Dec. 12, 2022 By Christian Murray The Democratic primaries for city council seats take place next June and Councilmember Julie Won officially has a challenger for the 26th District seat to represents western Queens. Hailie Kim, a Sunnyside resident who ran in the Democratic primary for the seat last year, launched her campaign Saturday at… Read more »
Dec. 12, 2022 By Christian Murray The journey for bicyclist crossing the Roosevelt Island Bridge, which links Vernon Boulevard in Astoria to the island, has got a whole lot safer. The Department of Transportation has installed weather-resistant panels in the bike lanes to cover the slippery metal grating that cyclists have long argued was unsafe—particularly… Read more »
Dec. 9, 2022 By Christian Murray A Rego Park man has been indicted for allegedly robbing a woman at knife point–and then groping her–on a M train while it was in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City last month. Abel Pita Aviles, 36, was arraigned Friday for allegedly robbing a 24-year-old woman on… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2022 By Christian Murray A long-time Italian restaurant that has been part of the fabric of Sunnyside for more than 50 years is closing. Dazies Restaurant, which was established in 1970 by the late Lily Gavin, is closing next month. The restaurant has been located at 39-41 Queens Blvd. since it opened and… Read more »
Dec. 6, 2022 Op-Ed By NYC Mayor Eric Adams Our city is facing a crisis. New Yorkers with severe and untreated mental illness are living out in the open, on our streets and in our subways. They are in danger and need help, yet often, the nature of their illnesses prevents them from seeking the… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Dec. 4, 2022 By Haidee Chu Steinway Cafe-Billiards will stay put for now and eventually get a new lease on life one block over, according to manager Athena Mennis. The 32-year-old Astoria pool hall — located at the heart of the incoming $2 billion, five-block development Innovation… Read more »
Dec. 5, 2022 By Max Murray Governor Kathy Hochul marked the start of construction last week of a 339-mile transmission line that will deliver clean energy from Canada to a converter station in Astoria. The governor was among several officials to break ground on the $6 billion project in upstate Washington County on Wednesday. The… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2022 By Czarinna Andres LaGuardia Community College aims to educate and train 3,000 students over the next five years to become frontline healthcare professionals. To that end, Councilmember Julie Won presented the school with a $5 million check this morning that will go toward upgrading and expanding the workforce training facilities at LaGuardia’s Long… Read more »
This article was originally published by Chalkbeat New York on Nov. 28, 2022, By Michael Elsen-Rooney On a Friday night in early November, roughly two dozen families at VOICE charter school in Long Island City, Queens, were preparing for a New York winter — most for the first time in their lives. In the school’s ground… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Nov. 29, 2022 By Greg B. Smith with additional reporting by Katie Honan It’s not the site of the old Hotel Metropole on W. 43rd St. where Herman “Beansie” Rosenthal was gunned down in 1912 by Leftie Louie and Gyp the Blood for squealing to the newspapers about… Read more »