March 27, 2020, By Michael Dorgan Council Member Costa Constantinides has called on the Parks Department to provide additional Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP) officers around Astoria Park this weekend to enforce social distancing guidelines. Constantinides has asked for the extra supervision to disperse crowds in order to help stem the spread of COVID-19 after large… Read more »
March 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens Council Member Francisco Moya sent a desperate plea to President Donald Trump today asking the federal government to send more resources to Elmhurst Hospital. The hospital saw 13 patients die of coronavirus in a 24-hour period on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic has hit Queens the hardest in… Read more »
March 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin More and more New Yorkers are dying from the coronavirus and the virus has killed more residents of Queens than any other borough. Nearly 300 residents in New York City have died of COVID-19 complications and about a third of all deaths have been in Queens. As of 8:45… Read more »
March 25, 2020 By Christian Murray The police found a 96-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man both dead in an Astoria house this morning with multiple stab wounds to the body. Police were called out to 25-35 14th Place at around 8 a.m. where they discovered the pair both with stab wounds. They were pronounced… Read more »
March 26, 2020 By Christian Murray Church parishioners throughout Queens and Brooklyn are contracting the coronavirus and the Diocese of Brooklyn is releasing the names of the churches where the sick recently attended. The diocese, which officially ended Catholic church services in Queens and Brooklyn on March 16, is making the announcements to let fellow… Read more »
By Yoav Gonen, THE CITY This story was originally published on 3/25/20 by THE CITY The city’s public Elmhurst Hospital in Queens has been overrun with seriously ill coronavirus patients — including 13 who died in a 24-hour span, officials said Wednesday. A spokesperson for the city public hospital systems said Elmhurst is “at the… Read more »
March 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City parks and playgrounds will continue to remain open — as long as people adhere to social distancing rules and avoid group sports, Governor Andrew Cuomo said today. Cuomo asked the City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio to come up with a plan to patrol city… Read more »
March 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin The rate of new coronavirus cases is doubling every three days in New York State and the apex of the crisis is expected to hit in about two-to-three weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. The State has failed to slow the spread of the virus, despite a near shutdown… Read more »
March 24, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A new hotline to report hate crimes and xenophobic-based incidents has been set up in the wake of the coronavirus spread and anti-Asian rhetoric. It comes after an uptick in the number of bigoted attacks against Asian Americans, according to Attorney General Letitia James, who announced the service Monday…. Read more »
March 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens has the largest number of cases of coronavirus in New York City — which has become the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., according to New York City data released last night. There were 3,848 cases of COVID-19 in the World’s Borough as of 5 p.m. Monday…. Read more »