July 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Tiffany Cabán’s narrow lead in the Queens District Attorney race has widened by more than 100 votes as a recanvassing of voting machines from last week’s election came to a close yesterday. Cabán has now won a total of 34,104 votes compared to Borough President Melinda Katz’s 32,905, Patch… Read more »
June 27, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan With several thousand absentee and paper ballots left to be counted in Queens District Attorney Democratic primary, Borough President Melinda Katz has not yet conceded to insurgent candidate Tiffany Cabán. Cabán, who earned a slight lead over Katz of 1,090 votes with 98 percent of precincts reporting, declared victory… Read more »
June 27, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Several elected officials and local groups are calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to add a new bus stop near the Ridgewood Reservoir as part of the Queens bus route redesign. The MTA announced in April that it will undergo a year-long redesign of all 107 bus lines in… Read more »
June 27, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A man robbed a Ridgewood bank last week and made off with $430 in cash. The suspect entered Investors Bank, located at 58-25 Myrtle Ave., at about 11:40 a.m. Friday, June 21, and pretended to have a weapon under his shirt. He demanded cash and the teller complied. The… Read more »
June 26, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan As election results rolled in last night for the Queens District Attorney race, a stark contrast appeared between voters in eastern and western Queens. Support for Tiffany Cabán, a 31-year-old queer Latina public defender, was overwhelmingly strong on the western side of the borough, particularly in Astoria, Long Island… Read more »
June 26, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A Ridgewood man has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and other charges for forcing a 13-year-old girl to have sex with strangers for money in 2017, the Queens District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Eddy Florence, 34, of 70th Avenue, is expected to be sentenced to between seven and 14… Read more »
June 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Political newcomer Tiffany Cabán is on the verge of pulling off a stunning upset to win the Democratic nomination to be the next Queens District Attorney. With 98.6 percent of the vote in, Cabán had generated 39.6 percent of the vote, about 1,100 votes more than Melinda Katz who… Read more »
June 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a knife-wielding robber who held up a Metro PCS store in Maspeth over the weekend. On Saturday June 22, around 4:43 p.m., the suspect entered the Metro PCS, located at 58-03 Metropolitan Ave. The perpetrator, while holding a knife, demanded money from a store employee…. Read more »
June 24, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan and Christian Murray State Senator Michael Gianaris endorsed public defender Tiffany Cabán, 31, over the weekend in the contentious race for Queens District Attorney. “I’m interested in supporting someone who is going to bring real change to the prosecutor’s office,” Gianaris said when he made the announcement. “Tiffany Cabán… Read more »
June 23, 2019 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. Mike Gianaris faces a challenger in next year’s Democratic primary. Justin Potter, a Long Island City resident, announced the launch of his campaign to represent the 12th Senate district recently, arguing that people can no longer count on Gianaris to take a pragmatic approach to policymaking. Much… Read more »