June 8, 2019 Staff Report The police are looking for two suspects who robbed a 26-year-old man at knifepoint in Ridgewood Tuesday night. The suspects allegedly approached the victim on the corner of Woodbine Street and Woodward Avenue on June 4 at around at 7:20 p.m., with one of the perpetrators displaying a knife. The… Read more »
June 7, 2019 By Max Murray The police are asking for the public’s help in the case of a missing Glendale woman. Diren Calo, 76, was last seen leaving her 67th Place home Thursday at about 10:30 a.m. She is described as being 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing about 175 pounds. She has… Read more »
June 6, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan City Council Member Robert Holden is speaking out against a controversial bill making its way through the state legislature that would grant 265,000 undocumented immigrants the opportunity to obtain a New York driver’s license. “We are a nation of laws, and driving is not a right, it is a… Read more »
June 6, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A high-ranking police chief died yesterday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the age of 62. Steven Silks, the deputy chief of Queens North, was found shot in an unmarked patrol car at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, just blocks from his office at the 112th Precinct… Read more »
June 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A flyer released by Melinda Katz’s campaign for Queens District Attorney lists Assembly Member Brian Barnwell as one of her endorsers–something the Assembly Member strongly refutes. Barnwell said he did not endorse Katz—or anyone—in the hotly contested race. He took to Twitter yesterday, flatly stating “I didn’t endorse anyone.”… Read more »
June 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for a gunpoint robbery in Ridgewood yesterday. On June 4, just after 1 a.m., the 32-year-old victim was walking home from the Myrtle Avenue/Wyckoff Avenue subway station when he was approached by the unidentified man in front of 1070 Cypress Ave. The… Read more »
June 4, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a Jamaica man wanted for the assault of a 66-year-old man in Middle Village last month. On May 27, just after midnight, 45-year-old Rudy Salcedo allegedly got into a verbal dispute of a domestic nature with the victim inside of 62-44 84 St. The argument… Read more »
May 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Department of Transportation installed the first of hundreds of new speed cameras–specifically in school zones–on Friday. The new speed camera, which went up near P.S. 199 on the Upper West Side, was the first to be installed since the city got the go ahead from Albany that it… Read more »
May 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for slashing a co-worker outside of a Maspeth McDonald’s last week. On Friday May 24, around 6:30 p.m., 25-year-old Brian Oriella allegedly got into a verbal dispute with a 37-year-old co-worker outside of the fast food restaurant at 59-60 55th Rd. where… Read more »
May 23, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A group of homeless men and women on Putnam Avenue are making a mess of the street, a number of Ridgewood residents claimed at Tuesday night’s 104 Precinct Community Council meeting. The issue, the residents say, has been going on for years. “We’ve had a problem with numerous homeless… Read more »