3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (499+ words) UFT President Michael Mulgrew, at mic, joined City Council members and educators on July 16 at City Hall to rally for the passage of a bill that would give a $10,000 workforce stabilization payment to paraprofessionals. The legislation passed 49-0. The City Council…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (239+ words) Cops in the 113th Precinct have booked an off-duty police officer from Canarsie, accused of punching a man in Queens, breaking his nose and threatening him with his gun, all in front of the man’s 12-year old son. Kyle Joseph, 30, was…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (371+ words) A former John Adams High School teacher allegedly sexually assaulted a student multiple times, according to a July 21 report from the Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District. The investigation began in April 2023, according to SCI…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (979+ words) Bob Holden has long led efforts to ban horse carriages in the city. The July 15 hearing on a bill to do so follows an 18-year-old man’s death last month, and other incidents such as horses collapsing on the job. After…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (78+ words) Myrtle Avenue had something for everyone during its annual street festival on Sunday, July 19. Local vendors lined the stretch from Fresh Pond Road to Forest Avenue in Ridgewood. Attendees had an array of options for a delicious bite, from tacos…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (231+ words) The early childhood home of Candy Darling, at 69-11 Nansen St. in Forest Hills, as it looked in the 1940s when she lived there. James Lawrence Slattery was born in Queens on Nov. 24, 1944, into a complicated family. His mother, Theresa Phelan, was…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (542+ words) After a fire decimated a strip of businesses in Middle Village last summer, the rebuilding process is ongoing, and work permits are pending. Efforts to rebuild a commercial strip on Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village are ongoing, roughly a…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (140+ words) Queens Chronicle Five students on July 19 traded their textbooks for a taste of la dolce vita, as the Italian American Women’s Center celebrated their achievements with $1,500 scholarships, presented during a luncheon event at Il Bacco Ristorante in Little…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (370+ words) Victims of “pig butchering” are fattened up and then financially slaughtered. Two alleged members of a Chinese money laundering network were charged last week with laundering proceeds from investment fraud. Zhuoying Chen, 27, of Brooklyn, also known as “Jolene,” and Haojie…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1239+ words) As Our Saviour New York marks its centennial, longtime congregants Linda Pearson, left, and Nancy Stoll discussed the warm, welcoming church community. Rev. Anthony Forgione, OSNY’s pastor, said the church looks both to serve its neighbors and share the Lutheran…...