This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 10, 2022 By Rachel Holliday Smith New York City voters approved four ballot measures this year, approving new funding for statewide environmental projects and three local proposals aimed at boosting racial equity in the five boroughs. By a wide margin, voters in the city and… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2022 By Max Murray A truck driver is dead after crashing his big rig into a cement pillar while at a busy intersection in Maspeth Wednesday morning. Stephen Roy Bennington, 50, from Pennsylvania, lost control of his 2023 Freightliner Truck at around 10:41 a.m. while traveling south on Grand Avenue, causing him to… Read more »
Nov. 10, 2022 By Christian Murray A truck driver from upstate New York was killed while standing next to his parked tractor trailer after being struck by a motorist in Maspeth during the early hours Wednesday morning. Chad Hallenbeck, 49, from East Durham, was hit in front of 56-05 Grand Ave. by a 43-year-old woman… Read more »
Nov. 9, 2022 By Christian Murray Governor Kathy Hochul brought in 63 percent of the vote in the borough of Queens Tuesday, a number that got a big boost due to the residents of southeast Queens. Hochul racked up huge numbers in Assembly Districts 29, 31, 32 and 33—which include the southeast Queens neighborhoods of… Read more »
Nov. 9, 2022 By Christian Murray Tuesday’s election contained no surprises for Democrats in western and central Queens, but Democrats in eastern Queens saw an assembly seat and a congressional seat flip to the Republicans. There were no upsets on a statewide basis. The governorship did not change, with Democrat Kathleen Hochul generating 52 percent… Read more »
Nov. 7, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Queens man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for the 1976 killing of a World War I veteran — in a decades-old cold case that was solved using forensic genetic genealogy for the first time in New York City. Martin Motta, 75, of Jamaica, pleaded guilty… Read more »
Nov. 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A Queens man was arrested last week on sex-crime charges for allegedly buying child pornography. Andre Hyman, 27, of 112th Avenue in Jamaica, allegedly bought sexually explicit materials online of young children performing sex acts—and paid via Bitcoin to cover his tracks. Authorities said that he bought numerous videos… Read more »
Nov. 4, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a man who broke into an apartment building in Forest Hills last week and stole a package from a mail area. The suspect gained entry by picking the lock of the outer door of the building, located in the vicinity of 67th Road and Booth… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2022 Op-Ed By Juan Ardila, Democratic Candidate for New York State Assembly District 37 Give credit where credit is due with the Interborough Express proposed by Gov. Hochul: For a governor to finally take notice of an underused freight-rail line running from Brooklyn into Queens, and pushing to convert that line to passenger… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2022 By Christian Murray A New York State Senator from Queens is looking to provide funding for four police precincts in his district to allow them to purchase vehicles and cameras. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo aims to allocate $700,000 in state funds to be split among the 102nd, 104th, 106th and 112th precincts…. Read more »