Sept. 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 27-year-old Woodside deliveryman died after he crashed his Yamaha scooter into a minivan in Astoria Wednesday night. Mariano Canales, who lived on 58th Street, was driving a blue Yamaha Chappy Scooter east down 24th Avenue when he ran into a white Chrysler Town & Country which was crossing… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin Astoria Council Member Costa Constantinides introduced a number of bills Wednesday that he says will make New York a greener, storm-resilient city. The first bill would require the city to create a set of resilience design guidelines for its capital projects, so that city buildings and infrastructure would be… Read more »
Sept. 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin The Queens Memory Project, an ongoing community archiving program supported by the Queens Public Library and Queens College Library, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary next week with a Facebook Live event. The project, in which volunteers record interviews with Queens residents, has collected more than 600 oral histories of… Read more »
Sept. 23, 2020 By Christian Murray The affordable housing lottery has opened for TF Cornerstone’s two-tower development that is part of the Hunters Point South 5,000-unit mega plan. TF Cornerstone announced today that applications are now being accepted for 185 of the 719 affordable units that are being built. Applicants are required to apply on… Read more »
Sept. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin More than 9,000 city employees will be furloughed as the city faces a major budget deficit spurred by the coronavirus shutdown, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. Thousands of managerial and non-union city employees must take five days of furlough between October and March, which will save the city… Read more »
Sept. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin Parents with children in western Queens public schools are less likely to keep their kids at home to learn remotely than the rest of the city. The percentage of students in western Queens school districts learning remotely is significantly lower than the rest of the city, according to… Read more »
Sept. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray This is no joke! That’s the message that comedy club owners are telling Governor Andrew Cuomo who has kept them closed since the pandemic struck in March. The owners and performers want the same treatment as other business that have been able to reopen at limited capacity. These include… Read more »
Sept. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray Drag racing is a problem throughout Queens—from Sunnyside to Fresh Meadows–and a Flushing legislator is looking to clamp down on the problem. Assemblywoman Nily Rozic is introducing legislation that would authorize the city to extend the hours that existing speed cameras are in operation in areas known for drag… Read more »
Sept. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray At the end of next year, 11 council members in Queens will be forced to step down due to term limits. Dozens of candidates have already come forward looking to replace them, and will be competing in next June’s Democratic and Republican primaries. We plan to speak to as… Read more »
Sept. 21, 2020 By Christian Murray Police have arrested a female bigot who authorities say threw a glass bottle at a black jogger in Woodside last month then shouted a racial slur at her. Lorena Delagune, a 53-year-old white woman who lives at the Woodside Houses NYCHA development, has been charged with attempted assault as a… Read more »