July 3, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The count of roughly 4,000 absentee and affidavit ballots is underway in the Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary. Counting began early this morning at the Board of Elections’ (BOE) Forest Hills office and is expected to go until 9 p.m. this evening and may continue on Friday. BOE received… Read more »
June 28, 2019 Staff Report The NYPD is looking for a man who touched himself in a lewd manner on a Forest Hills subway platform earlier this month. According to police, a 41-year-old woman was waiting on the platform at the 67th Avenue station when she noticed a man touching his groin area nearby. The… 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 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 Laura Hanrahan Police are continuing the search for a knife-wielding robber of a Rego Park shop who violently stabbed one of the store’s employees. On June 15, just after 7:20 a.m., the unidentified suspect entered Candy Store, located at 98-51 63rd Rd., and began choking the 21-year-old male employee. The assailant… 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 A car crashed into the front of a Forest Hills ramen restaurant earlier today, sending four individuals to the hospital with minor injuries. The car, a silver Nissan, drove into the front of Tamashii Ramen, located at 71-34 Austin St., just after 11 a.m., police said. It is unknown… 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 The number of detainees that the city plans to house at the proposed Kew Gardens jail facility has dropped—with the mayor’s office now saying the complex will be built for 1,150 prisoners. The proposed Kew Gardens facility, one of four jails to be built across the city so the… Read more »
June 21, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for exposing himself in front of a woman on the F train in Forest Hills earlier this month. The woman was riding the Queens-bound F train towards 71st Avenue Forest Hills around 8:35 a.m. on Wednesday June 5, when she noticed that… Read more »