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Southeast Queens leaders endorse Mark Levine for NYC comptroller
Southeast Queens leaders endorse Mark Levine for NYC comptroller

Apr. 17, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Cook cited Levine’s experience and problem-solving skills as a reason for her vote of confidence. “Mark is the clear choice to be our City’s next comptroller, and I am proud to back him today and every day. He has the experience and creative problem-solving skills to tackle some of our city’s most pressing issues while protecting New Yorkers from the dangers of Trump and the federal government,”  she shared in a statement. 

Hyndman echoed Cook, adding that Levine has a consistent track record of committing to fiscal responsibility and community empowerment. “His track record of transparency and his deep understanding of our City’s economic challenges make him the leader we need to protect taxpayer dollars and drive meaningful progress for all New Yorkers,” she said.

 

Op-ed: The power of representation in healthcare

Apr. 17, 2025 By Dr. Ifeanyi Oguagha

As physicians of color at Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (JPAFHC), we regularly witness how representation in healthcare can save lives. Our patients – who, like us, are predominantly people of color – walk through our doors not only with medical concerns but also often carrying the weight of generations of inequities that have shaped their health outcomes.

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Brooklyn driver indicted for murder after fatal Queens road rage incident: DA

A Queens grand jury indicted a Brooklyn motorist in the fatal hit-and-run collision that took the life of a Breezy Point man following a road rage incident on the Belt Parkway that began just two blocks from his Sheepshead Bay home in May 2024.

Malcolm Anglin, 32, of Ocean Parkway, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Wednesday on an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree, leaving the scene of an accident without reporting causing death, and criminal possession of a weapon. Anglin is accused of intentionally driving into 55-year-old Thomas McDade in a Breezy Point parking lot and speeding away.

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