, who serves as chair of the Veterans Committee in the city council and co-chair of the Common Sense Caucus,…
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Weight Loss to Shape Up in Style: Our Health and Fitness Must-Haves.
Apr. 26, 2024 By Stephanie Waddle
There are more weight loss gimmicks than stars in the sky. I know because I have several friends that have struggled with their weight, some of them severely, for many years. They’ve had the most success when they’ve applied four basic principles:
Queens electeds offer contrasting viewpoints on pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia
Apr. 25, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan As Pro-Palestinian encampments emerged at over a dozen college campuses across the country following in the footsteps of Columbia University, local elected officials pushed out statements in response. The “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” built on the campus’s south lawn, drew strong voices of support, as well as objection, from Queens…
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Memorial mass for bartender stabbed in Maspeth Irish bar set for Saturday in Elmhurst
Apr. 25, 2024 By QNS Staff Report The Irish woman who was stabbed to death in a pub in Maspeth last month is set to be remembered with a church service in Elmhurst on Saturday evening. Sarah McNally, 41, from County Longford in Ireland, will be honored at St. Adalbert’s Roman Catholic Church at 52-29…
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FDNY rescues two residents from three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill Wednesday
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
The FDNY had a massive response to a three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill on Wednesday morning.
Housing lottery opens for 17-story mixed-use building in Far Rockaway, rent starts at $617
Apr. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 134 units in the 17-story mixed-use building The Peninsula A1, also known as Edgemere Commons Apartments, at 51-23 Beach Channel Dr. in Far Rockaway. The Peninsula A1 has 194 apartments, 60 of which are market rate. The 134 affordable units…
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Ridgewood Senior Center launches GoFundMe to preserve vital services
Apr. 24, 2024 By Anthony Medina The Ridgewood Older Adult Center has started a GoFundMe campaign to help maintain its neighborhood program, which provides seniors with one of the few places offering exclusive services in Ridgewood. Staffers at the long-time senior center say the cost of staying at the building, located on 59-14 70th Ave.,…
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St. Matthias Catholic Academy launches GoFundMe to save historic Ridgewood institution
Apr. 24, 2024 By Anthony Medina The St. Matthias Catholic Academy has launched a GoFundMe campaign seeking $1 million in donations in order to eliminate its debt and prevent it from closing this June. Since learning last week of the school’s impending closure due to financial challenges, parents and faculty at St. Matthias have banded…
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New York City FC marks new stadium approval with win at Citi Field; Moves up in Eastern Conference
Apr. 23, 2024 By QNS News Team New York City Football Club (NYCFC) celebrated the recent approval of a new 25,000-seater stadium in Willets Point with a 2-0 victory over DC United at Citi Field on Saturday, Apr. 20. Goals from Santiago Rodriguez and Julián Fernández gave NYCFC a deserved victory that saw them leapfrog…
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Queens Assembly Member Juan Ardila runs for re-election amid sexual assault allegations and widespread criticism
Apr. 23, 2024 By czarinnaandres Apr. 23, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Assembly Member Juan Ardila, a western Queens Democrat whose time in office has been mired by two sexual assault allegations, is running for re-election despite being shunned by progressives and his electorate at large. Ardila, who won the vacant Assembly District 37 seat in… Read more »