Feb. 25, 2021 By Allie Griffin Assembly Member Ron Kim led a rally outside City Hall Wednesday morning to demand accountability and transparency from Governor Andrew Cuomo over the nursing home scandal. Kim — joined by other elected officials and families of nursing home residents — announced a list of demands in the wake of… Read more »
Feb. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin New York City’s public schools will welcome back middle schoolers for in-person learning tomorrow. Public schools that serve grades six through eight will hold in-person classes beginning Thursday. The schools have been closed since November when COVID-19 cases spiked. “I am very excited that tomorrow our New York City… Read more »
Feb. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin There was no clear winner in Tuesday’s special election for the 31st District Council seat after votes were tallied last night. None of the nine candidates running for the southeast Queens seat secured a majority — more than 50 percent — of votes, thus prompting the city’s first test… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2021 By Christina Santucci A state supreme court justice has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nearly 100 political candidates that sought to cancel the requirements for in-person signatures required to get on the ballot. The group of more than 100 plaintiffs, including about a dozen Queens candidates, filed suit Feb. 8 against Governor… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A Pennsylvania man was busted last Friday for raping a 15-year-old girl at a Queens hotel—just two days after he was charged for sex crimes involving a 14-year-old girl and let loose, authorities said. Lawrence Winslow, 27, was arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl inside the JFK Inn… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2021 By Christina Santucci A Republican district leader from northeast Queens was arrested Monday by the FBI in connection with the riot at the Capitol building last month, according to law enforcement sources and court documents. Philip Grillo, 46, who was picked up by authorities at his girlfriend’s Glen Oaks home yesterday, is… Read more »
Feb. 23, 2021 By Christina Santucci The number of applications for a seat on a community board in Queens went up by more than 56 percent this year. The borough president received 931 applications for the unpaid positions, up from 595 in 2020. The number was an all-time high, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said…. Read more »
Feb. 22, 2021 By Allie Griffin Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that the city is extending the Port Authority’s lease at JFK Airport another 10 years to allow the agency more time to complete the airport’s revamp in light of the pandemic and budget shortfalls. The Port Authority, which is the operator of the… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2021 By Christina Santucci New Yorkers will soon be able to watch the latest movie on the big screen. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that theaters in New York City will be able to open at 25 percent of normal capacity beginning March 5. The state, however, will limit each screening to 50… Read more »
Feb. 22, 2021 By Christina Santucci A Supreme Court justice is now weighing in on a lawsuit brought by more than 100 political candidates and their supporters — asking that the requirements to collect in-person signatures to get on the ballot be waived. State Supreme Court Justice Frank P. Nervo presided over a hearing about… Read more »