Five injured in Whitestone crash: NYPD
Five people were injured in a car collision in Whitestone the morning of May 31, according to the NYPD. The on-camera incident occurred at a five-way intersection at 160th Street and Clintonville…
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Holden calls for commission to determine cost of renovating Rikers Island
City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Middle Village) has been such an outspoken critic of the city’s plan to close Rikers Island and replace it with a borough-based prison system that Mayor Bill de…
Undercover up busts Jackson Heights-based drug gang: DA
The NYPD smashed a Jackson Heights-based drug gang following a long-term investigation last week. Police arrested 18 people during an early morning raid May 23, seizing cocaine, heroin, loaded guns, a machete,…
Flushing cabbie ends his life after medallion loses value
Although the cause of death was still undetermined by the city medical examiner’s office for a Flushing man, missing since May 11 and found floating in the East River on May 23,…
Crowley: Creators of March for Our Lives movement may become Congressional interns
House Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), announced a new initiative to encourage student gun safety advocates from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to intern this summer on Capitol Hill…
Queensboro Dance Festival tours the borough
The Physical Plant, a Queens-based dance and production company, is presenting its fifth annual Queensboro Dance Festival. Company performances have already begun and will be touring theatres, parks, plazas and streets throughout…
Rozic honors Asian-American community leaders
State Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) hosted the sixth annual “Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month” celebration last week at her alma mater, Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, honoring Asian-American community leaders…
Rozic, Stavisky return unclaimed funds to Flushing residents
State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) and state Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) met with Flushing residents Tuesday to return thousands of dollars worth of forgotten funds. In partnership with state Comptroller…
Queens winners crowned in city design contest
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Public Design Commission announced the 11 winners of this year’s 36th Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, including two from Queens. In coordination…
Roger Daltrey takes ‘Tommy’ to Forest Hills Stadium
“Where are the artists writing with any real sense of angst and purpose? There are no movements at the moment: we had mod and then there was punk, but it’s so hard…