Nov. 1, 2021 By Christian Murray A Queens state assembly woman has introduced legislation that would require school administrators to report statistics pertaining to the race and socioeconomics of their student body as part of their annual report cards. Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas—who represents Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and Woodside—introduced a bill Oct. 20 that… Read more »
Oct 29, 2021, By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York Enrollment in the nation’s largest school system has dropped roughly 1.9 percent this school year, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the education department. Roughly 938,000 students are enrolled in New York City’s public schools, down from about 955,000 last school year, when the system… Read more »
Nov. 1, 2021 By Christian Murray The City Council approved two rezoning applications last month paving the way for two large-scale developments in western Queens. The developments are in Woodside and Astoria and each consists of about 200 rental units with ground floor retail and space for cultural groups. The rezonings are both within the… Read more »
Nov. 1, 2021 By Allie Griffin More than 2,000 firefighters have called in ‘sick’ as the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate took effect Monday. More than half of the 2,300 who didn’t show up for work are believed to be unvaccinated, NBC News reported, and are apparently protesting the city’s vaccine mandate for its public workers…. Read more »
Oct. 29, 2021 By Allie Griffin Council Member Robert Holden has called on the NYPD to become more proactive in towing illegally parked cars in western Queens. Holden penned a letter to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea Thursday demanding that the NYPD step up its enforcement in his district that covers Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Ridgewood… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a pervert who allegedly took photos up a woman’s skirt on board a Queens E train earlier this month. The man allegedly stuck his phone up the skirt — and snapped photos — of a 26-year-old woman, who was standing beside him on a northbound… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Queens Tech Night, a free networking and community-building event for techies, will return for a meet-up in Long Island City next month – with a slightly different twist. The event will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 at a new advanced manufacturing facility inside… Read more »
Oct. 29, 2021 By Michael Dorgan Long Island City’s largest Halloween celebration has been canceled for the second year in a row – although scaled-back events for young trick-or-treaters will go ahead in its place Sunday. ‘Halloween in LIC,’ an annual event that typically sees hundreds of kids march along Vernon Boulevard, has been scrapped… Read more »
Oct. 28, 2021 By Allie Griffin A number of renewable energy projects will be soon be coming online — negating the need for NRG’s proposed peaker plant that the state rejected earlier this week, according to several Queens leaders. Local politicians said the state has no need for NRG’s proposal, which sought to overhaul the… Read more »
Oct. 28, 2021 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a senior who got handsy with a stranger onboard a subway train in Long Island City Tuesday. The suspect, believed to be in his 70s, allegedly grabbed the butt of a 49-year-old man on board a northbound E train near the Court Square-23rd Station at… Read more »