Sept. 26, 2019 By Allie Griffin Mayor Bill de Blasio is rethinking his approach to the diversity issue in the city’s specialized high schools, admitting his controversial plan to ditch the use of a single admissions test is not the best option. At a roundtable discussion for ethnic and community broadcast media at City Hall… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin The nonprofit Queens Community House (QCH) will be offering seniors in need free transportation to medical appointments via a partnership with Lyft and Forest Hills Stadium, the organization announced today. Through the partnership, the QCH’s Senior Medical Transportation Service will now provide senior residents of Queens Community Districts 4… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin The popular Swedish homeware and furniture store IKEA is coming to Queens next summer in Rego Park. IKEA Queens will take over 115,000 square feet of space within the Rego Center shopping mall at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Junction Boulevard. The company said it is was attracted… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin A criminal defense attorney who practiced in Kew Gardens has been sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for bribing a witness to commit perjury in a double homicide trial, according to prosecutors. After a four-day trial in May 2019, John Scarpa, Jr., 66, was convicted of the… Read more »
Sept. 23, 2019. By Shane O’Brien Police are investigating a bomb threat made against Forest Hills High School on Sunday night. According to the police, the school received an email from an unknown sender at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22 who threatened to shoot up the school and place a bomb at the… Read more »
Sept. 23, 2019 By Allie Griffin A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car Saturday in Kew Gardens Hills. On Sept. 21 at 9:18 p.m., 75-year-old Elou Rakhminov was crossing Jewel Avenue when a Nissan Sentra was traveling eastbound on Jewel Avenue toward 141st Avenue and hit him. When police arrived at the scene,… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019 By Allie Griffin The Queens Place Mall is getting some fresh new tenants for hungry shoppers. Chipotle and Teriyaki One are both opening locations on the street level of the mall located at 88-01 Queens Boulevard, according to the mall’s owner Madison International Realty. Both are expected to open in the first… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019 By Allie Griffin The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released its proposed 2020-2024 capital plan Monday that calls for a $51.5 billion investment in the region’s subways, buses and railroads over the next five years. The proposal outlines a series of projects the authority hopes to tackle in that time, including adding 1,900… Read more »
Sept. 17, 2019 By Allie Griffin Six out of seven members of Community Board 6’s executive board are new officers, after an election replaced all but one long standing officer last week. At a Sept. 12 meeting, Alexa Weitzman was elected the new chair of the board, defeating Joseph Hennessy who held the position for… Read more »
Sept. 16, 2019 By Allie Griffin Eight men were arrested for operating a mail-order opioid pill ring out of a Queens warehouse on Thursday morning. The men allegedly imported millions of opioid pills from India, repackaged them inside the warehouse and mailed them to customers throughout the U.S. during an over 18-month period, according to… Read more »