May. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry Mayor Eric Adams marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of the city’s “Operation Padlock to Protect” initiative at a pizzeria on the Rego Park and Middle Village border on Wednesday and touted the significant progress in shutting down more than 1,400 illegal smoke shops across the five…
May. 8, 2025 By Colum Motherway The Richmond Hill Library was filled with pride, poetry, and powerful reflections as the Queens Library Book Fair hosted its seventh annual celebration on April 12, honoring two exceptional women whose impact continues to shape their communities. Captain Pratima Maldonado, the commanding officer of the NYPD’s 102nd Precinct…
Apr. 2, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A slew of Queens elected officials has formally endorsed former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral bid, following the backing of the Democratic Organization of Queens County and its chairman, U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks. State senators Joseph P. Addabbo and Toby Ann Stavisky, Assembly Members David Weprin and Edward…
Feb. 11, 2025 By Tangerine Clarke Black History on Feb. 8 received exceptional recognition and contributions from youths, thanks to the Queens Book Fair & Literary Festival Inc. founder, Dr. Dhanpaul Narine, an educator and uplifting leader, who celebrated the initiative’s seventh installment in the auditorium of the Richmond Hill Queens library. The enlightening program, […]
Jan. 23, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A coalition of New York City elected officials has condemned the actions of L&J Commercial and Residential Services after the contractor slashed wages and eliminated benefits for cleaning staff at Gertz Plaza Mall in Jamaica late last year. In an open letter to L&J president Luis Vigoya, the…
Dec. 31, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) celebrated the completion of significant sidewalk upgrades at the South Jamaica Houses during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The event, held at 109th Avenue and 160th Street in Jamaica, was attended by DDC Commissioner Tom Foley,…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry A beloved Southeast Queens community leader was struck and killed by the driver of a yellow cab in a chain-reaction crash in South Ozone Park during the early morning hours of Saturday, Dec. 28. Vidya Dookran-Franco, 51, of Merrick, was picking up food to bring home to her…
Dec. 2, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Dozens of Queens-based commercial cleaners and security staff held a protest at Gertz Plaza Mall in Jamaica on Tuesday, Nov. 26, decrying contractor L&J Commercial and Residential Services for slashing wages and cutting benefits earlier this month. Organized by 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the…
Oct. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry The city has begun construction on a $3.9 million project that will transform seven large concrete medians in Queens Village into “green infrastructure sponges” that will absorb five million gallons of stormwater each year while reducing neighborhood flooding. New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit Aggarwala announced on Oct. 18 that the green infrastructure medians will replace nearly three acres of what is currently impermeable concrete with subsurface drainage chambers and engineered rock and soil planted with ornamental grasses and perennial wildflowers, to mitigate flooding along Hillside Avenue and Winchester Boulevard…
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