June 21, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan City Council Member Rory Lancman officially dropped out of the Queens District Attorney race earlier today and threw his support behind Queens Borough President Melinda Katz. “The numbers are simply not there for me to win this Tuesday’s Democratic Primary for District Attorney, and I owe it to the… Read more »
June 20, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The Shalimar Diner in Rego Park is likely to move to Long Island and be converted into a brewery/diner, according to local preservationist Michael Perlman. Perlman has joined forces with attorney Ronald Hariri and Lenny Dykstra, the former Mets baseball great, to ensure that the structure gets a new… Read more »
June 19, 2019 By Christian Murray Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has given the thumbs down to the Mayor’s borough-based jail proposal. Katz, while supportive of the plan to close Rikers Island, noted in her rejection letter to the City Planning Commission that a 1,437-person jail as proposed for Kew Gardens is too big. She… Read more »
June 19, 2019 By Shane O’Brien House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Elmhurst for a community discussion on immigration as part of her ‘Speaker in the House’ series. Hosted by Congresswoman Grace Meng, Pelosi will speak at Elmhurst Hospital Center on Monday June 24, from 10.40 a.m. to noon. The ‘Speaker in the House’ series… Read more »
June 19, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A Rego Park man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the fatal beating of his mother, the Queens District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Roman Gorbunov, 24, of 62nd Drive, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter before Queens Supreme Court judge Ira Margulis and is facing 24 years… Read more »
June 19, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The New York City Council’s Black, Latino/a, Asian Caucus (BLAC) and Progressive Caucus united yesterday to voice their support for Education Chancellor Richard Carranza after a letter, signed by seven City Council members and two Assembly members, was sent to Mayor Bill de Blasio on Saturday condemning Carranza’s alleged… Read more »
June 18, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Queens Borough President Melinda Katz announced today that she has allocated $65 million for capital projects throughout Queens in fiscal year 2020. The $65 million, to be used to upgrade and improve 80 different projects in Queens, is part of the $92.8 billion Fiscal Year 2020 budget agreement reached by… Read more »
June 18, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The protests against a jail coming to Kew Gardens continue. A grassroots movement of local residents and community groups will march on Queens Borough Hall this Sunday to protest the planned development of a ‘mega-jail’ in Kew Gardens. Organized by Queens Residents United and the Community Preservation Coalition, the… Read more »
June 18, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that would add 500 officers to the city’s transit system to crack down on the increasing number of fare evasions and assaults on transit workers. “This year we succeeded in making historic reforms to the MTA and… Read more »
June 13, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Cars will be able to use Station Square in Forest Hills once again at the end of the month. The square, which was closed for 17 months in order for the roadway to be repaired, reopened May 5 to pedestrians. The historic area was slated to reopen to vehicular traffic… Read more »