Feb. 15, 2021 By Michael Dorgan An online job fair is scheduled to take place Thursday to help out-of-work residents find employment as the one-year anniversary of lockdown restrictions grows near. The virtual fair, which is being hosted by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, will kick off via Zoom on Feb. 18 at 2 p.m…. Read more »
Feb. 12, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A video has emerged on Twitter of a man allegedly making vile anti-Asian remarks towards a woman in Astoria Tuesday. The video appears to show a man following an Asian woman along the northeast corner of Broadway and 31st Street and repeatedly asking her: “Yo why do Asians eat… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Long Island City resident who was a personal shopper for comedian Kevin Hart was charged Wednesday for making more than $1 million in unauthorized credit card purchases. Dylan Jason Syer, 29, allegedly used Hart’s card to buy fine art, designer watches and other luxury items without the comedian’s… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Long Island City warehouse manager has been busted for trying to sell millions of fake N95 protective masks – at inflated prices – to unsuspecting members of the public and frontline workers. Zhi Zeng, 33, was arrested Tuesday for running a massive counterfeit mask operation out of a… Read more »
Feb. 10, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A large mural is going up in Astoria that pays tribute to a New York man who died while on a hunger strike in an Egyptian prison. The artwork features a painting of Moustafa Kassem – an Egyptian-born American citizen who died while in an Egyptian jail in 2019…. Read more »
Feb. 10, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The police released video footage Tuesday of a group of suspects who allegedly beat up and robbed a woman in Jackson Heights last month. The suspects attacked a 47-year-old woman who was standing on the sidewalk at the intersection of 90th Street and Northern Boulevard on Jan. 12 at… Read more »
Feb. 9, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Several buildings in Astoria were evacuated Tuesday after multiple manhole explosions went off sending smoke billowing into the air. Firefighters responded to reports of manhole fires outside Capital One Bank, located at 31-17 Broadway, just before 3 p.m., according to the FDNY. A number of Citizen users captured video… Read more »
Feb. 8, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Chuck Schumer have announced that $260 million will be made available to cover funeral costs for low-income families who lost a loved one to COVID-19 last year. On average, around $7,000 will be made available to the families of deceased New York coronavirus victims… Read more »
Feb. 8, 2021 By Michael Dorgan More than 40 “affordable” apartments in a newly-constructed building in Astoria are up for grabs through the city’s affordable housing lottery – but only for households that make at least $70,286 a year. The building, called “The Astor LIC,” is located at 36-20 Steinway St., and 43 “affordable” housing… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2021, By Michael Dorgan A local residents’ group has helped raise more than $180,000 to encourage children living in the Astoria Houses NYCHA complex to attend college. The Astoria Houses Resident Association created a GoFundMe page in June with the goal of ensuring that every child living in the development would have at… Read more »