Feb. 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin Amazon has signed a lease for a 300,000-square-foot space in Middle Village’s Rentar Plaza, according to a new report. The lease agreement comes just one year after the e-commerce giant pulled out of a deal to build its second headquarters in Long Island City. The company will take over… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2020 By Kristen Torres Commuters on the Long Island Rail Road traveling from the outer parts of Queens will see savings come this summer, with discounted fares set to take effect on May 1. LIRR riders will get a 20 percent discount on monthly passes and a 10 percent discount on all trips… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin The world’s borough is not just diverse in its ethnic makeup — it has great diversity in politics as well, a new study shows. Out of the 3,155 Queens residents who contributed money to a presidential candidate’s campaign last year, nearly a third — 31 percent — gave money… Read more »
Feb. 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin A group of men robbed two people and attempted to rob a third within minutes in Maspeth earlier this month. Four suspects attempted to rob a 38-year-old man before successfully robbing a 15-year-old girl and a 41-year-old man in separate attacks that all occurred within a 10-minute span on… Read more »
Feb. 19. 2020 By Kristen Torres The city is hiking the fine for alternate side parking violations starting tomorrow, according to the Department of Sanitation. Fines for violators–who fail to move their vehicle to make way for street cleaning–will increase to $65 starting on Feb. 20 in all five boroughs. Currently, drivers who receive tickets… Read more »
Feb. 19, 2020 By Kristen Torres Lawmakers are split on whether or not to back the state’s six-week-old bail reform law, which has ignited fierce debate among elected officials, the police and criminal justice advocates since it went into effect on Jan. 1. The new law eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanor and non-violent offenses,… Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin An off-duty NYPD officer died by suicide inside a Middle Village home today. The 53-year-old detective took his own life at a home on 79th Street and was found by family members shortly before 1 p.m., police said. The officer’s suicide is the first NYPD member suicide in 2020…. Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin Assembly Member Brian Barnwell and Council Member Robert Holden will host a Queens bus network redesign workshop in Maspeth in partnership with the MTA next month. The workshop will be held at PS 153, located at 60-02 60th Ln., on March 9 at 6:30 p.m., Barnwell announced on Thursday…. Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Kristen Torres A former sanitation employee who spent 20 years working for the city is putting his hat in the ring to challenge State Senator Michael Gianaris in this year’s Democratic primary. Ignazio “Izzy” Terranova retired from the city’s Department of Sanitation after a decades-long career in 2019. His inspiration to… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin The 200-bed single men homeless shelter opened in Glendale today, after years of protests, heated meetings and legal action from community members. The “Cooper Rapid Rehousing Center,” at 78-16 Cooper Ave., officially opened today, the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) announced. “Today, we proudly open our doors at the… Read more »