Dec. 19, 2019 By Allie Griffin City officials held a ceremonial ribbon cutting today to mark the nearly 600 new seats that were added to P.S. 144 in Forest Hills this school year. Members of the New York City School Construction Authority (SCA), the Department of Education (DOE), elected officials and the school community turned… Read more »
Dec. 16, 2019 By Allie Griffin The NYPD is still looking for a man who allegedly slashed a 19-year-old after he bumped into him inside a Kew Gardens subway station stairwell last month. The teen boy was walking down a staircase in the station when he inadvertently bumped into a man at about 7 a.m…. Read more »
Dec. 13, 2019 By Michael Dorgan A number of Queens-based groups will receive funding from a new $19 million community awards program that focuses on census-related education and organizing. NYC Complete Count Fund is designed to help over 150 community organizations across the five boroughs build awareness about the 2020 census. Chhaya CDC, the Boys… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2019 By Kristen Torres A new memorial honoring Vietnam War veterans will be unveiled in Elmhurst Park later this month. The memorial will feature the names of 371 Queens service members who died during the Vietnam War or are classified as “missing in action,” according to Queens Borough President Melinda Katz. The memorial,… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2019 By Kristen Torres A Long Island man has been sentenced to up to three years in prison after he was caught stealing mail — including checks totaling more than $300,000 — from United States postal boxes in Rego Park and throughout Queens. Travis Everett aka Lamont Everett, 26, of Brentwood, Long Island,… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2019 By Allie Griffin Police are searching for a man who is tied to a string of October and November home burglaries in Kew Garden Hills and nearby neighborhoods. The bandit is involved in at least seven incidents over the two-month period and stole cash, passports, jewelry, clothing, power tools and more. In… Read more »
Dec. 9, 2019 By Allie Griffin New York City spends $925 a day per inmate — or $337,524 per inmate annually — to house prisoners in city jails, according to a report based on Department of Corrections (DOC) data. The cost rose to an all-time high for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, according… Read more »
Dec 5, 2019 By Kristen Torres Community officials in Queens are hosting a town hall meeting Monday to discuss sweeping criminal justice reforms set to go into effect in January. Community Board 9 – which represents large swaths of Ozone Park and Richmond Hill along with Woodhaven and Kew Gardens – will host the meeting… Read more »
Dec. 5, 2019 By Allison Griffin The City began the land use process Monday to ensure that Rikers Island never houses another inmate again after the facility closes at the end of 2026. The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the Department of Correction and the Speaker of the City Council filed a land use application… Read more »
Dec. 4, 2019 Staff Report Queens is about to enter the Age of Enlightenment. The Hello Panda Festival is set to fill Citi Field with intense energy ─ literally and figuratively ─ from Friday, Dec. 6 until Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. This first-ever extravaganza celebrates the traditional Chinese art of lantern-making with more than 120… Read more »