Aug. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens council candidates who won hard-fought primary elections in June are now starting to focus on the November general elections. Winners of the Democratic primaries who secured victories against often-long lists of candidates will now need to beat off Republican nominees and other challengers in the Nov. 2 general… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The city will begin spraying pesticides to keep the number of mosquitos at bay in parts of western Queens on Aug. 17. The spraying–which will be from trucks–will begin at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday night and will continue until 6 a.m. the following day, according to the NYC… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin The population of Queens swelled by nearly 8 percent in the last 10 years, new data from the U.S. Census shows. The number of borough residents increased to 2,405,464 in 2020 — up 7.83 percent from 2010 when the last census was conducted. “The large jump in our borough’s… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2021 By Allie Griffin All students, teachers and support staff at Catholic schools in Queens and Brooklyn will be required to wear masks inside school buildings when classes resume next month. The Diocese of Brooklyn, which covers both Brooklyn and Queens, announced the mask requirement Thursday ahead of the first day of school… Read more »
Aug. 12, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A popular Astoria restaurant has won an award for its outdoor dining setup, while an Open Street in Jackson Heights has also been celebrated for revitalizing a section of that neighborhood. Blend Astoria, a trendy Latin American-themed restaurant located at 37-17 30th Ave., was named as having one of… Read more »
Aug. 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin A fundraiser for a group of Sunnyside businesses that were damaged in a fire Thursday morning has raised close to $20,000 in less than 10 hours. The fundraiser was started by Sunnyside Shines BID just hours after a four-alarm fire tore through a one-story building at the corner of… Read more »
Aug. 12, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a man who allegedly grabbed a stranger’s butt inside a Long Island City subway station last month. The suspect grabbed a 47-year-old woman’s buttocks as she walked up stairs inside the 21st Street-Queensbridge F train station on July 30 at 8:30 a.m., police said. The… Read more »
Aug. 12, 2021 By Christian Murray A dedicated crew of workers will be keeping a long list of streets in western Queens clean stemming from a new allocation of city funds by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer. Van Bramer said that his office has allocated $270,000 to a non-profit organization that will be bringing on… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Aug 10, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT BY Clifford Michel Shortly after sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo surfaced, his press office stopped regularly publishing the public schedule of his next in line: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former member of Congress from Buffalo, who had… Read more »
Aug. 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday, a week after a scathing report was released by the New York Attorney General that concluded that he sexually harassed almost a dozen women. Cuomo, who is facing an impeachment inquiry, said his resignation will take effect in 14 days — at… Read more »