July 8, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a Long Island City apartment last month but left with nothing after being confronted by a resident. On Friday June 21, shortly before 9 a.m., an unidentified man broke into an apartment at 37-26 36th St. and began rummaging… 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 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 Christian Murray Hundreds of mourners turned out this morning to pay tribute to 9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez. The mass was held at Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria, the parish that Alvarez’ parents and his siblings attended when he was boy living in the Ditmars section of Astoria. Uniformed officers lined… 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 »
July 3, 2019 By Shane O’Brien Four units in Astoria have been added to the City’s affordable housing lottery, each with a monthly rent of $2,300. The units, all one-bedroom apartments, require applicants to have a minimum yearly income of $78,000 in order to qualify. Individual households must earn between $78,858 and $97,110 yearly, while… Read more »
July 2, 2019 By Shane O’Brien A funeral will be held in Astoria on Wednesday for a 9/11 first responder who played a significant role in the ongoing fight for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Luis Alvarez, a former NYPD detective, died of colorectal cancer in hospice on Saturday at the age of 53. … Read more »
July 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Tiffany Cabán’s narrow lead in the Queens District Attorney race has widened by more than 100 votes as a recanvassing of voting machines from last week’s election came to a close yesterday. Cabán has now won a total of 34,104 votes compared to Borough President Melinda Katz’s 32,905, Patch… Read more »
July 1, 2019 By Christian Murray A local man was arrested Sunday for slashing four people outside a bar in Astoria early Sunday morning. Police said that Valon Ahmetovic, of 23-03 Newtown Ave., got into a verbal argument with four men inside McCaffrey & Burke, an Irish pub located at 28-54 31st St. The dispute… Read more »
June 29, 2019 By Christian Murray Elected officials cut the ribbon on the expanded East Elmhurst Library Friday. The library, located at 95-06 Astoria Blvd., was originally built in 1972 as a 7,352 square foot brown brick building. Today, the building is 4,290 square feet bigger and includes a new multi-purpose assembly space that accommodates… Read more »