A Look Back at the Stories That Shaped Queens in 2018
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Read on to see a few other stories that shaped our borough during the past 12 months.
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Annual Slumlord List Features 9 Queens Property Owners And Agents
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The nine Queens landlords included on Public Advocate Letitia James’ 100 Worst Landlords List share something else in common: They’re hard to reach.
Read MoreA Look Back at the Stories That Shaped Queens in 2018
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A borough of nearly 2.5 million residents generates countless stories, all with a varying impact on individuals and the community.
Read MoreMore Details Emerge About a New Queens Pro Soccer Team
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“USL teams typically do not register trademarks until an announcement is either imminent or has already occurred.”
Read MoreUPDATE: 10 Years Into Willets Point Plan, Community Sifts Through ‘Gobbledygook’
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“I’ve been on the project for 10 years and we’ve gone nowhere. Nothing has changed.”
Read MoreState Senate Newcomers Endorse Congestion Pricing
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Congestion pricing, which would require state approval, involves charging motorists a toll to drive into Manhattan.
Read MoreOcasio-Cortez Denies She’s Gunning for Jeffries
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“My dad had a name for junk articles like this: ‘Birdcage lining,’” AOC wrote.
Read MoreRiders Alliance Pushes de Blasio to Release Fair Fares Plan
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The Fair Fares program is costing the city approximately $100 million, yet few people know about it, advocates said.
Read MoreOp-Ed: You Can’t Call Yourself Pro-Worker/Pro Union if You Ignore Amazon’s Behavior
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“Amazon’s business model is based on receiving taxpayer subsidies, paying little or no taxes, and mistreating their employees.”
Read MoreLack of Funding Leaves Middle Village Cemetery in Grave Condition
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Contrary to what some locals believe when they look through the iron fence surrounding All Faiths, the problem isn’t vandalism — it’s a chronic lack of cash.
Read MoreQueens Community Coalition Condemns Proposed Soccer Stadium
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The coalition of community groups, known as Nos Quedamos, called on the city to take back the land and create affordable housing at the site.
Read MoreRep. Maloney Petitions For Engine Company to Return to LIC
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Engine Company 261 was closed by a Mayor Michael Bloomberg-era cost cutting measure in 2003.
Read MoreLancman, NOW Call for Investigation into Queens Rape Cases
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“This is just another concerning issue of how the NYPD is failing sexual assault victims.”
Read MoreFirst Lady McCray, DOC Expand Program for Detained Mothers and Kids
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“Over the next two years, even more justice-involved families will be able to spend quality time together at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.”
Read MoreHevesi Hails NYPD Response To Two Recent Hate Crimes
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Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi praised the 112th Precinct for arresting suspects in two violent attacks last month. Photo courtesy of Andrew Hevesi’s office.
By David Brand
Following two recent hate-fueled attacks inside his district, state Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi is hailing the NYPD for identifying and arresting the alleged assailants.
In late November, a teenage yeshiva student was walking along 108th Street when he was attacked by dozens of people. The police made two arrests related to the attack but have not deemed it hate crime.
“I want to thank the NYPD, specifically the 112th Police Precinct and the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force, for all of their efforts related to the gang violence that occurred on Thursday, November 29, 2018 on 108th street in Rego Park,” Hevesi said. “In that case, the NYPD and Queens District Attorney have determined that the incident does not meet the legal standards of a hate crime, however, all four perpetrators have been arrested and are being charged with a Gang Assault, a class B Felony in New York State.”
Hevesi also praised the precinct for arresting the man charged with punching a woman and causing her fracture her spine during an anti-gay attack on an E train traveling through Forest Hills.
“Additionally, I would like to thank the detectives and officers of the 112th police precinct, the NYPD the Hate Crimes Task Force, NYPD Transit Bureau District 20, EMS and Queens District Attorney’s office for assisting the victim and the arrest of a suspect who allegedly used hateful slurs during a violent assault on board a westbound E train in Forest Hills,” Hevesi.
“These two incidents serve to remind us that acts of violence, regardless of motivation, will not be tolerated in our communities and that we are all privileged to be served and protected by the finest and most professional police force anywhere in the world, the NYPD, ” he continued.
