The president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce is predicting a powerful breakout within the borough’s business community on the heels of Gov. Cuomo’s ending most restrictions by mid-month.
“It’s very definitely a step in the right direction,” Tom Grech said Tuesday in a phone interview. “Having the subways back 24/7 on May 17, two days before things open up, bides very well for Queens.”
A GoFundMe raised over $100,000 to support the family of a delivery worker killed in a crash in Astoria last week.A driver who lost control of her vehicle on 35th Street in Astoria fatally struck a scooter driver before careening into an outd…
Gov. Cuomo on Monday announced that 24-hour subway service will return on Monday, May 17, with almost all indoor capacity restrictions on restaurants, theaters and other public accommodations being eased or eliminated on May 19.
A highway officer was responding to a fiery car crash in the early hours of April 27 when he was struck and killed by an allegedly drunk driver.Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year NYPD veteran and father of two young children, was investigating the …
City Councilmember Peter Koo (D-Flushing) is term limited and nine candidates are eager to succeed his seat.Here are the eight Democrats and lone Republican hoping to represent District 20:
After a hit-and-run in Richmond Hill left one man dead and several injured on April 21, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has charged the driver with vehicular manslaughter, among several other crimes.The driver, Harpreet Singh, 20, of Ri…
The state Department of Transportation has initiated alternating overnight closures of exit ramps 20A and 20B from the westbound Grand Central Parkway to Francis Lewis Boulevard in both directions.The closures, from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., are to …
After a hit-and-run in Richmond Hill left one man dead and several injured earlier this week, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has charged the driver with vehicular manslaughter, among several other crimes.The driver, Harpreet Singh, 20,…
Como Avenue residents saw heavy rains last week, but what they didn’t see was the end of their own driveways.For the past six years, each rainfall leaves massive puddles in several of the Holliswood road’s pockets deep enough to prevent homeo…
The clock is ticking for bus riders in Council District 32 — the countdown clock, that is.Last week, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) welcomed a new, fully operational bus countdown clock for the Q55 route on Myrtle Avenue and 114th Stre…
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