Category: Queens

Senior citizens and community organizations in New York rallied together to call for upgrades and repairs to senior centers in the city. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Senior citizens and community organizations across New York held a rally at Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens on Thursday, where they called for senior centers to be repaired…

FILE – A Crime Scene Unit detective at a shooting scene File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Queens detectives are investigating a shooting near a nightclub early on Saturday morning that left a young woman wounded. Police said the gun violence erupted at about 6:20 a.m. on March 9 in front of the Epic Lounge at 122-01 Rockaway…

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at Thursday’s press conference, alongside Rev. Patrick Young, Saaeda Dunston, Jeffrion Aubry and other community leaders. Photo courtesy of Amelia Ramos Rev. Al Sharpton, the founder of the National Action Network, a New York-based civil rights organization, joined several community leaders at a church in East Elmhurst Thursday to discuss the…

A Queens man was among a half dozen smugglers who were arrested on Tuesday and charged with illegally importing duck and goose intestines from China. Photo courtesy of the United States District Court Eastern District of New York A Queens man and his five co-conspirators from Brooklyn were arrested by federal agents on Tuesday and…

Morton “Morty” Povman, who was the longest-serving New York City Council Member, died Tuesday due to complications of pancreatic cancer. Povman served in the role from 1971-2001, representing what was initially New York’s 15th congressional district and later the 24th congressional district, which covers Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Briarwood and…

Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr, is hosting a virtual discussion on gambling addiction and resources for those struggling to overcome their affliction on Tuesday, March 12. Photo by Anthony Medina The month of March is recognized as National Problem Gambling Awareness Month a nationwide campaign that seeks to increase public awareness of problem gambling and…

The City Planning Commission unanimously approved the new home of the New York City Football Club as part of phase II of the Willets Point revitalization project on Wednesday. Courtesy of NYCFC The massive Willets Point redevelopment project passed another key milestone Wednesday when the City Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve phase two of…

FILE – A crime scene in Queens File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Queens detectives are investigating the death of a woman found fatally shot inside her home on Thursday morning. Officers from the 106th Precinct made the grave discovery while responding to a 911 call for assistance in the vicinity of 84th Street and Shore Parkway in…

The nonprofit in Fresh Meadows had 140 boxes filled with groceries ready to be picked up on Wednesday. Photo by Iryna Shkurhan Women for Afghan Women(WAW), a nonprofit organization based in Fresh Meadows, held a food distribution event on Wednesday, March 6 ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.  The organization distributed 140 large boxes…