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72-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck and Killed Near Horace Harding Expressway

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 »

Supermarket Coming to Vacant Sizzler Site on Metropolitan Avenue

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 »

Melinda Katz Declares Victory in Queens DA Primary As Election Saga Continues

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 »

Absentee Ballot Count Gets Underway in Queens DA Race

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 »

Police Looking for Man Who Exposed Himself at 67th Avenue Station

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 »

More Than 6,300 Ballots Left to be Counted in Contentious Queens DA Race

June 27, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan With several thousand absentee and paper ballots left to be counted in Queens District Attorney Democratic primary, Borough President Melinda Katz has not yet conceded to insurgent candidate Tiffany Cabán. Cabán, who earned a slight lead over Katz of 1,090 votes with 98 percent of precincts reporting, declared victory… Read more »

Progressive West Goes Heavily for Cabán While Eastern Queens Sticks With Katz

June 26, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan As election results rolled in last night for the Queens District Attorney race, a stark contrast appeared between voters in eastern and western Queens. Support for Tiffany Cabán, a 31-year-old queer Latina public defender, was overwhelmingly strong on the western side of the borough, particularly in Astoria, Long Island… Read more »