Oct. 12, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A film festival featuring nearly 160 movies from across the globe will return next month and the screenings will take place at theaters around the borough. The festival, called The Queens World Film Festival, will run from Nov. 1 through Nov. 6 and will include 29 movies created by… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2022 By Christian Murray Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced Tuesday that a national provider of online mental health services is partnering with 10 Queens-based organizations to offer $2 million in therapy services. Richards made the announcement at Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities in Corona and noted that many residents are in need… Read more »
Oct. 7, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Several swastikas were scrawled onto newspaper boxes used to distribute Jewish publications in Kew Garden Hills overnight Tuesday – drawing strong condemnation from Queens elected officials. The swastikas were discovered by a delivery worker on the corner of Kissena Boulevard and Aguilar Avenue early Wednesday – just hours after… Read more »
Oct. 5, 2022 By Christian Murray Several elected officials joined residents of a NYCHA complex in Flushing Tuesday to call on the agency to immediately restore gas service in dozens of units that has been down for months. The residents in one building at Bland Houses, located at 133-20 Roosevelt Ave., have been without cooking… Read more »
Oct 4, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Calling all entrepreneurs! Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and a local non-profit have launched a new competition aimed at providing entrepreneurs with seed funding to get their start-up businesses off the ground. The contest, called Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge (QTIC), will see entrepreneurs from a wide variety of… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Oct. 3, 2022 By Claudia Irizarry Aponte Food delivery workers will soon have rest stops to call their own — including charging stations in what are now vacant newsstands, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday in City Hall Park next to one of… Read more »
Oct. 3, 2022 By Christian Murray The MTA is installing additional cameras on its bus fleet to ticket drivers who encroach on its bus lanes. The agency said that it will be adding cameras to 300 buses by the end of the year across nine routes in Staten Island, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn—on top… Read more »
Oct. 3, 2022 By Christian Murray The police are looking for the driver of a black SUV who was allegedly firing shots at parked cars in Whitestone during the early hours Thursday morning—with some shots flying into a house. The NYPD released footage Saturday of the vehicle the suspect was driving at around 1:20 a.m…. Read more »
Sept. 30, 2022 By Michael Dorgan An Astoria man has been arrested and charged with murder for the brutal stabbing of an EMS lieutenant in the Ditmars section of the neighborhood Thursday afternoon. Peter Zisopoulos, 34, was arrested by police shortly after he allegedly stabbed 61-year-old Alison Russo-Elling to death at the 20th Avenue and… Read more »
Sept. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Three Queens Councilmembers are co-sponsoring a bill that would abolish the NYPD’s gang database. The bill, which is being co-sponsored by Queens progressives Tiffany Cabán, Julie Won and Shekar Krishnan, would end the database and prevent the police department from compiling a replacement. The NYPD’s gang database is a… Read more »