March 1, 2022 By Christian Murray The number of Queens residents who applied to be on a local community board in 2022 was the second highest year on record. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced Monday that his office received 884 applications from residents seeking an appointment to one of the borough’s 14 community boards… Read more »
March 1, 2022 By Christian Murray Catholic Schools in Brooklyn and Queens will no longer be requiring students to wear face masks—both indoors and out–beginning Wednesday. The announcement came Monday, just one day after Governor Kathy Hochul said that the statewide school mask mandate would be lifted on Wednesday March 2. The state policy, however,… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Feb. 25, 2022 at 4:14 p.m. By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY It could be doom for the vroom. That’s what officials and light sleepers are hoping for when a state law aimed at deterring noisy, souped-up vehicles goes into effect this spring, coupled with an ongoing… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan “Help is on the way.” Those are the words of DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez who told residents in Glendale Tuesday that his agency is actively working on improving road safety in the neighborhood — following a number of serious crashes in the area recently. Rodriguez was speaking at a… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2022 By Christian Murray The MTA plans to install barriers at three subway stations—including one on the 7-train platform in Times Square— that will block access to the tracks. The barriers, also known as platform screen doors, will also be installed at the Sutphin Boulevard-JFK station on the E-line as well as at… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Allie Griffin A Briarwood man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for fatally stabbing his son-in-law in January 2019. Marco Ortiz, 48, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first-degree Tuesday morning as a Queens jury was in the process of deliberations. “As jurors decided his fate, the defendant opted to plead guilty… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray A Long Island man was arrested last week for allegedly threatening to shoot his estranged wife while she held their child in her arms inside a hospital in Queens. Thomas Saxton, 34, allegedly pulled out a gun at around noon Thursday inside Cohen Children’s Medical Center, located in Glen… Read more »
Feb. 18, 2022 By Allie Griffin State Sen. John Liu and local Asian American groups are calling for increased state funding to support Asian New Yorkers who have increasingly been the target of violent—and even deadly—hate crimes. Liu wants the state to allocate $64.5 million to support community-based organizations that provide services for Asian New… Read more »
Feb. 15, 2022 By Max Parrott After losing a nail-biter of a race against incumbent Borough President Donovan Richards last summer, former Queens Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley appears to be reentering the Queens political world once again — this time for state Senate. Crowley has officially filed to run for the newly created state Senate District… Read more »
**Warning: Graphic content, viewer discretion is advised** Feb. 15, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Disturbing dashcam footage has been posted online showing a pedestrian being struck by a car in Glendale Saturday — and then being run over by an SUV while lying motionless on the ground. The horrifying video, which was uploaded to Twitter Monday,… Read more »