By Josefa Velasquez, Christine Chung and Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY This story was originally published on 10/31/19 by THE CITY The Working Families Party stepped in to shore up Tiffany Cabán’s campaign for Queens district attorney earlier this year when she was just an unknown public defender, helping bring her within a stunning 55… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2019 By Allie Griffin The majority of Queens council members voted today in favor of a plan that will bring hundreds of miles of protected bicycle and bus lanes to city streets. The legislation introduced by Council Speaker Corey Johnson passed the full council by a 35 to 10 vote with two abstentions…. Read more »
Oct. 30, 2019 By Allie Griffin Houses in Forest Hills and condos in Long Island City topped the list in terms of the most expensive dwellings sold in the borough in the third quarter. Together the two neighborhoods accounted for ten of the top Queens residential sales in PropertyClub’s roundup of the biggest home sales… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2019. By Shane O’Brien The MTA will carry out a “blitz inspection” of the elevated subway tracks after yet another piece of debris fell from the tracks in Queens and smashed through the window of a car parked below. The most recent incident of falling subway debris occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 29 under… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2019 By Allie Griffin A Forest Hills man has been charged with insurance fraud and attempted grand larceny after crashing his expensive sports car and claiming the vehicle had been stolen. Gaston Castro, 36, faces up to 15 years in prison for filing a false insurance report claiming that his sky blue McLaren… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin The number of Queens dwelling units for sale jumped to an all-time high during the third quarter of 2019, while house prices remained stagnant, according to a new report. There were 4,842 homes–including co-ops and condos– for sale in Queens during the third quarter, up 11.2 percent from the… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2019. By Shane O’Brien The owner of London Lennie’s, a popular seafood restaurant in Rego Park that was listed for sale in May, has said that it will remain open for “the next 60 years.” Les Barnes, the restaurant’s owner, penned an open later to the community on London Lennie’s Facebook page last… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2019 By Allie Griffin Registered voters will have the option to head to polls and vote early in the November general election–starting Saturday. Voters will now have nine days to vote prior to the Nov. 5 election, stemming from legislation signed into a state law earlier this year. From Saturday, Oct. 26 through… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2019 By Allie Griffin Construction of a new Rego Park library to replace the current library building will begin in 2021, four years after the plan was first announced. Construction of a library twice the size of the one built in 1975 at 91-41 63rd Dr is anticipated to begin in the fall… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2019 By Allie Griffin Straphangers can turn a nightmare into cash by finding the dirtiest, most disgusting, trash-filled subway car and submitting a photo of it to the city’s transit workers labor union competition. The straphanger who finds the nastiest subway of all will be $500 richer, thanks to the “Trash Trains” competition… Read more »