Jan. 28, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The pharmacy chain Walgreens plans to close two of its stores in Queens next month. Walgreens will close its 47-07 Broadway store in Astoria on Feb. 15, according to a company spokesperson. The company will also shutter its Bayside location at 39-20 Bell Blvd. on the same day, the… Read more »
Jan. 28, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Several Queens lawmakers toured the Woodside Houses NYCHA complex Thursday to examine a broken heating plant that has left some residents without heating and hot water. Council Member Julie Won, State Senator Jessica Ramos and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited the complex and called on NYCHA to fix the damaged… Read more »
Jan. 27, 2022 Staff Report An unruly Irishman who caused havoc on a flight into J.F.K. Airport — including mooning flight attendants and throwing a beverage can at another passenger — has been hit with a felony charge in Brooklyn federal court. Shane McInerney, 29, was busted for interfering with a flight crew’s duties as… Read more »
Jan. 27, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for an alleged pervert who groped a 14-year-old girl on a train in Astoria Wednesday morning. The teen was sitting on a M train headed toward Forest Hills when the alleged groper — who was sitting beside the victim — touched her thigh and buttocks over… Read more »
Jan. 26, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Queens lawmaker is hosting a candle-light vigil in Ozone Park Sunday for the two young police officers who were killed in Manhattan last week while responding to a domestic disturbance. Council Member Joann Ariola is hosting the vigil at 5:30 p.m. at Police Officer Nicholas Demutiis Park, located… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The Long Island City Partnership is hosting a series of Lunar New Year celebrations to ring in the Year of the Tiger. The celebrations, which began Monday and run through Sunday, Feb. 6, consists of cultural performances, family-friendly activities and promotions by local businesses. It is the first time… Read more »
Jan. 24, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Queens lawmaker who has come under fire for her opposition to vaccine mandates has slammed a group of progressive city council members who posed maskless for a photograph inside a Brooklyn restaurant over the weekend. Republican Council Member Vickie Paladino, who earlier this year was denied entry to… Read more »
Jan. 24, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An 18-year-old male who was trying to change a flat tire on the side of Hoyt Avenue in Astoria Sunday night was struck dead by a driver of a small SUV. The teenager was attempting to change his tire at Hoyt Avenue North and 29th Street — near the… Read more »
Jan. 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The state’s plan to connect Queens and Brooklyn via a mass transit line has taken a major step forward with the release of a new feasibility study. The study, announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA Thursday, assessed the possibility of converting an existing 14-mile freight line —… Read more »
Jan. 20, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The body of a Long Island City woman who had been missing since New Year’s Day was found in the waters near Lower Manhattan Tuesday. Yecely Sanchez, 43, was discovered on the shoreline of Governors Island, according to police, where she was pronounced deceased by EMS. Sanchez, a mother… Read more »