Nov. 28, 2022 By Christian Murray New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation today that requires the FDNY to diversify the ethnic makeup of its ranks and introduce anti-discrimination training. The mayor signed a package of five bills that aims to increase the recruitment of underrepresented groups within the department. The legislation also requires… Read more »
Nov. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray The City Council voted to approve Innovation QNS today, clearing the final hurdle for the developers in their quest to rezone a 5-block section of Astoria in order to build a 3,190-unit project. The vote came as no surprise, coming just a day after the council’s Land Use Committee… Read more »
Nov. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray The police are looking for three individuals who allegedly stabbed a teenager in the buttocks and stole his cellphone in front of McDonald’s on 21st Street in Astoria Monday. The teenager, 15, was standing in front of the fast-food joint, located at 31-46 21st St., at around 4:15 p.m…. Read more »
Nov. 21, 2022 By Christian Murray It didn’t come easy. After lengthy negotiations, the developers of the massive Innovation QNS project have been given the blessing of Councilmember Julie Won to go ahead with their massive 5-block, $2 billion project slated for Astoria. Won said that she has struck an agreement with the developers who… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 21, 2022 By Greg B. Smith, Rachel Holliday Smith, Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Suhail Bhat After a fast-moving fire in a luxury Manhattan tower called Rivercourt injured dozens of tenants and triggered a daring high-rise rescue, fire officials made clear that the cause was an increasingly common… Read more »
Nov. 17, 2022 By Christian Murray A city council subcommittee voted in support of the massive Innovation QNS development Thursday, with the project slated to go before the full city council next week for a vote that will determine its fate. The City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Finance voted 7-0 in support of the… Read more »
Nov. 16, 2022 By Christian Murray A Jackson Heights man is dead after being struck by a motorist while crossing the street two blocks away from where he lived. Arfath Dewan, 32, was hit by a driver of a 2021 Mazda 6 at around 9:10 p.m. in the vicinity of 32nd Avenue and 79th Street… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 15, 2022 By Katie Honan and Haidee Chu City officials will announce a new soccer stadium — paired with affordable housing — in Queens on Wednesday, multiple people familiar with the matter told THE CITY. The Willets Point stadium will be home to New York… Read more »
Nov 15, 2022 Op-Ed What does it mean when 91% of the new housing in your community is unaffordable to lower income communities that live there and throughout our City? What does it mean when billionaire developers neglect to do meaningful outreach to immigrant groups, the disabled, and working class people that will be most… Read more »
Nov. 14, 2022 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a 37-year-old woman on board a Manhattan-bound R train at the Queens Plaza station last week. The suspect allegedly exposed his genitals to the woman at around 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9 and then manipulated himself in… Read more »