Flushing

Suspect threatens to kill man leaving Queens mosque
Suspect threatens to kill man leaving Queens mosque
Police Cristabelle Tumola 4/16/2013 at 10:22AM

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 [...]

Outrage over teacher’s alleged sex romp with student
Outrage over teacher’s alleged sex romp with student
Police Melissa Chan 4/10/2013 at 12:57PM

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 backs National Tennis Center expansion
Borough President backs National Tennis Center expansion
News Terence M. Cullen 4/09/2013 at 3:20PM

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 [...]

Queens middle school teacher arrested for alleged sexual relationship with student
Queens middle school teacher arrested for alleged sexual relationship with student
Northeast Cristabelle Tumola 4/09/2013 at 8:16AM

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 more eye race in 20th City Council District
Three more eye race in 20th City Council District
Northeast Melissa Chan 4/05/2013 at 9:17AM

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 [...]

Ex-Assemblymember Jimmy Meng nears release from prison
Ex-Assemblymember Jimmy Meng nears release from prison
Politics Melissa Chan 4/04/2013 at 11:57AM

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 [...]

Queens College students on ‘Global Brigade’
Queens College students on ‘Global Brigade’
News Melissa Chan 3/30/2013 at 1:22PM

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 [...]

Two wanted for Flushing attempted bank robbery
Two wanted for Flushing attempted bank robbery
Police Cristabelle Tumola 3/26/2013 at 5:10PM

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, [...]

Flushing Democrat Paul Graziano officially starts District 19 campaign
Flushing Democrat Paul Graziano officially starts District 19 campaign
Northeast Melissa Chan 3/25/2013 at 4:05PM

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 [...]

Despite relief, plane noise may still plague northeast Queens
Despite relief, plane noise may still plague northeast Queens
Northeast Melissa Chan 3/22/2013 at 10:18AM

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 [...]