April 19, 2022 By Allie Griffin Queens Community Board 2 is demanding the city make good on long-overdue promises it made to homeless shelter residents and neighbors in a small stretch of Long Island City near Sunnyside. The local board penned a letter to the city last week demanding the city create green space, build… Read more »
April 19, 2022 By Allie Griffin The president of the Long Island City Partnership, the economic development organization that promotes business in the area, is leaving the nonprofit to take on a new role at a state agency. Elizabeth Lusskin, who has led the LIC Partnership since October 2013, will depart to become the executive… Read more »
April 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are still trying to piece together how a woman was fatally stabbed and stuffed in a bag that was left on the side of a road in Forest Hills Saturday morning. The body of Orsolya Gaal, 51, was found by police crammed into a large duffel bag and… Read more »
April 18, 2022 By Christian Murray The list of breweries choosing to operate out of LIC continues to grow—with a New York-based company announcing Monday that it is opening a taproom and microbrewery on the ground floor of a new development in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City. Finback Brewery—which opened in 2013… Read more »
April 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Elected officials and local leaders unveiled a new temporary medical care unit at the Astoria Houses NYCHA complex Thursday that provides free COVID-19 healthcare services. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Assemblymember Zohran Kwame Mamdani and NYCHA tenant leaders came together to cut the ribbon on the medical unit,… Read more »
April 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A woman was fatally struck by a No. 7 train early Friday after she jumped off a subway platform in Sunnyside onto the tracks, according to police. The victim, believed to have been in her 20s, leaped off the platform at the 40th Street–Lowery Street station onto the tracks… Read more »
April 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 16-year-old girl was groped by an alleged pervert on a subway train in Woodside last month, and police released an image Saturday of the suspect wanted for questioning. The victim, police said, was riding on a southbound 7 train near the 52nd Street and Lincoln Avenue subway station… Read more »
April 15, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Queens Council Member Robert Holden introduced a series of bills Thursday aimed at improving the quality of life for New York City residents. The bills aim to combat everything from noise pollution to sidewalk obstructions—to the unauthorized towing of vehicles. The legislation would also require film crews to provide… Read more »
April 15, 2022 By Christian Murray The state has approved two renewable energy projects that are expected to reduce the city’s dependence on fossil fuel burning plants in western Queens. The NYS Public Service Commission—which oversees and regulates the electric, gas, water and telecommunication industries—approved two projects Thursday that will deliver clean energy from upstate… Read more »
April 15, 2022 By Michael Dorgan The MTA met virtually with the office of the Queens Borough President Tuesday and made a presentation about the agency’s plan to update the existing bus network in Queens. The presentation gave an overview of the MTA’s revised draft bus plan that aims to overhaul the bus network across… Read more »