Aug. 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin A Richmond Hill man faces up to 20 years in prison for smuggling guns and ammo over state lines into to New York City. Richard McCormick, 42, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and other charges Tuesday night after he allegedly bought a cache of high-capacity magazines,… Read more »
Aug. 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin Local leaders will host a vigil in Queens Village tonight for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is hosting the vigil alongside Haitian Americans United for Progress (HAUP) and Assembly Member Clyde Vanel at 8 p.m. outside the nonprofit’s headquarters at 209-5… Read more »
Aug. 18, 2021 By Allie Griffin A Richmond Hill man accused of breeding pit bulls for dog fighting — and keeping them in squalid conditions — was charged with animal cruelty Tuesday. Andrew Cato, 59, was arraigned on a 92-count criminal complaint in Queens Criminal Court and faces up to four years in prison if… Read more »
Aug. 17, 2021 By Ryan Songalia A dairy company that hails from Queens is returning to the World’s Borough from New Jersey. Bartlett Dairy, a minority-owned family business that was established in Queens in 1963, broke ground Thursday on a 54,000 square foot headquarters and food distribution center. The facility is going up at the… Read more »
Aug. 17, 2021 By Allie Griffin The state is establishing a fund in order to buy economically-distressed hotels and convert them into permanent housing for the homeless and people in need. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law Friday a bill called the “Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act” (HONDA), which calls for the creation of… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin Business owners who operate a bar, restaurant, gym or similar establishment must require their customers and workers to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to gain entry starting Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The businesses that fail to comply with the vaccine mandate will face fines… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens council candidates who won hard-fought primary elections in June are now starting to focus on the November general elections. Winners of the Democratic primaries who secured victories against often-long lists of candidates will now need to beat off Republican nominees and other challengers in the Nov. 2 general… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin The population of Queens swelled by nearly 8 percent in the last 10 years, new data from the U.S. Census shows. The number of borough residents increased to 2,405,464 in 2020 — up 7.83 percent from 2010 when the last census was conducted. “The large jump in our borough’s… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A 27-year-old Brooklyn man is dead after losing control of his car and smashing it into a pole in Lindenwood early Saturday. Shaquan Nelson was driving eastbound along Linden Boulevard near 79th Street at around 4 a.m. when he lost control of his 2012 Infiniti sedan and struck a… Read more »
Aug. 13, 2021 By Allie Griffin All students, teachers and support staff at Catholic schools in Queens and Brooklyn will be required to wear masks inside school buildings when classes resume next month. The Diocese of Brooklyn, which covers both Brooklyn and Queens, announced the mask requirement Thursday ahead of the first day of school… Read more »