Aug. 27, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A 10-day film festival will return to Forest Hills next month featuring more than 120 films. Festival of Cinema NYC will bring independent movies from around the world and will run from Sept. 24 through Oct. 3 at the Regal UA Midway. The festival will screen movies, documentaries, short… Read more »
Aug. 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin Track work on the Astoria N/W line has begun, causing midday service interruptions to the subway route in northwest Queens from now through mid-October. MTA crews are replacing track panels on the Manhattan-bound side of the line through Oct. 15, causing service changes during the middle of the day…. Read more »
Aug. 27, 2021 By Michael Dorgan A number of western Queens leaders who have helped residents in need during the pandemic were honored at an event in Astoria Wednesday. The event, called Western Queens Heroes of COVID-19, was organized by State Sen. Michael Gianaris and took place at Rainey Park – a waterfront park located… Read more »
Aug. 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin The Daily Mail has incorrectly used a photo of Congresswoman Grace Meng and her family in an article about an unrelated Asian American family. The tabloid published a story about an altercation between a white couple and an Asian American man and his family on Fire Island, Long Island,… Read more »
Aug. 26, 2021 By Christian Murray More than 700 people have signed up to participate in the sixth annual LIC Waterfront 5K. The family-friendly run/walk – scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18 at 9 a.m. – is being held to raise money for the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy. The event is for both runners and walkers, and… Read more »
Aug. 26, 2021 By Allie Griffin Elected officials and activists from across Queens will be rallying in Astoria Park Thursday against a proposed power plant that is being planned for the district. The group will protest NRG’s controversial plan to revamp its 50-year-old Astoria Generating Station on 20th Avenue by replacing aging gas and oil-fired… Read more »
Aug. 26, 2021 By Michael Dorgan The real estate developer behind an upcoming food and beverage hall in Astoria has announced that two additional restaurants will open at the venue. A Colombian restaurant called Arepa Lady and a vegan restaurant named Urban Vegan Roots are the latest tenants set to be housed at The World… Read more »
Aug. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens elected officials have embraced Governor Kathy Hochul after she was sworn into office at around midnight Tuesday. Hochul, the former lieutenant governor from Buffalo, took over the top New York seat after Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. She is the 57th governor of New York… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Aug 22, 2021, 7:48 PM EDT BY Eileen Grench The restart of fully in-person public school classes in less than a month will bring the return of nearly a million students — along with more than 4,000 school safety agents. That’s reignited a raging debate over what… Read more »
Aug. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin More than 40 state legislators — including a half dozen from Queens — are calling on President Joseph Biden to welcome Afghan refugees into the country and to set them up in New York. Queens Assembly Member Catalina Cruz and State Sen. Andrew Gounardes of South Brooklyn penned a… Read more »