Police are looking for a suspect who threatened to kill a man as he left a Flushing mosque that was the site of another apparent hate crime last fall. On Friday, April 12, around 8:00 p.m., the victim was leaving the 72-55 Kissena Boulevard mosque in his car when he noticed an unknown male driving [...]
The Queens middle school teacher charged with statutory rape was a popular, fun educator who shared details about his personal life with his class, students said. “He was actually a really cool teacher,” said a former student. “He was funny. He joked around with us a lot.” Daniel Reilly, a sixth grade English teacher at [...]
Borough President Helen Marshall is recommending the city and state go forward with proposed expansions at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Marshall’s Borough Board was one councilmember short at the Monday, April 8 meeting to take a vote, thus forcing her to give her ultimate “yes” recommendation. “While the Borough Board is not [...]
A Queens public school teacher has been arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student that started when the girl was 13 years old, according to police and published reports. Daniel Reilly, a 32-year-old English teacher at I.S. 237 in Flushing, was taken into custody Monday night and charged with multiple counts of rape [...]
Three Flushing candidates with histories of failed bids for office are now eying another election. Democrat John Scandalios and Green Party candidate Evergreen Chou will try their luck at unseating incumbent Councilmember Peter Koo in the 20th District in this year’s City Council election. Republican Sunny Hahn, a retired city human rights specialist, said she [...]
Disgraced ex-Assemblymember Jimmy Meng is halfway through his one month sentence, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The 69-year-old father of Congressmember Grace Meng has served two weeks so far in the low-to-minimum security Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He is slated to be released April 18. Following his prison [...]
A group of Queens College students has taken their humanitarian efforts overseas. Nineteen scholars boarded a plane to Nicaragua during their winter break for a nine-day mission to help the poor. Volunteers assisted local doctors and dentists in San Gabriel in examining thousands of impoverished. They also showed residents, including children, how to properly brush [...]
Police are looking for two men who tried to rob a bank in Flushing over the weekend. Around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, at a Chase Bank location at 71-41 Main Street, one of the suspects passed a note to a teller demanding money while the other suspect waited by the customer service area, [...]
A Flushing urban planner officially joined District 19’s City Council race while another candidate bowed out. Democrat Paul Graziano kicked off his campaign on March 25 at Bowne Park to unseat Republican incumbent Councilmember Dan Halloran. “My campaign is very simple. Protect your neighborhood. Do no harm,” said Graziano, a lifelong North Flushing resident. “It’s [...]
Northeast Queens residents may get a respite from the plane noise that tormented them last summer — but not full relief. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials said there would be fewer planes flying over portions of Bayside and Flushing. But, depending on traffic and wind, there could be times residents could hear the same turbulence [...]
