March 10, 2022 By Christian Murray Council Member Julie Won provided the development team looking to rezone five city blocks in Astoria some sharp advice Tuesday: Do more community outreach before trying to get the property rezoned. Won sent a letter to the Innovation QNS development team—comprised of Silverstein Properties, Kaufman Astoria Studios and BedRock… Read more »
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March 9, 2022 Sponsored Story A new eyecare store has opened in the Court Square section of Long Island City that offers everything from routine eye examinations to designer frames. L EYE C OPTICS, located at 21-36 44th Drive, opened in January and is owned by Bryan Arango, a long-time optician, and his business partner… Read more »
March 7, 2022 By Christian Murray A 37-year-old man who was coming to the aid of a woman who was being robbed inside of the Court Square station Thursday was slashed with a sharp object, police said. The incident took place at around 7:30 a.m. when a woman snatched a female rider’s cellphone and then… Read more »
March 4, 2022 By Christian Murray Armed robberies, vicious assaults and hate crimes have become all too common in New York City in recent months and the borough of Queens is no exception. There have been brutal attacks at subway stations, shootings at NYCHA complexes, to a rash of anti-Asian hate crimes. For the year-to-date… Read more »
March 3, 2022 By Allie Griffin The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey released new public transit proposals Wednesday to get travelers to and from LaGuardia Airport — including the largely unpopular AirTrain plan. The Port Authority has put forward 14 potential mass transit options for the public to consider after the agency… Read more »
This article was originally published by Chalkbeat New York on March. 2, 2022, BY Christina Veiga In his first major policy speech to education department brass, New York City schools Chancellor David Banks offered sharp criticism of the system he inherited. His Wednesday address acknowledged sharp enrollment declines, lingering concerns over school safety both from… Read more »
This article was originally published by Chalkbeat New York on Feb. 28, 2022, BY Christina Veiga Just over half of New York City public school students are fully vaccinated, according to data the education department released Friday. In total, 59 percent of the city’s public school students have received at least one vaccine dose and… Read more »
March 1, 2022 By Christian Murray The number of Queens residents who applied to be on a local community board in 2022 was the second highest year on record. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced Monday that his office received 884 applications from residents seeking an appointment to one of the borough’s 14 community boards… Read more »
March 1, 2022 By Christian Murray Catholic Schools in Brooklyn and Queens will no longer be requiring students to wear face masks—both indoors and out–beginning Wednesday. The announcement came Monday, just one day after Governor Kathy Hochul said that the statewide school mask mandate would be lifted on Wednesday March 2. The state policy, however,… Read more »