Jun. 25, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Dozens of healthcare workers rallied outside Jamaica Hospital Medical Center on Monday, June 23, joining thousands across New York State to protest federal legislation they say will gut Medicaid funding, trigger hospital closures and jeopardize care for millions of patients. The Queens demonstration was part of a coordinated…
May. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry A South Jamaica man was fatally struck by two vehicles while walking with a cane in front of his apartment building on Linden Boulevard on the night of Thursday, April 24. While lying on the street near the intersection at 166th Street, the injured 62-year-old man was struck…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for rape, attempted murder, and another charge for the violent sexual assault of a woman in broad daylight on a Jamaica rooftop in August 2023. Jerson Vasquez, 25, of 170th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty in…
Feb. 16, 2025 By Rob Pozarycki Police are investigating the deadly shooting of a Brooklyn girl at a home in Holliswood on Saturday afternoon. Law enforcement sources said Deaza Barkley, 17, of Sutter Avenue, was gunned down inside a residence on the 8700 block of Clover Place at about 5:13 p.m. on Feb. 15.…
Jan. 24, 2025 By Bill Parry Homicide detectives at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are still working to determine the motive behind the fatal shooting of a St. Albans man who was gunned down on a residential street just blocks from his home. Sherman Walker, 51, of Francis Lewis Boulevard was shot multiple times…