Feb. 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin Rego Park and Forest Hills residents packed a community board meeting Wednesday night to denounce the MTA’s Queens bus network redesign draft plan. The residents decried the loss of bus stops and cuts to existing bus lines under the contentious plan that overhauls the complete bus network in the… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2020 By Kristen Torres A newly constructed eastbound Union Turnpike bridge over Grand Central Parkway is set to open Friday, according to the state’s Department of Transportation. The new bridge will be opening to drivers at midnight on Feb. 14, weather permitting, and is located just west of the existing entrance ramp. The existing… Read more »
Feb. 12, 2020 By Allie Griffin Mayor Bill de Blasio and local elected officials will be hosting a Council District 29 town hall in Forest Hills next week. The town hall will be on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Russell Sage JHS 190, located at 68-17 Austin St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m…. Read more »
Feb. 11, 2020 By Ryan Brady At a tense Monday night meeting, Community Board 7 voted 30-8 to approve a development team’s plan to rezone a large section of land by Flushing Creek. Dozens of protesters showed up to criticize the land-use application filed by FWRA, a consortium of real estate firms behind the project…. Read more »
Feb. 7, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Queens Council Members have accused the NYPD Police Commissioner of creating a “false narrative” by attributing an uptick in crime to the new bail reform laws. Council Members Donovan Richards and Rory Lancman penned a letter to Commissioner Dermot Shea yesterday asking him to publicly withdraw his comments,… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Ryan Brady Community Board 7 will vote Monday, Feb. 10, on a major Flushing Creek waterfront special district and rezoning proposal that has generated opposition from area residents. The land-use application from a landowner consortium called FWRA LLC seeks to turn 29 acres of mostly inactive property into the Special Flushing… Read more »
Feb. 6, 2020 By Allie Griffin Crime across the city and in the borough of Queens jumped significantly in the first month of 2020 — which top NYPD brass attributes to bail reform. Major crimes spiked 20 percent in the first 26 days of the year in Patrol Borough Queens North — which includes Long… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens residents interested in serving on their local community board now have six more weeks to apply. Acting Borough President Sharon Lee announced yesterday that the original Jan. 31 deadline for applications has been extended to March 13. “The extension is to ensure that the pool of applicants is… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 32-year-old man was assaulted and robbed in a Rego Park hotel room where he went to meet an acquaintance last week. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, the man entered a hotel room inside the Wyndham Gardens Hotel, located at 61-18 93rd St, around 6:45 p.m. Inside the room, two… Read more »
Feb. 4, 2020 By Allie Griffin The Queens Chamber of Commerce launched a new campaign to encourage businesses to relocate to the borough today. The centerpiece of the “Relocate to Queens” campaign is a new website to attract business owners with interactive data and maps on demographics, consumer and labor force statistics both boroughwide and… Read more »