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Rajkumar hosts public safety town hall in Woodhaven with NYPD leadership, Commissioner Caban

Sep. 21, 2023 By Anthony Medina

A public safety town hall hosted by Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar brought NYPD Police Commissioner Edward Caban, NYPD leadership and commanding officers from neighboring precincts to Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, on Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Invited guests and members of the public entered the Woodhaven Manor, located at 96-01 Jamaica Ave., beginning at around 5 p.m., for a chance to speak with the NYPD on a variety of public safety-related topics, including the presence of illegal smoke shops and reckless motorbike riders.

Rajkumar welcomed Caban and other members of the NYPD in attendance, including NYPD Assistant Commissioner Kaz Daughtry, Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, Inspector William Glynn, in place of Chief of Patrol John Chell and NYPD First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella.

Five Queens Village residents charged after search warrant turns up drugs, weapons near 10-year-old boy’s bedroom: DA

Five people were arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on drugs and weapons charges late Wednesday night, hours after the NYPD executed a search warrant at their Queens Village home and seized four firearms — including an assault rifle — and more than 4 kilograms of fentanyl-laced cocaine and heroin with a street value of more than $200,000, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. The weapons and drugs were discovered just steps away from a 10-year-old boy’s bedroom.

Richmond Hill man convicted of attempted murder for slamming young boy head first into pavement in 2019 Kew Gardens attack: DA

Sep. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry

A Richmond Hill man was found guilty of attempted murder and other crimes for picking up a 6-year-old boy and slamming him head-first into the pavement in front of a Kew Gardens home in 2019.

Southeast Queens leaders break ground on senior affordable housing project in Jamaica

Sep. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry

Speaker Adrienne Adams and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards were all smiles Wednesday as they helped break ground on the Sutphin Senior Residence, a new affordable housing development that will bring 173 units of affordable and supportive housing to seniors in Jamaica.

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Cambria Heights Library gets $2.8 million for crucial resilience upgrades

Sep. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry

As Climate Week NYC got underway, Councilwoman Nantasha Williams presented a check for $2.8 million in funding to Queens Public Library to support vital resilience upgrades at the Cambria Heights Library on Monday, Sept. 19. The resilience upgrades are designed to enhance the library’s ability to withstand and recover from adverse events and to ensure that it remains a valuable hub for education, information and community engagement.

New York Junior Tennis and Learning brings ACES afterschool program to Queens

Sep. 20, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

New York Junior Tennis and Learning (NYJTL) is bringing its ACES afterschool program to eight schools across Queens during the Fall 2023-24 school year. The program provides students with the opportunity to play tennis for free, as well as academic, enrichment and mental health services.

NYC Parks receives nearly $10 million in funding to restore, update Forest Park

Sep. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina

Only steps away from the Forest Park entrance at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South in Richmond Hill is a pine grove that’s home to trees that are hundreds of years old. The ground of the pine grove, which was once mostly brushed with a mixture of brown needles and twigs, is now a mixture of greens and other plant life.

Upstate man arraigned on murder charges in fatal South Richmond Hill shooting

Sep. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina

An upstate New York man was arraigned on murder and weapon possession charges in Queens Supreme Court Tuesday, Sept. 19, in connection with the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man in South Richmond Hill in a dispute on the first weekend of September.

Crunching the Queens crime stats: Number of burglaries drop, assault cases increase

Sep. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

The NYPD’s crime stats for northern and southern Queens precincts spanning Sept. 11 to Sept. 17 reveal that the number of burglaries throughout the borough has dropped, while felony assault cases increased.

Crook sought for snatching woman’s property at Jamaica subway station: NYPD

Sep. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect in a grand larceny case that occurred at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue subway station earlier this month.

Southeast Queens’ Senior Appreciation Month kicks off, with events planned into October

Southeast Queens elected officials, community based organizations and cultural institutions are collaborating on the 21st Annual Senior Appreciation Month that includes a wide range of events ranging from jazz concerts and senior line dancing to resource and health fairs, a Monte Carlo Game Night and a tour of the Queens Botanical Garden.

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