March 1, 2022 By Christian Murray Catholic Schools in Brooklyn and Queens will no longer be requiring students to wear face masks—both indoors and out–beginning Wednesday. The announcement came Monday, just one day after Governor Kathy Hochul said that the statewide school mask mandate would be lifted on Wednesday March 2. The state policy, however,… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Feb. 25, 2022 at 4:14 p.m. By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY It could be doom for the vroom. That’s what officials and light sleepers are hoping for when a state law aimed at deterring noisy, souped-up vehicles goes into effect this spring, coupled with an ongoing… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2022 By Christian Murray The MTA plans to install barriers at three subway stations—including one on the 7-train platform in Times Square— that will block access to the tracks. The barriers, also known as platform screen doors, will also be installed at the Sutphin Boulevard-JFK station on the E-line as well as at… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray A Long Island man was arrested last week for allegedly threatening to shoot his estranged wife while she held their child in her arms inside a hospital in Queens. Thomas Saxton, 34, allegedly pulled out a gun at around noon Thursday inside Cohen Children’s Medical Center, located in Glen… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2022 By Christian Murray Antisemitic graffiti was scrawled over the window of a Forest Hills dental office Saturday. The hate-filled words “F… Jews” were scribbled in black marker pen on the front window of a dental clinic at 68-55 Harrow Street, according to a photo shared on twitter by Council Member Lynn Schulman…. Read more »
Feb. 9, 2022 By Christian Murray New York State’s indoor mask mandate will come to an end Thursday, although it will remain in effect for schools until at least early March. The mandate for businesses is being dropped statewide Thursday, although local governments and businesses have the option to continue to keep the mask rules… Read more »
Feb. 9, 2022 By Christian Murray The city is one step closer to creating a pedestrian/bicyclist greenway that would link several parks in central and eastern Queens together. The Parks Department and the Department of Transportation announced Monday that it has completed a conceptual study—and has found ways to create a pedestrian and bicyclist link… Read more »
Feb. 9, 2022 By Christian Murray A manager at a CVS pharmacy in Forest Hills was stabbed in the hand by a shoplifter who took off with cough medicine and shampoo at around 12:25 p.m. Tuesday. The CVS employee was attacked after trying to stop the thief inside the Queens Boulevard and 71st Avenue store,… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Feb. 4, 2022 at 7:31 p.m. By Yoav Gonen State Attorney General Letitia James has concluded NYPD officers were justified in using force on a Queens man with a history of mental illness after he moved toward them at the doorway of his home — including… Read more »
Feb. 2, 2022 By Christian Murray An anti-cop message was scrawled on a Ridgewood subway station Tuesday and Council Member Bob Holden has taken exception to it. The message, which was scribbled in black pen at the entrance to the Forest Avenue station, read: “Boohoohoo Cop FUNeral LOL.” The vandal targeted the station about 10… Read more »