March 17, 2020 By Christian Murray The New York City of Department of Consumer Affairs is clamping down further on price gouging. The agency announced this morning that it is illegal for retailers to sell any personal or household good needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at an inflated price. The rule covers items… Read more »
March 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin The mayor has asked New Yorkers to stay home as much as possible to slow the spread of coronavirus — except to move their cars for alternate street side parking. Despite declaring a state of emergency, Mayor Bill de Blasio has kept alternate street side parking in effect. At… Read more »
March 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York, New Jersey and Connecticut businesses will shutter as part of a tri-state effort to stem the spread of coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. The number of positive cases of COVID-19 jumped to 950 across New York state, with 463 cases in New York City and 7… Read more »
March 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens Public Library (QPL) announced last night that it is shutting down all its local branches–effective immediately–until further notice, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The decision came after the New York Public Library — which includes libraries in Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx — announced Friday it was shutting… Read more »
March 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens College closed its campus today after a staff member tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The staff member works in the college’s Rosenthal Library and was last on campus on Tuesday, March 10, according to a statement released Sunday by Queens College. The staff member is asymptomatic. In-person… Read more »
March 16, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Police have arrested an alleged bigot who assaulted a man in an apparent hate crime on Queens Boulevard Thursday. The suspect approached the 47-year-old victim – who was with his 10-year-old son – and made repeated anti-Asian statements toward him on Thursday, March 12, at around 6:50 a.m., police… Read more »
March 15, 2020 By Christian Murray Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that public schools will be shut Monday and will not reopen until April 20 at the earliest. The announcement was made during a City Hall press conference Sunday afternoon where he also said the Queens Borough President election will no longer take place… Read more »
March 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin A Forest Hills Catholic school was closed Thursday and Friday after a suspected case of novel coronavirus in the school community was reported. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy, located at 72-55 Austin St., shut it doors for cleaning both days “out of an abundance of caution.” The… Read more »
March 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens Catholic schools will close next week, amid rising numbers of coronavirus cases in the city. All Catholic academies and parish schools within the Diocese of Brooklyn — which covers both Queens and Brooklyn — will close during the week of March 16 to March 20, the Diocese announced… Read more »
March 13, 2020 By Allie Griffin The party-backed candidate in the Queens Borough president race, Council Member Donovan Richards, is calling on the city to postpone the March 24 special election. Richards said the election should be postponed as voting itself poses a risk to voters and poll workers amid the coronavirus crisis in the… Read more »