New Yorkers With Pre-Existing Conditions Will Be Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine Starting Feb. 15

Oct. 24, 2024 By Tangerine Clarke

Yesterday’s Children Community Salute, which shares love, honor, obedience, gratitude, and unity, was conceived by Glenda Cadogan, a writer, communications specialist, and director of Mauby Media Services. On Oct. 13, the 14th Annual event was celebrated with a vibrant presentation.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey proudly announced on Oct. 22 that Forbes Travel Guide selected LaGuardia Airport as the best airport in the United States a decade after then-Vice President Joe Biden likened the transportation hub to one that would be found in a third-world nation in a speech lamenting the state of infrastructure in America.

Forbes released its first Verified Air Travel Awards based on a survey of 5,000 hospitality and travel experts and the guide’s most well-traveled fliers. The recognition is the latest in a long list of accolades given to LaGuardia throughout the course of the airport’s historic $8 billion transformation.

Oct. 23, 2024 By Athena Dawson

A local environmental organization is partnering with the NYC Parks Department and Open Space Partners NYC to celebrate the third anniversary of City of Forest Day on Saturday, October 26th. 

A Queens grand jury indicted a 15-year-old boy on charges of murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and other related crimes for allegedly shooting and killing a motorist in St. Albans last month.

The alleged gang member was arraigned Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment for discharging a 9 mm handgun multiple times following a dispute with a rival gang member. William Alcindor, 66, of Cambria Heights, who was not the intended target, was shot once in the head and twice in the body as he drove past the location in his Nissan Rogue. The car then slammed into a nearby pedestrian.

Oct. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center honored several outstanding medical workers and raised funds for a new Cardiac Rehabilitation Center during the hospital’s 66th annual gala held at Russo’s on the Bay in Queens on Friday, Oct. 18.

Oct. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

New York City, in partnership with L+M Development Partners, Triangle Equities and The Bluestone Organization, has launched a housing lottery for 116 units in a mixed-use building located at 3-51 Beach 35th St. in Far Rockaway.

Oct. 22, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Southeast Queens residents can soon access MetroCard services in the comfort of their neighborhoods. Assembly Member Stacey Pheffer Amato and Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. are partnering with the MTA to bring its MetroCard Van service to their respective districts. 

Oct. 21, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Queens locals can now sip on a soda that tastes like home.

Oct. 21, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

As the first-time foreclosure market continued to slow across New York City during the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period of time the previous year, Queens contributed immensely to this change, according to a report by the real estate agency PropertyShark.

Oct. 18, 2024 By Colum Motherway

Schneps Media honored Queens’ most influential figures at its annual Queens Power List ceremony, held on Thursday, Oct. 17, at Terrace on the Park.