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The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance with the whereabouts and identity of the suspect wanted in connection with a bank robbery in the 108th Police Precinct on Monday, December 20, at approximately 11 a.m. A white male, entered the Chase Bank at 47-11 Queens Blvd., approached the victim, a teller, armed with a handgun and passed a demand note. […]
Flushing Fugitive Surrenders To Feds
A 44-year-old Flushing man sought in connection with a sex trafficking and prostitution network, turned himself in to agents at FBI headquarters in Manhattan last week. Chung-Hsueh Li was one of more than 20 defendants charged Nov. 17, 2010 with alleged involvement in a multi-state sex trafficking network that operated brothels in New York City, Texas, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, […]
Jamaica H.S. Achieves Gateway Program Status
On December 13, Assemblymember Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest) and Councilmember James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) held a joint press conference in Lancman’s office to discuss plans by the NYC Department of Education (DOE) to expand their highly successful Gateway Program into Jamaica H.S. Pointing out the highlights of the Gateway Program, Lancman and Gennaro noted that creating a mini-high school within Jamaica […]
Ice And Snow Cause Major Jam On LIE
On December 28, a white tractor-trailer truck, almost thirty feet in length, skidded on an icy segment on the eastbound side of the Long Island Expressway near 156th Street in Flushing. The truck came to rest on the shoulder covered with a mound of plowed snow causing it to tilt at a 45-degree angle. Fearing that the disabled truck would […]
Boro-Wide Blotter
102nd Precinct Hunt Suspect In Shooting Death Queens detectives are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a suspect in the December 22 shooting death of a Richmond Hill man. Police said Keenan Drinks, 46, was discovered lying in the street near his 134th Street home by his wife at about midnight. Drinks had been shot once in […]
FDNY Douses Proposed Hydrant Parking Change
City fire officials are saying no to a proposal by Councilmember Daniel Dromm that would change the amount of space motorists must leave when parking near a fire hydrant. The new bill, recently introduced by Dromm, would reduce the amount of space required when parking near a hydrant to 10 feet, down from the current 15 feet, thus creating up […]
B&N Supports Literacy For Jamaica Estates P.S./I.S. 178
On December 6 students, teachers, parents and administrators gathered at Barnes & Noble (B&N) on Union Turnpike at Utopia Parkway in Fresh Meadows for a special read-aloud literacy program. Christine Passarella, a second-grade teacher at P.S./I.S. 178, the Holliswood School, shared a book about jazz great John Coltrane entitled Before John Was a Jazz Giant. “ I have been participating […]
Senator Padavan Bids Farewell
A salute to former state Senator Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) was held at Leonard’s of Great Neck. With just 48 hours left in his 38 year run, Padavan was honored by many family, friends and colleagues at the December 29 dinner affair that included appearances by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Borough President Claire Shulman, Councilmember Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), Councilmember Eric Ulrich […]
Quinn-Carey To Join Queens Library As COO
Bridget Quinn-Carey will join Queens Library as Chief Operating Officer on April 4, succeeding Maureen O’Connor who retired last July. “I am thrilled to be joining the Queens Library as COO,” Quinn-Carey said. Quinn-Carey, who earned her Master’s Degree in Library Science at St. John’s University, has been director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library since 2008 and […]
Queens Residents Among Police Academy Graduates
On December 27, more than 1,100 new police officers were sworn in as rookies in the New York City Police Department by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in ceremonies at Madison Square Garden. Residents of Astoria, Elmhurst and Forest Hills were among the graduates. After completing more than six months of intensive training at the Police Academy, the new police officers have […]