April 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin More than a dozen candidates vying for the 26th City Council district seat debated hot-button issues at a forum Wednesday night. The 15 candidates discussed a variety of topics of concern to Queens voters — everything from bike lanes to Amazon to NYPD funding — at the forum hosted… Read more »
April 8, 2021 By Ryan Songalia Amit Bagga, a candidate for city council, introduced an ambitious policy proposal Thursday that aims to curb what he describes as “predatory and exploitative practices” of the City’s 80,000 food delivery workers—many of whom are immigrants—by the large food app companies. The proposal, titled Delivery Justice Now!, represents a… Read more »
April 8, 2021 By Christian Murray The Long Island City condo market saw a frenzy of sales activity in the first quarter of 2021, with buyers coming to the market at a rate more pronounced than the weeks that followed the November 2018 Amazon announcement. There were 191 signed deals for the Jan. 1, 2021… Read more »
April 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin Mayor Bill de Blasio announced sweeping changes to the city’s COVID-19 closure policies for New York City public schools. The city has doubled the number of coronavirus cases that requires the Department of Education to close a school for 10 days. Beginning Monday, schools will close for in-person instruction… Read more »
April 8, 2021 By Ryan Songalia The police are looking for a man who forced his way into the lobby of an Astoria apartment building last month and stole a package containing beauty products. The suspect allegedly gained entry into a building located near 30th Street and Broadway at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March… Read more »
April 7, 2021 By Allie Griffin An eight-alarm fire that tore through a Jackson Heights apartment building Tuesday night has left hundreds homeless and resulted in 25 people being injured. The fire started inside an apartment located at 89-07 34th Ave. shortly after 1 p.m. and quickly spread throughout the building. By 8 p.m., it… Read more »
April 7, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a female employee at an Astoria shoe store Saturday. The man was shopping inside Fabco Shoes, located at 31-59 Steinway St., when he exposed his penis to a 36-year-old female store employee at 3 p.m., police said. He then… Read more »
April 6, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced Tuesday his community board appointments as well as a number of new reforms that aim to raise board standards. Richards appointed 373 members across Queens’ 14 community boards out of a pool of more than 900 applicants — a record number of applications… Read more »
April 6, 2021 By Ryan Songalia New Yorkers as young as 16 years of age became eligible Tuesday to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, a week after the minimum age to receive the shot was dropped to 30. The move comes two weeks ahead of President Joe Biden’s April 19 date to make all adults eligible… Read more »
April 6, 2021 By Christina Santucci An Astoria tavern – that was closed for two weeks for violating pandemic restrictions – has reopened. Rocky McBride’s, located at 27-01 23rd Ave., resumed service Saturday after paying $25,000 as part of a conditional no contest offer to the State Liquor Authority (SLA). Members of the SLA had… Read more »