Aug. 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Two Queens lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to preserve the buildings on the Lefferts Boulevard Bridge in Kew Gardens and protect small businesses situated on it from being evicted. The near 100-year-old bridge has fallen into disrepair in recent years and repairs are needed to the storefronts… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens elected officials are calling on Con Edison to provide thousands of Queens customers with rebates after being left without power for days following Tropical Storm Isaias. Acting Borough President Sharon Lee brought together a consortium of local lawmakers to Borough Hall to condemn the company’s response in restoring… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2020 By Allie Griffin The inaugural Queens Drive-In launches this Thursday in Flushing Meadows Corona Park where residents can safely watch new films and old favorites from the comfort of their car. The drive-in series kicks off Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with a screening of IFC Films’ Tesla — directed by Michael Almereyda… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2020 By Allie Griffin More than 3,000 Queens households are still without power a week after winds from Tropical Storm Isaias took down trees and power lines. As of 10:15 a.m. today, 3,645 households in the borough still do not have power. Power in the three other outer boroughs has been largely restored,… Read more »
Aug. 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police are searching for a man who allegedly choked and robbed two elderly women in their Queens apartment lobbies in two separate incidents. The suspect first struck on July 28 when he followed a 72-year-old woman into her apartment building in the vicinity of 64th Avenue and 98th Street… Read more »
Aug 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A popular chocolatier was burglarized early Sunday morning as the number of reported burglaries in the precinct rises. Aigner Chocolates, located at 103-02 Metropolitan Ave., was broken into at around 5:15 a.m. when a suspect smashed through a glass window on the side of the building to gain entry,… Read more »
Aug. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin Roughly 74 percent of New York City public school students will return to class part-time in September, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. Roughly 736,000 students will attend class in-person for a least part of the week. These students will head to their school building for instruction one to… Read more »
Aug. 10 2020 By Michael Dorgan More than 300 people marched through Corona Sunday demanding that New York’s billionaires pay more taxes to help the cash-strapped state get through the current economic crisis. The protesters were calling on the ultra-rich to pay more to ensure that the state isn’t forced to cut services given the… Read more »
Aug. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin More than 5,000 Queens households have been without power for almost a week after Tropical Storm Isaias toppled hundreds of trees and took down power lines in the borough. There are still 5,729 customers without power in Queens as of noon Monday, according to the Con Edison outage map…. Read more »
Aug. 10, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo scorned his hometown Sunday as Queens establishments once again racked up the most COVID-19 rule violations over the weekend. The State Liquor Authority (SLA) and State Police task force issued violations to 26 Queens bars and restaurants that weren’t in compliance with state-mandated coronavirus regulations on… Read more »