Man Robs Chase Bank in Ridgewood, Makes Off With $4,800 Cash: NYPD

Dec. 6, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial zoning reform plan, “City of Yes,” was approved by the New York City Council on Thursday, Dec. 5, with a 31-20 vote.

Dec. 6, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Irish fashion retail giant Primark held a grand opening celebration for its second location in the borough at the Queens Center mall in Elmhurst Thursday morning.

Dec. 6, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Tis the season of giving, and Forest Hills Stadium is calling on residents to help make the holidays brighter for local children.

One day after Mayor Eric Adams expressed his willingness to collaborate with the incoming Trump administration on addressing the migrant crisis and signaled a readiness to meet with former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) head Tom Homan, Council Member Robert Holden called on the mayor to reopen the ICE office on Rikers Island.

Holden, who represents District 30 in Queens, which encompasses Maspeth, Middle Village, and parts of Glendale, Ridgewood, Elmhurst, and Rego Park, has been advocating for changes to the city’s sanctuary policies since July. In a letter, he previously urged the mayor to roll back laws that restrict local law enforcement agencies—including the NYPD, Department of Correction, and Department of Probation—from cooperating with ICE.

Dec. 5, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the NYPD have announced the indictment of 11 alleged members after a three-and-a-half-year investigation, entitled ‘Operation: Deadliest Catch,’ into gang violence in Southeast Queens.

Dec. 5, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Dec. 5, 2024 By Richard Khuzami

Dec. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

New York City FC (NYCFC) broke ground on its new stadium in Willets Point Wednesday afternoon

Dec. 4, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Council Member Robert Holden has reiterated his opposition to the proposed City of Yes zoning plan and heavily criticized the City Planning Commission (CPC) for their involvement.

A Broad Channel man was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday to 15 years in prison for committing a violent robbery of a Ridgewood Savings Bank branch in Glendale while on parole in April 2023.

Gerald DeRosse, 55, pleaded guilty to the charge in May and is described as a serial bank robber by federal prosecutors, who choked and threatened to kill a senior woman to get cash from a bank teller during the heist. DeRosse ran off with just $205 in cash.

The St. John’s University community will gather to mourn legendary basketball coach Lou Carnesecca on the Hillcrest campus he loved with all of his heart Friday morning for his Funeral Mass at St. Thomas More Church, where he will be remembered not just for building a dynamic program, but for the way he did it. The beloved coach died peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, Nov. 30, at age 99 and just five weeks shy of his 100th birthday.

“Throughout his long life, Coach Carnesecca represented St. John’s with savvy, humility, smarts, tenacity, wit, integrity and grace,” SJU President Rev. Brian Shanley said. “He was the public face of our University, and he embodied the values of our Catholic and Vincentian mission. We thank God for his legacy.”