Feb. 12, 2020 By Allie Griffin A pair of alleged burglars walked off with $1,300 worth of products from a Ridgewood Walgreens last month. The two individuals went inside the Walgreens store, located at 58-02 Metropolitan Ave., around 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11 and then entered the basement stockroom, where they grabbed products off… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Community Board 2 voted against a plan filed by Home Depot that calls for a massive home-improvement store and a six-story self-storage facility on a manufacturing site in Maspeth. Home Depot needs a special permit since the 59-02 Borden Ave. site is located in a manufacturing district and the… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin A supreme court judge tossed out a lawsuit Friday filed last year by a number of civic groups that alleged that the City didn’t conduct a thorough study of a Cooper Avenue site before determining that it was a suitable location for a 200-bed homeless shelter. A group of… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2020 By Kristen Torres The police are looking for two suspects who used a stolen credit card to make purchases at a pizzeria and laundromat in Ridgewood earlier this month, police said. The card was reportedly used on Jan. 19 at Crown Chicken and Pizza, located at 701 Seneca Ave., and at the… Read more »
Feb. 7, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Queens Council Members have accused the NYPD Police Commissioner of creating a “false narrative” by attributing an uptick in crime to the new bail reform laws. Council Members Donovan Richards and Rory Lancman penned a letter to Commissioner Dermot Shea yesterday asking him to publicly withdraw his comments,… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 29-year-old Ridgewood man was convicted of manslaughter for fatally stabbing his female roommate in 2016, the Queens District Attorney announced today. Render Stetson-Shanahan, of Stanhope Street, was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree following a non-jury bench trial. Stetson-Shanahan was seen roaming the Ridgewood neighborhood in… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Allie Griffin Crime across the city and in the borough of Queens jumped significantly in the first month of 2020 — which top NYPD brass attributes to bail reform. Major crimes spiked 20 percent in the first 26 days of the year in Patrol Borough Queens North — which includes Long… Read more »
Feb. 4, 2020 By Kristen Torres State Sen. Michael Gianaris penned a letter to the head of the MTA on Jan. 31 concerning its draft plan to redraw the Queens bus network, joining a growing list of lawmakers who have voiced their opposition to various parts of the proposal. In a letter addressed to MTA Chairman Patrick… Read more »
Jan. 31, 2020 By Allie Griffin Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 75 undocumented immigrants across the five boroughs, Long Island and the Hudson Valley in the past week — including several living within Queens. The agency announced the number of arrests while decrying New York City’s position as a sanctuary city…. Read more »
Jan. 30, 2020 By Allie Griffin The operators of a homeless shelter that will soon open in Glendale will be getting a visit from Council Member Robert Holden and a number of protesters on Friday. Westhab is holding a job fair at the 78-16 Cooper Ave. site tomorrow, as it looks to hire security staff… Read more »