March 27, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The city is shutting down most building sites to curb the spread of coronavirus and protect construction workers from getting infected. Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared that non-essential construction will end today, effectively bringing the private construction sector to a halt, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on WNYC Friday…. Read more »
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COVID-19 Has Killed More Queens Residents Than Any Other Borough
March 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin More and more New Yorkers are dying from the coronavirus and the virus has killed more residents of Queens than any other borough. Nearly 300 residents in New York City have died of COVID-19 complications and about a third of all deaths have been in Queens. As of 8:45… Read more »
MTA Reduces Subway, Bus and LIRR Service As Ridership Numbers Plummet
March 26, 2020 By Christian Murray The MTA has cut service as ridership has reached historic lows as most people– with the exception of essential workers– are staying home. MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye announced Tuesday that the agency was implementing the MTA Essential Service Plan, a reduced schedule that is in line with… Read more »
Police Looking For Man Who Shot Off Gun Inside Queensbridge Houses
March 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a man who shot off a gun several times inside Long Island City’s Queensbridge Houses. The man discharged the gun several times inside 41-17 Vernon Blvd. at 1:34 a.m. on March 14, police said. Police said no one was hurt — and there were no… Read more »
City to Release 300 More Inmates from Rikers; Queens DA Recommends 30 for Release
March 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City will release 300 more inmates from Rikers Island amid fears of the coronavirus spreading across the sprawling jail facility. The move comes after the mayor announced last week that 40 inmates from Rikers Island were set to be released on Friday. On Sunday he announced a… Read more »
Queens Public Hospital Thrust into ‘Center of Crisis’ as Coronavirus Deaths Mount
By Yoav Gonen, THE CITY This story was originally published on 3/25/20 by THE CITY The city’s public Elmhurst Hospital in Queens has been overrun with seriously ill coronavirus patients — including 13 who died in a 24-hour span, officials said Wednesday. A spokesperson for the city public hospital systems said Elmhurst is “at the… Read more »
City Parks and Playgrounds will Remain Open; Two Streets Per Borough Will be Closed to Traffic
March 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin New York City parks and playgrounds will continue to remain open — as long as people adhere to social distancing rules and avoid group sports, Governor Andrew Cuomo said today. Cuomo asked the City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio to come up with a plan to patrol city… Read more »
LIC Relief Group Has Raised $36,000; Providing 3,000 Meals to Needy Locals a Week
March 25, 2020, By Michael Dorgan A newly-formed Long Island City relief group has raised $36,000 and is now supplying almost 3,000 meals per week to residents who are undergoing economic hardship as a result of the coronavirus. The group, called the LIC Community COVID-19 Relief Group, began distributing food to the neighborhood 10 days… Read more »
Rate of Coronavirus Cases Doubling Every Three Days; New York Desperately Needs Ventilators: Governor
March 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin The rate of new coronavirus cases is doubling every three days in New York State and the apex of the crisis is expected to hit in about two-to-three weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today. The State has failed to slow the spread of the virus, despite a near shutdown… Read more »
Queens Has The Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases in City
March 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin Queens has the largest number of cases of coronavirus in New York City — which has become the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., according to New York City data released last night. There were 3,848 cases of COVID-19 in the World’s Borough as of 5 p.m. Monday…. Read more »