Louis Armstrong, Chazz Palminteri, and renowned Korean folk artist Jae Choon Kim headline another busy week in Queens. Other options include Mexican dance, sheep-shearing, Yiddish music, Bollywood films, walking tours, sex education, and nature photography. Here’s the rundown.April 30, Merrily We Roll Along, runs through May 23, times vary. This Stephen Sondheim musical starts at the end and ends at […]
Blaz Targets Unbuckled Cab Riders
The deBlasio administration is proposing a new law that would close a gap in an existing New York State law by requiring front and rear seat passengers of all ages to buckle up when riding in taxi and livery cabs and other for-hire vehicles.Recently published reports said administration officials are working on a measure under the mayor’s Vision Zero initiative […]
Cops Offer $2G For Choke-Stab Beau
Queens detectives are searching for a man who uses four aliases, who choked and sliced his girlfriend with scissors during a violent rage.Cops said Mario Rubiano-Gonzales, who is also known as William Para, Orlando Morales and John Zea, attacked his girlfriend inside a home on Petit Avenue in Elmhurst at about 5 a.m. on March 4.Police said Rubiano-Gonzales choked the […]
Cops: Imposter Stole Copper Cell Tower Wire
Police in Astoria are searching for a man wanted for stealing copper wire from a rooftop cell tower.Cops said the man impersonated a Sprint cell phone employee to make his way to the roof of an apartment building on 42nd Street and 31st Avenue at about 10:50 a.m. on March 15.The man stole a partial bale of copper grounding wire […]
Search On For Highway ‘Hit Man’
Police are seeking help from the public to identify and locate an armed motorist who cut off another driver on an Elmhurst street and then shot the man in the arm on March 29.Cops said the 28-year-old victim was driving along Hoffman Drive at about 4:15 a.m. on March 29 when the gunman pulled a black GMC Yukon in front […]
Astoria Man Paralyzed In Alcohol-Fueled Crash
A 21-year-old East Elmhurst woman is facing multiple felony charges after she mowed down and partially paralyzed an Astoria man while driving in a drunken stupor, authorities said.Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Gisel Carchi allegedly shared a bowl of an alcoholic beverage with a friend and then got behind the wheel of her Nissan sedan on April 14.A Complaint […]
Officials Warn Of Dangers Of Unlicensed Vendors’ Food
City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOH) officials are once again warning Queens residents to take caution when purchasing food from unlicensed street vendors.DOH officials said licensed vendors are your best bet when purchasing food at street fairs, festivals and on busy shopping corridors. Unlicensed vendors often do not have proper cooking and cooling equipment to store and serve […]
BP Katz’s Workshop Aimed At Saving 5,504 Queens Properties
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has launched a last-ditch effort to save 5,504 homes in the borough whose owners owe the city back taxes and other bills and are in danger of having them sold out from under them.Katz has set up a workshop to try to help the owners save their homes when the city holds a tax lien […]
Walk 4 Paws Fundraiser, Adoption Event
Bobbi & the Strays will hold its Seventh Annual Walk-A-Thon Fundraiser and Adoption Event, “Walk 4 Paws,” to benefit the lifesaving efforts of their no-kill animal shelters which are located in Glendale, and Freeport, Long Island. Partnering with NYC Parks and Recreation’s Pets and Pals Party, participants and their dogs will walk on the trails of Alley Pond Park, with […]
From Fire To Forest Hills; Plaza College Thrives
Plaza College students and faculty reflect on the year since a major fire forced the relocation of their campus to Forest Hills. In April 2014, a three-alarm fire broke out on the third floor of the Bruson Building, home to Plaza’s Jackson Heights campus for four-plus decades. Plaza College opened in Long Island City in 1916, and subsequently moved to […]