Many residents in Queens are at risk of starving, but more than 30 boxes of emergency meals were left on the side of an underpass in Middle Village Monday.

The boxes were piled on top of each other along a wall near the Queens Midtown Expressway. A sticker on the boxes labeled GetFood NYC said the boxes were packed July 26 and were to be delivered by July 31. Read more

The state Senate and Assembly unanimously passed legislation aimed at preventing domestic abusers from harassing their victims through remotely controlled technology.

The bill, sponsored by Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) and Sen.Jamaal Bailey (D-Bronx), aims to protect domestic violence survivors by allowing for restraining orders that prohibit an abuser or harasser from controlling “smart” devices in a domestic abuse survivor’s home, vehicle or other property. Many smart devices, such as security locks, thermostats, doorbells, speakers, sprinklers, cameras and lighting, can be controlled through an app on a smartphone via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and can be used by abusers as a tool for harassment. Read more

It ain’t over.

With apologies to Yogi Berra, the Democratic primary in New York’s 12th Congressional District between 14-term incumbent Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) and Suraj Patel entered its second month last week, and was scheduled for a federal court hearing on Wednesday as Patel is challenging the rejection of numerous paper ballots. Read more

Just over a week after a group of Howard Beach women cleaned up the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge, another group of residents assembled to take on the trash that has piled up on a beach a few hundred yards away.

Twelve Howard Beach residents gathered on last Saturday to pick up the litter that has recently accumulated in the mounds of dead grass along the beach surrounding Charles Memorial Park. Read more

In a growing field to replace Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), two more candidates are in the race: David Aronov and Edwin Wong. The two join Evan Boccardi, Eliseo Labayen, Sharon Levy and Lynn Schulman.

Koslowitz will be term-limited at the end of 2021. Read more

Some residents at the Bland Houses in Flushing got their cooking gas restored after months of waiting, but some are still holding out five months later.

Two gas lines at the New York City Housing Authority complex were interrupted to address a broken gas cock in one building and a gas leak in another, affecting 20 total apartments. Both service interruptions affect cooking gas only and were unrelated to heat or hot water service. Read more

Two Queens neighborhoods stand out as having a far lower rate of Census returns than the borough’s overall rate of 54.4 percent, as of Wednesday.

In Corona and North Corona, 15 Census tracts still had a response rate between 30 and 40 percent. Read more

A Forest Hills man was indicted last Friday for defrauding a pharmaceutical manufacturer, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced.

Arkadiy Khaimov, 37, allegedly submitted approximately $6.9 million in fraudulent claims under a reimbursement program. Read more

New York City Transit on Monday morning unveiled the long-awaited elevators at the Astoria Boulevard elevated subway station that serves the N and W lines.

Astoria Boulevard, opened in 1917, is the 117th station to be made accessible out of 472 under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and the 20th in Queens. Read more

The NYPD is looking for a male who attempted to rape a walker in Forest Park on July 25.

At around 6:30 p.m. that day, a 51-year-old woman was walking on Orange Trail in in the park, when a male suspect with medium complexion approached her from behind, tapped her on the shoulder and struck her in the head. Read more

After receiving the most votes in a nationwide poll, Flushing Town Hall won a $20,000 grant to maintain its virtual education programming for children.

CIT Group administered the Acts of Caring online poll, which called on users to vote for one of 10 nonprofits that could benefit from additional funding. Each organization featured in the poll received a $10,000 grant from the bank holding company, but the winning organization’s grant was doubled at the end of voting. Read more

Haron Hargrave has always believed that sports brings people together.

“It doesn’t matter who’s on the court with me,” he said. “I don’t care what color you are. We all have a common goal and that’s to win, to unite and come together for the ‘W.’” Read more