Sep. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson Hundreds of southeast Queens residents celebrated the start of fall at the seventh annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14. Locals spent the lively afternoon eating, dancing, and celebrating between Hillside Avenue and Jamaica Avenue on Sutphin Boulevard in downtown Jamaica. The Downtown Jamaica Partnership hosted the festival,…
Sep. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry A masked teenager is being sought for allegedly bringing a gun to an afterschool melee in St. Albans and using it to send nearly a dozen youngsters running for their lives while setting off a tragic chain of events on Monday afternoon in which a Cambria Heights man…
Sep. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson MTA officials held a roundtable discussion in the Jamaica Central Control Building on Thursday, Sept. 12, to provide an overview of the agency’s current and future plans for its extensive transportation system. The officials invited reporters from a handful of local media organizations to the event, including QNS,…
Sep. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres On Monday, Sept. 16, hundreds of Amazon drivers in Queens took a major step toward unionization, formally requesting that Amazon recognize their union and negotiate a contract under the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Drivers from three Delivery Service Partners (DSPs) operating out of the DBK4 Amazon delivery warehouse…
Sep. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced her office prevailed in a hearing on Sept. 10 to restore eight deeds associated with five properties to their rightful owners after Justin Joseph of South Ozone Park had stolen them in a deed fraud scheme. The statute used by her office…
Sep. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Disbarred attorney Anyekache Hercules was sentenced Friday in Queens Supreme Court to one-and-a-half to three years in prison for her role in a deed theft crew that stole homes in St. Albans and Jamaica that were owned by elderly or disabled Southeast Queens residents or their families. New…
Sep. 16, 2024 By Council Member Dr. Nantasha Williams As a descendent of enslaved people from the South, my journey to help pass the Juneteenth Package of Bills has been deeply personal. This journey seeks to honor the history of our collective ancestors and ensure that the brutal harms they endured are no longer…
Sep. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Department of City Planning (DCP) announced a leadership change for its Queens Office, located at 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens, on Friday, Sept. 13. Lin Zeng was named Director, and Kathi Ko was appointed Deputy Director. The appointments come as the office ramps up efforts to…
Sep. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Sept. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst has officially reopened its upgraded Radiation Oncology department for advanced cancer treatments. The $5.5 million renovation, funded by the Queens Borough President’s Office, equips the department with life-saving radiation therapy tools, including the Varian TrueBeam Linear Accelerator (LINAC), a… Read more »
Sep. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A 75-year-old man was shot in the face, and a 14-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound to the leg when someone started shooting on a Rosedale street on Thursday afternoon. The senior was riding his bicycle on 243rd Street near Weller Avenue at around 4:30 p.m., and he…