Sept. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin An acclaimed Queens-based artist has begun painting a mural on Steinway Street that celebrates Astoria. Zeehan Wazed, painter, graffiti artist and performer, is creating a 175-foot mural reading “Welcome to Astoria” on the east side of the P.C. Richard and Son building, located at 35-18 Steinway St. Wazed, a… Read more »
Sept 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin The Queens Night Market will open for the fall season in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Saturday with a Hurricane Ida relief fundraiser. The organizer of the popular nighttime food festival will collect donations at the door during the season opener to support Queens flood survivors who are unable to… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Sept. 15, 2021, 1:19 PM EDT BY Rachel Holliday Smith As people slowly return to Manhattan’s commercial centers and climate change keeps punching the city in the gut, the push for so-called congestion pricing to help reduce traffic-related emissions is gathering steam. The idea’s been kicked… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2021 By Christian Murray A Manhattan man who was part of a crew involved in a $4 million cargo heist at JFK Airport last year pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal possession of stolen goods. David Lacarriere, 34, pleaded guilty for his role in a brazen May 17, 2020, theft—where he and his crew… Read more »
Sept. 15, 2021 By Allie Griffin Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a bill in the House of Representatives this week to extend federal unemployment insurance through February, she announced Tuesday. The federal unemployment benefits expired Sept. 6 — leaving millions of Americans without income as they look for work. An estimated 800,000 New York City… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2021 By Allie Griffin Catholic school students in Queens and Brooklyn have the option to learn fully online, the Diocese said Monday — the same day public school students returned to school with no remote option at all. Elementary and middle school students at Catholic academies across Queens and Brooklyn can attend school… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A multinational bakery chain will be opening a café on Jackson Avenue before the end of the year. Paris Baguette, a Korean-based global franchise that serves cakes, pastries, sandwiches and coffee, will be opening at 27-35 Jackson Ave. in mid to late December, according to a company spokesperson. The… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2021 By Christian Murray The Gotham Organization, which is developing two towers as part of the 5,000-unit Hunters Point South affordable housing development, announced today that one of its towers will be completed before the end of the year. Gotham, along with RiseBoro Community Partnership, is currently developing Gotham Point, a 1,132-unit development… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2021 By Allie Griffin Unemployed New Yorkers will gather in Long Island City tonight to call on the federal government to extend federal unemployment benefits that expired on Labor Day. The jobless, along with activists, will rally at Gantry Plaza State Park at 8 p.m. Tuesday to demand legislators extend the pandemic-era benefits after… Read more »
Sept. 14, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Police have released a shocking video of a mugger brazenly hit a 77-year-old woman in Astoria on Sunday – while robbing the senior of her handbag that contained a bible and cash. The unsettling footage, captured on a cellphone by a passerby at around noon, shows the pair tussle… Read more »