Jul. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry
Southeast Queens entrepreneurs seeking opportunities will have a unique new resource on their pathway to success as the $19 billion transformation to JFK Airport proceeds.
Jul. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry
Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a suspect who allegedly groped a woman in broad daylight near Baisley Pond Park during the 4th of July long weekend.
Jul. 27, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed State Sen. Joseph Addabbo is partnering with the city Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Richmond Hill/South Ozone Park Lions Club and Key Food to host a free rain barrel giveaway on Sunday, Aug. 6. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lefferts Boulevard/Linden…
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Jul. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry An Edgemere man admitted he gunned down a 22-year-old Bronx man during a marijuana deal gone bad inside Rufus King Park in Jamaica in October 2020. Torren King, 20, of Beach 47th Street, pleaded guilty on July 25 in Queens Supreme Court to manslaughter in the first degree, Queens…
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Jul. 26, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed About 200 seniors attended the first Senior Appreciation giveaway at Phil Rizzuto (Smokey Oval) Park in Richmond Hill on July 23. The event, hosted by Bena Homecare Agency, provided seniors with tote travel bags and hats, T-shirts, throw blankets, cups, face masks, hand sanitizers and containers with food. Several…
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Jul. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry An upstate man pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court to manslaughter for killing the 26-year-old mother of his two children in November 2020 and stuffing her remains in the trunk of a car that was discovered months later in South Jamaica. Kareem Flake, 31, of Troy, New York, who…
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Jul. 26, 2023 By Julia Moro Real estate platform Zumper released a report analyzing staggering rental prices that continue to break records, finding huge disparities between rents across 81 neighborhoods in the city. Throughout the city, the median rent for a one-bedroom is $3,980– which is more than twice the national median. According to Zumper,…
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Jul. 26, 2023 By John Schilling Next Tuesday, Aug. 1, the annual National Night Out Against Crime event will return to the many NYPD precincts across New York City. This year, the National Night Out Against Crime will celebrate 40 years since it was established by Matt Peskin in Philadelphia in 1984 when the event…
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Jul. 25, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed With antisemitic incidents on the rise in New York and across the globe, Congresswoman Grace Meng brought the state Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, to Queens on July 24 to address the increased attacks on the Jewish community. Lipstadt, who is based at…
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Jul. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Former NYPD Detective Michael Sapraicone, a Richmond Hill native and current Long Island resident, on July 24 announced his candidacy for the 3rd Congressional District seat in the 2024 election. Sapraicone hopes to secure the Republican nomination and replace controversial Congressman George Santos. Sapraicone said he was inspired to…
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