July 9, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Department of Education is dismissing concerns raised by Council Member Robert Holden last month over suspected grade inflation in schools across the city. Holden brought forward concerns earlier this year about schools unfairly inflating the grades of its students after observing high passing rates at schools with students… Read more »
July 8, 2019 By Shane O’Brien The City Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing on the New York City borough-based jail system proposal on Wednesday. The plan is now being reviewed by the City Planning Commission having been rejected by four Community Boards and the Queens and Bronx Borough Presidents. The Manhattan Borough… Read more »
July 8, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A robust citywide expansion of the school zone speed camera network is underway, with the Department of Transportation aiming to add thousands of cameras across all five boroughs in an attempt to curb dangerous driving near the city’s schools. Starting later this week, the new cameras, as well as… Read more »
July 8, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A 72-year-old Corona man has succumbed to his injuries after being hit by a car just three blocks from his home late last month. Early in the morning on Saturday, June 29, Gualberto Espin Delgado, 72, was walking westbound down Horace Harding Expressway—the street where he lived—and began crossing… Read more »
July 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Tiffany Cabán and Melinda Katz are set to face off yet again, this time in Queens County Supreme Court. The pair will head to court on Tuesday to determine the validity of 114 disputed ballots that were not counted since voters didn’t clearly state their party affiliation. The ruling… Read more »
July 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A new supermarket is set to take over the vacant Sizzler restaurant site on Metropolitan Avenue, according to Department of Buildings (DOB) filings. The DOB permits, filed back in April of this year, call for a change of use for the 100-27 Metropolitan Avenue property from a restaurant to… Read more »
July 4, 2019 By Christian Murray Melinda Katz has declared victory in the Democratic primary for Queens District Attorney, following the manual recount on Wednesday of thousands of absentee and affidavit ballots. The margin of victory over Tiffany Cabán was 20 votes, according to several well-placed sources. The City was the first publication to attribute… Read more »
July 3, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Parks Dept. is in the midst of installing a new gate at the Forest Park bandshell parking lot that it hopes will curb a recent spike in unruly behavior. The swing gate, which is not yet fully in place, will be operational next week, according to a Parks… Read more »
July 3, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The count of roughly 4,000 absentee and affidavit ballots is underway in the Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary. Counting began early this morning at the Board of Elections’ (BOE) Forest Hills office and is expected to go until 9 p.m. this evening and may continue on Friday. BOE received… Read more »
June 28, 2019 Staff Report The NYPD is looking for a man who touched himself in a lewd manner on a Forest Hills subway platform earlier this month. According to police, a 41-year-old woman was waiting on the platform at the 67th Avenue station when she noticed a man touching his groin area nearby. The… Read more »