Oct. 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin An additional 33 New York City public schools in parts of Queens and Brooklyn were shut down Thursday for at least two weeks in an eleventh hour move by the city and state. The schools are located within COVID-19 hotpots and were ordered to close by Governor Andrew Cuomo… Read more »
Oct. 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin Forest Hills residents and community leaders are condemning the mixed messages from the city and state on the COVID-19 outbreak in the area. The local community board, Queens Community Board 6, which covers Forest Hills and Rego Park, criticized the lack of clarity — and often conflicting messages —… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2020 By Christian Murray The owners of Queens’ first ever professional soccer franchise have revealed the club’s logo. The logo for the Queensboro FC aims to reflect the hallmark elements that define the borough, which consists of approximately 90 neighborhoods, 2 million residents and immigrants from more than 150 nations. The centerpiece of… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2020 By Allie Griffin Nonessential businesses must close tomorrow in specific sections of Queens and Brooklyn that are undergoing a spike in COVID-19 cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The businesses in the coronavirus hotspots must shut their doors–and restaurants are only permitted to be open for takeout–for at least two weeks…. Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Queens Council Member Bob Holden is looking to repeal recently-passed legislation that bans the NYPD from using chokeholds. Holden said the anti-chokehold legislation – which made it a misdemeanor when cops use methods of restraints like chokeholds and kneeling on a suspect’s back – hampers officers from doing their… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City will close schools Tuesday that are located in nine ZIP codes across Brooklyn and Queens where the number of COVID-19 cases remain stubbornly high, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. The state will close both public and private schools in the ZIP codes that have become cluster… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two Queens karaoke bars were shut down over the weekend for violating city COVID-19 regulations. New York City Sheriff Deputies shuttered two karaoke spots in Flushing after finding dozens of patrons inside each establishment. The officers first shut down the Platinum Lounge, located at 41-16 Fuller Pl, on Friday… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A woman is dead and two others are in critical condition after a seaplane they were traveling in crashed into a concrete pier in Whitestone Sunday. Maggie O Neill, 61, died after the single-engine Cessna slammed into a pier at Riverside Drive and 158th Street at around 3 p.m…. Read more »
Oct. 4, 2020 By Christian Murray Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to shut down all non-essential businesses—as well as public and private schools—in Kew Gardens and Kew Gardens Hills starting Wednesday. The mayor, in a press conference this morning, said that the shutdown would apply to nine ZIP codes across Brooklyn and Queens, including the… Read more »
Oct. 1, 2020 By Allie Griffin Another Queens neighborhood is seeing an alarming uptick in COVID-19 cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. Fresh Meadows was added to the list of neighborhoods forming a coronavirus cluster in Central Queens, which includes Kew Gardens and Kew Gardens Hills. The neighborhood represented by the 11366 zip code… Read more »