Apr. 15, 2025 By Alicia Fernandez The city’s zeal to enforce new environmental laws is set to crush the City’s middle-class housing stock under the weight of shockingly untenable fines. At issue is the implementation of Local Law 97, which was passed in 2019. The ambitious law sets emissions limits for buildings over 25,000…
Apr. 3, 2025 By bparry April 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A fake doctor who was performing medical procedures without a license at an Astoria home was taken into custody on the night of Friday, March 28, after one of his patients went into cardiac arrest. At around 1 p.m. that afternoon, Felipe Hoyos-Foronda,…
Feb. 24, 2025 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell The FDNY battled a stubborn three-alarm fire in College Point that started in a two-story home near the waterfront of Flushing Bay and threatened a commercial building next door on Sunday evening. Dispatchers received a 911 call of a fire at 20-14 119th St. at…
Oct. 5, 2023 By Ethan Marshall According to the latest Multi-Family Foundation Plan Application Report conducted by the Real Estate Board of New York, the city is on pace to produce just 10,000 new units this year. This would be well short of the 50,000 unit target set by Mayor Eric Adams and housing experts…
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Aug. 16, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Several Bayside Hills residents have been voicing their frustration with what they refer to as a “zombie house” on 212th Street. The house, located at 50-48 212th St., has remained unoccupied and uncared for since its owner passed away in 2021 and the doors remain locked up at the…
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