Oct. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin A teenage daredevil scaled the Queensboro Bridge Thursday evening and livestreamed the stunt to an audience watching online. Malik Sanchez, 18, climbed up onto a support beam of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge — high above rush hour traffic below — just before 5 p.m., police said. The teen,… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A new Burlington clothes and home décor store has officially opened its doors in Long Island City and customers can shop their favorite brands at discounted prices. The national off-price retailer opened its new premises today at Plaza 48, located at 35-40 48th St., and store hours are Monday… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin A group of Sunnyside residents, a local nonprofit organization and a property owner have all come together to turn an empty lot into a composting site. The ad hoc group of residents— who go by the name of the 45th Street Composters — are collecting food scraps at an… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Christian Murray Chip, the famed Astoria cookie bakery, is opening a shop in Brooklyn. Chip will open its first Brooklyn shop in Williamsburg, where it will be serving its signature gooey cookie flavors starting Oct. 31. The new store will be located at 123 Kent. St. The shop is known best… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2020 By Allie Griffin Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended the statewide moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures from Oct. 20 through to the end of the year. He signed an executive order extending it Tuesday — the same day the emergency moratorium was set to expire. Cuomo first announced a state moratorium on… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Representatives of a company that is vying to be a provider of e-scooters in the city held a press conference in Long Island City Tuesday to demonstrate their high-tech product and why the city should choose them. Superpedestrian, a transportation robotics company located in Cambridge, Mass., is one of… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2020 By Allie Griffin U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 54 undocumented immigrants in the greater New York City area as part of a recent move to target sanctuary cities such as New York. The 54 immigrants are among hundreds of undocumented people ICE officers arrested in sanctuary cities across the… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A borough wide coat drive has been set up to help keep families in need warm this winter. The initiative, which was launched Friday by Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee, seeks to collect as many coats as possible before the cold winter months set in. Lee has teamed… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2020 By Christian Murray Registered voters will be able to vote in-person in this year’s general election starting Saturday, Oct. 24. Voters in the borough will be able to go cast their ballot at one of the 18 early-voting sites in Queens for the Nov. 3 election. Residents are not permitted to vote… Read more »
Oct. 20, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Another candidate has joined the race for the 26th District Council seat. Julie Won, a Long Island City resident and Community Board 2 member, held a press conference in Sunnyside Monday to announce that she is running in the Democratic primary next June for the seat that represents Sunnyside,… Read more »