Jul. 31, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was arraigned Monday, July 31, in Queens Supreme Court on an indictment charging him with murder and five counts of attempted murder after allegedly going on a shooting rampage while riding a scooter through Richmond Hill, leaving an 86-year-old grandfather dead and wounding two others on…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Bill Parry Crime scene investigators are working to determine how a woman was killed in her South Jamaica Houses apartment building early Monday morning. Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Public Service Area 9 in Flushing responded to a 911 call just after 1 a.m. on July 31 after…
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Jul. 27, 2023 By John Schilling Eastern Queens elected officials gathered with constituents inside Building #4 of the Services Now For Adult Persons (SNAP) in Queens Village on Thursday afternoon to voice their opposition to the incoming asylum seeker tent shelter on the nearby campus of the state-owned Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. The rally came just…
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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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