Oct. 25, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens leaders and NYC Parks Department officials celebrated the opening of a new playground and adult exercise station in Glen Oaks Oval in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. The officials marked the completion of the $1.5 million upgrades to the park during the ceremony. The upgrades were finished in April,… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2021 By Michael Dorgan An ex-con who fatally stabbed a man in the 1990s died Friday after he crashed his motorcycle into a car at a Flushing intersection. Samuel Geraci, 51, was riding his motorcycle southbound on 164th Street and 35th Avenue at around 2:45 p.m. when he struck a Toyota Camry traveling… Read more »
Oct. 22, 2021 By Allie Griffin A sports field in College Point will get a $4.5 million facelift — including the conversion of a baseball field into a soccer field — via council funding secured by Council Member Paul Vallone. The money will fund the conversion of a portion of College Point Fields baseball diamond… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Oct. 5, 2021, 7:45 p.m. BY Rachel Holliday Smith and Samantha Maldonado The city is not just choosing a new mayor in November. This fall, New York voters must also decide on five proposed changes to the state constitution. Five ballot proposals are up for a vote… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2021 By Christian Murray A man was found dead with a laceration to his face behind a block of stores in Flushing this morning. Police received a call at around 3:50 a.m. that there was an unconscious man at the rear of 147-14 Northern Blvd. Upon arrival, officers from the 109th NYPD Precinct… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2021 By Allie Griffin All city workers must get vaccinated for COVID-19 or face unpaid leave under a new mandate Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. The mandate requires city employees — including police officers, firefighters and sanitation workers — to get at least one dose by 5 p.m. on Oct. 29. It… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin Participants at an annual walk-a-thon Sunday raised more than $100,000 for a Bayside hospital to support children with special medical needs. Hundreds joined the annual Big Hearts Walk for St. Mary’s Kids at the Bronx Zoo to raise funds for St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, the city’s only… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2021 By Max Parrott More than a year after communities of color in Queens bore some of the most deadly impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York City Board of Health has passed a resolution that declares racism a public health crisis. The resolution begins by recognizing the history “of structural racism… Read more »
Oct. 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin A group of Auburndale residents, business owners and local politicians are calling on the city to shut down a local bar they say has made their lives a living hell for the past eight months. Dozens rallied outside Kloud Tequila Grill, located at 192-08 Northern Blvd., Saturday to draw… Read more »
Oct. 18, 2021 Staff Report The Parks Dept. is calling on the public for input as it looks to construct a new playground on a 1.5 acre site in Bay Terrace. The department is undertaking a virtual scoping on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. for what will be the Cross Island Parkway Waters Edge… Read more »