Oct. 25, 2019 By Allie Griffin Residents are organizing a protest against the City’s plan to open a shelter in Glendale. The Glendale-Middle Village Coalition is holding a protest at the proposed shelter site at 78-16 Cooper Ave. on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. Members of the Coalition claim that the shelter–which will serve… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin The number of Queens dwelling units for sale jumped to an all-time high during the third quarter of 2019, while house prices remained stagnant, according to a new report. There were 4,842 homes–including co-ops and condos– for sale in Queens during the third quarter, up 11.2 percent from the… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin Two seniors, an 84-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman, from Glendale have been missing since yesterday, police said. Each was last seen at their own homes Wednesday, Oct. 23. Though they lived less than a mile from one another, the cases are unrelated. The 84-year-old Ernst Koenig was last… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2019. By Shane O’Brien Over 1,500 people are expected to attend the NYPD’s annual Halloween-themed boxing event in Resorts World Casino New York City in Jamaica Thursday. The NYPD Halloween Boxing Smoker is returning to Resorts World at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd. for the third successive year on Thursday, Oct. 24 and will run… Read more »
Oct. 22 By Allie Griffin More than a dozen Ridgewood apartments are now up for grabs through a recently opened affordable housing lottery. One studio apartment, five one-bedroom apartments and seven two-bedroom apartments are available in a newly constructed building at 62-41 Forest Ave. Rents start at $1,450 per month for the studio unit and… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2019 By Allie Griffin Straphangers can turn a nightmare into cash by finding the dirtiest, most disgusting, trash-filled subway car and submitting a photo of it to the city’s transit workers labor union competition. The straphanger who finds the nastiest subway of all will be $500 richer, thanks to the “Trash Trains” competition… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2019 By Allie Griffin Members of Queens Community Board 5 rejected the City’s plan Wednesday night to create a 200-bed shelter in Glendale and called for the homeless to be placed in several smaller shelters instead. The board opted to oppose the 200-bed shelter at its monthly meeting and voted instead in favor… Read more »
Oct. 17, 2019. By Shane O’Brien and Christian Murray The New York City Council voted in favor of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island Thursday overcoming fierce opposition from community boards and neighborhood groups. The plan, which will see the infamous prison facility close by 2026 and be replaced by four new… Read more »
Oct. 16, 2019 By: Allie Griffin Members of the Ridgewood Tenants Union penned a letter Monday to City Council Speaker Corey Johnson asking that he take disciplinary action against Council Member Robert Holden. The Ridgewood Tenants Union (RTU), a grassroots housing group that fights displacement, holds Holden responsible for a series of chaotic and ugly… Read more »
Oct. 14, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Police have arrested and charged a man in connection to a fatal beating of a homeless man in Ridgewood earlier this month. Jeremiah McCarthy, 54, also homeless, allegedly beat Constantin Palaghia, 54, to death near the intersection of Seneca Avenue and Myrtle Avenue at around 9 p.m. on Oct…. Read more »