Hochul Lifts Mask Mandates on Mass Transit

This article was originally published by The CITY on Oct. 3, 2022 By Claudia Irizarry Aponte

Food delivery workers will soon have rest stops to call their own — including charging stations in what are now vacant newsstands, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday in City Hall Park next to one of the planned oases.

Oct. 3, 2022 By Christian Murray

The MTA is installing additional cameras on its bus fleet to ticket drivers who encroach on its bus lanes.

Sept. 30, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

An Astoria man has been arrested and charged with murder for the brutal stabbing of an EMS lieutenant in the Ditmars section of the neighborhood Thursday afternoon.

Sept. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Three Queens Councilmembers are co-sponsoring a bill that would abolish the NYPD’s gang database.

Nearly half of New York City’s third through eighth graders passed their state reading tests last school year, while about 38% passed math, according to scores released by city officials Wednesday.

The scores are the first measure of how students across the five boroughs have fared in reading and math since the coronavirus pandemic upended in-person schooling and left many children grappling with isolation and grief. Though schools gave students other city-mandated assessments last year, officials have refused to publicly release the results.

Sept. 28, 2022 By Christian Murray

A Bronx man was sentenced to up to 22 years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that killed a new father in Middle Village in 2020.

Sept. 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Police on Tuesday released video of two suspects wanted for stealing an 80-year-old woman’s wallet while she was reading a book inside a McDonald’s restaurant in Forest Hills earlier this month.

Sept. 27, 2022 By Christian Murray

Dozens of elected leaders—including many from Queens—are calling on the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to hold another public hearing before deciding whether to allow Con Edison to hike electricity and gas bills next year.

Sept, 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

A driver who was being carjacked by a fleeing shoplifter in Kew Gardens Hills Monday ended up plowing his car into a KFC restaurant while trying to stave off the theft of his car.

Sept. 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Dozens of immigrant home care workers — who look after elderly patients — held a protest outside Councilmember Sandra Ung’s district office in Flushing Thursday calling on the lawmaker to sign on to a bill that they say would prevent workers from being exploited.