Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislators have come to an agreement on a gaming deal that would effectively put four casinos upstate and leave Queens without one for now. There is a seven-year hold on increasing the number of New York casinos, according to Cuomo’s office. After that, the entire state is up for grabs [...]
A senior center robbery has left administrators picking up the pieces. On Wednesday, June 12, an unknown number of thieves made their way to the Robert Couche Senior Center in Jamaica. They allegedly took two catalytic converters from the center’s two vans, which are used for transporting the seniors. Without the converters, which change internal [...]
The city has released an updated hurricane evacuation zone map that replaces Zones A, B and C with zones numbered one to six, and includes an additional 600,000 New Yorkers that were not part of the former evacuation areas. It also contains an extra 26 New York City Housing Authority developments, four hospitals and nine nursing homes. [...]
The FDNY rescued a construction worker after he became trapped in a collapsed Kew Gardens trench. He was partially buried in the trench, which was 25 feet below the surface. Fire officials had to secure an unstable crane at the site before they could free the worker, an FDNY spokesperson said. The collapse occurred around [...]
Neighbors on one Glendale block say the nearby garage is a chronic nuisance. “These people are lawless all day, every day,” said one woman who wished to remain anonymous. The garage, nestled on a quiet block in Glendale, sees dozens of cars every day. Neighbors complain the owners’ cars stay parked on the sidewalks and [...]
BY LUKE TABET Foodies, artists, vendors and shoppers turned out on Saturday morning, June 15 for the grand opening of the LIC Flea & Food market. A crowd gathered as owner Joshua Schneps cut the ribbon for the front gates while members of the Long Island City High School marching band played. “I’m excited to [...]
He came to the U.S. in search of the American Dream, but his brutal murder has left his family living a nightmare. Nigerian cab driver Uro Orji Ama died after being stabbed in the eye with an umbrella shortly before Father’s Day weekend. Cops found Ama in his 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis after responding to [...]
Once again, the heat won’t be the only thing warming up Long Island City this summer. The 16th edition of MoMA PS1’s Warm Up summer music series and dance party will kick off June 29 and take place every Saturday through September 7. More than entertainment, the series also acts as an architectural exhibit. The [...]
As students poured out of school, a crowd gathered on the corner of 153rd Avenue and 83rd Street in Lindenwood. Passing through were parents and guardians, sometimes holding the hands of several children as they tried to cross 153rd Avenue toward the Lindenwood Shopping Center. The crossing guard shuttled people across 83rd Street, but could [...]
An off-duty police officer was shot Sunday night in Jamaica after intervening in a domestic violence dispute. NYPD Officer Joseph Koch, who is assigned to the 101st Precinct, was leaving a party around 10:00 p.m., when he saw an 11-year-old boy run out of a house on South Road near Inwood Street, shouting that his [...]
