Sep. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry
Five Queens Village residents charged after search warrant turns up drugs, weapons near 10-year-old boy’s bedroom: DA
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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. Laurence Gendreau, 39, whose last known address was on 110th Street, was convicted by…
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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. Developed by Breaking Ground, the 15-story structure…
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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…
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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. The eight schools in…
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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. Onset damage from thunderstorms and weathering have diminished the presence of the dignified white pine trees, but recent funding obtained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation…
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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. Shawn Singh, 23, of Schenectady, was arraigned…
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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. One thing that remained completely the same compared to last year was the fact that there wasn’t a single murder case across any of the precincts in northern and southern Queens. There wasn’t much of a drastic change in rape cases. Northern Queens saw the cases shrink from seven last year to four this year. After reporting just one case across each…
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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. Police say a 58-year-old woman was waiting for a Manhattan-bound E train when a stranger approached…
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Southeast Queens’ Senior Appreciation Month kicks off, with events planned into October
Sep. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry