Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, Councilmember Karen Koslowitz and Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi attended the April 9 opening day ceremony for the Forest Hills Little League. Firefighter Antonio Velez from Engine 320 was honored for saving a Forest Hills Little League player from a house fire earlier this year.
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Addabbo Welcomes Hometown Cadets On West Point Day
State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., celebrated West Point Day on April 6 in Albany by welcoming two military academy cadets, Cidny Menjivar from Woodhaven and Gerard J. Connolly II from Howard Beach to Washington D.C. The senate also commemorated West Point Day by passing two bills into law. The first provides for the Campaign Medal for Service to be […]
110th Precinct Community Council Honors Three Officers
Police officers from the 110th Precinct were recognized for their achievements at the April 18 meeting of the 110th Precinct Community Council held at the VFW Hall in Corona. Police Officers Joe Rogan, Steve Abrahamsen and Sergeant Igor Pinkhasov received Cop-of-the-Month awards. (L. to r.); Police Officer Joe Rogan, President of the 110th Precinct Community Council Evelyn DeCoursey, Commanding Officer […]
Van Bramer Honors 9/11 Hero With Street Co-Naming
On April 21, Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer united with officers and members of the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) Local One for a street co-naming in honor of Charles Costello. A native of Queens, Costello, known as Chuck by friends, was a 16-year-member of Local One. On September 11, 2001, Costello was scheduled to work at the Mercer Hotel […]
Lawmakers Push Registry Of Domestic Abusers
A Brooklyn lawmaker co-sponsored legislation to the state senate on April 17 that would require spouse-batterers convicted of domestic violence to register the same way as sex offenders. State Senator Eric Adams co-sponsored the bill that would require the creation of a domestic violence database that would allow people in relationships to check if their partner has a history of […]
Offer Reward For Info On Queens Pipe-Bash Mugger
City police officials this week released a surveillance photo of a man who bludgeoned a straphanger with a metal pipe at a Jackson Heights subway station on April 8. Police said the attacker bashed the 66-year-old in the head with a metal pipe, fracturing the man’s skull during a robbery inside the 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue station. The victim was on […]
114th Precinct Crime Watch
Hunt Suspect In Postal Worker Assault Detectives at the 114th Precinct Squad are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a suspect sought in connection with the assault of a U.S. Postal Worker. Police said the 58-year-old victim was delivering mail at the Ravenswood Houses, 14-01 36th Ave., Long Island City at about 12:45 p.m. on April 7 […]
Mom To Face-Off With Daughter’s Killer
The mother of a 23-year-old Flushing woman who was raped and fatally beaten to death in May 2010 will get a special U.S. visa that will allow her to confront her daughter’s killer at his sentencing. Congressmember Gary Ackerman battled federal officials to obtain visas for Ginhua Yu, the mother of murder victim Yu Yao, and her brother-in-law, both of […]
Suspect Hunted In Queens Sex Attacks
Queens police are searching for a serial rapist wanted for assaulting at least four women in the last eight months, authorities said. In all cases, he snuck up on the women, knocked them down and then sexually assaulted them. The predator first struck on September 22, 2010, when he attacked a 37-year-old woman walking on 28th Street near 34th Avenue […]
Borough-Wide Blotter
104th Precinct Corrections Officer Charged With Murder A city corrections officer last week was indicted for the August 2000 murder of his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child. Detectives at the Queens Homicide Squad arrested Christopher “Noel” Clavell, 46, on April 18 for the brutal shooting death of Barbara Perez, 22, at a Ridgewood gym where she worked as an […]