Apr. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry Two Queens contractors were arrested by officers from the Port Authority Police Department on Saturday for allegedly stealing copper wire from a warehouse at JFK Airport. Anildat Arnold, 46, of 114th Street in South Ozone Park, and Vejai Ramsarup, 54, of 214th Street in Queens Village, were separately…
Feb. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Queens Borough President Donovan Richards held a virtual meeting with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing crisis at City Hall. The meeting was held in response to the resignation of four deputy mayors on Monday, Feb. 17, over allegations that Mayor Eric Adams agreed to…
Feb. 14, 2025 By Czarinna Andres The closure of the Creedmoor Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center (HERRC) in Queens Village was confirmed by the Governor’s administration, according to a statement released Thursday by elected officials in Queens. Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, Assembly Member Edward Braunstein and Council Member Linda Lee hailed it as a…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Bill Parry The body of a man in his 20s or 30s was discovered in the grass along the Clearview Expressway in Queens Village on Tuesday morning. The body was spotted just before 9 a.m. near the tree line by a motorist who pulled over on the shoulder of the…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Bill Parry Seven children and three adults were injured when their school bus driver lost control and crashed in Bellerose Manor on Monday morning. Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision at 239-30 Union Turnpike at 7:30 a.m. Upon arrival,…
Oct. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry A former FBI agent from Queens Village is criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of illegal ghost guns and a stockpile of ammunition after law enforcement raided his home and a storage unit in Port Washington, L.I. Scott Chiang, 53, was arraigned Friday in Queens Criminal Court on…
Aug. 30, 2024 By Dean Moses A Queens kidnapping suspect is dead Friday, one day after he allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted a young child when he crashed his vehicle in an attempt to evade police, NYPD brass said. According to NYPD Assistant Chief of Detectives Jason Savino, cops were sparing no expense hunting…
Jun. 14, 2024 By Athena Dawson Dozens of local community members, elected officials and staff gathered at Transitional Services for New York (TSINY) Miele’s Respite for its 10th-anniversary celebration on Wednesday, June 12. Located on the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Campus in Queens Village, the respite program provides an alternative to hospitalization for clients with psychosis-related…
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Feb. 27, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Mayor Eric Adams plans to add 170 beds to the 1,000-men migrant shelter at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village, and local elected officials and community leaders gathered at the Creedmoor campus Monday to denounce the increase. Assembly Member Ed Braunstein, state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky and Council Member…
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