May 12, 2022 By Christian Murray The New York Assembly races will go ahead as planned on June 28, despite a legal challenge saying that the district maps needed to be redrawn and the primaries delayed. Justice Patrick McAllister of Steuben County Supreme Court agreed with two plaintiffs saying that the maps were created in… Read more »
May 11, 2022 By Czarinna Andres The man believed to have fatally shot a Ridgewood woman—and wounded her neighbor in a hail of fire—has been found, according to police. The NYPD reported that Pedro Cintron, the suspect, was found dead in Greenpoint, Brooklyn at around 8 a.m. Wednesday. Cintron, according to a police spokesperson, took… Read more »
May 11, 2022 By Christian Murray The State Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits. The bill, introduced by State. Sen. Mike Gianaris, aims to end puppy mills and breeding farms, where animals are typically overbred and often confined to poor living conditions. Gianaris hopes the legislation will… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on May 10, 2022 By Gabriel Sandoval At the Brooklyn base of the Kosciuszko Bridge a gleaming new park attracts visitors from around the world. On the Queens side they have anger and frustration. Residents of Maspeth who were promised some green space instead got a bridge… Read more »
May 5, 2022 By Christian Murray A Brooklyn man who trafficked a 16-year-old girl across Queens for sex—including at the now shuttered Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens—has pleaded guilty to an array of sex crimes and is expected to be sentenced to eight years in prison. Jordan Adderley, 32, pleaded guilty Tuesday to sex trafficking… Read more »
April 28, 2022 By Christian Murray A number of immigrant organizations and labor unions are getting behind a bill introduced by State Sen. Jessica Ramos earlier this year that aims to increase the minimum wage to $20.45 by 2025. Several organizations held a rally this morning in City Hall Park with Ramos calling for the… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on April 22, 2022 By Rachel Holliday When Albany’s “independent” commission failed to come up with legislative maps everyone could agree on earlier this year, Democrats controlling the Capitol took matters into their own hands. Republicans cried foul and two courts have partially agreed with them. Who’s… Read more »
April 18, 2022 By Christian Murray The list of breweries choosing to operate out of LIC continues to grow—with a New York-based company announcing Monday that it is opening a taproom and microbrewery on the ground floor of a new development in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City. Finback Brewery—which opened in 2013… Read more »
April 15, 2022 By Christian Murray A 19-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested on hate crime charges Thursday for allegedly punching a 70-year-old Sikh man in the face on a South Richmond Hill street earlier this month. Vernon Douglas was taken into custody at his Watkins Street home in Brooklyn yesterday and arrested for assault, robbery… Read more »
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