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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Jul. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry For more than half a decade, unsightly sidewalk construction shed and scaffolding have created an eyesore around the Queens County Supreme Court building on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica. On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams announced a pilot that will remove the structure and replace it with safety netting as part…
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Jul. 24, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A man died early Monday morning after being struck by a Long Island Rail Road train in Queens. The man was walking on the railroad tracks without authorization between Jamaica Station and the Hillside Maintenance Facility in eastern Queens when he was struck by a train at about…
Jul. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Jamaica men were sentenced Thursday in Brooklyn federal court for their roles in an armed heist at the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park in 2020. Lamel Miller, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to nine years in prison following his conviction at trial…
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Jul. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry
Jul. 11, 2023 By John Schilling Assemblywoman Nily Rozic gathered with colleagues and hospital employees in front of The Pavilion at New York City Health + Hospitals/Queens in Jamaica on July 10 to announce $1 million in state funding for the purchase of a new HUGS infant protection system for the hospital’s pediatric clinic. The…
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Jul. 3, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Southeast Queens residents voiced their growing concerns over waste transfer stations situated in close proximity to residential areas which they say are impacting public health, air quality and their overall well-being during a community town hall at P.S./I.S. 116 in Jamaica on June 26. Councilwoman Nantasha Williams collaborated with…
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June 30, 2023 By Michael Dorgan There’s more than one way to roll a joint! The operators of the borough’s first legal cannabis dispensary say they have decided to put a tool used in the war on drugs to better use. Extasy James and her cousin, Michael James, Jr., who own Good Grades on Jamaica… Read more »
Jun. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry Southeast Queens elected leaders helped cut the ribbon at a new adult center that Queens Community House opened at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica on June 28. Nearly a hundred Queens residents from across the borough attended the grand opening ceremony for the new QCH Jamaica Older Adult Center,…
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Jun. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry