Dozens of southeast Queens residents voiced their opposition at a town hall meeting last week against the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) recent expansion of its e-scooter program into their area.  Homeowners from an array of southeast Queens neighborhoods, including Addisleigh Park, Cambria Heights, Laurelton and Springfield Gardens, were vocal in their opposition to the program,...

The Shops at Atlas Park, located in Glendale, is hosting a Swiftie Dance Party on Tuesday, Aug. 27, with Taylor Swift-inspired trivia, giveaways and more.  Macerich, the real estate investment trust company that owns the urban shopping mall, located at 8000 Cooper Ave., has scheduled the all-Swiftie event to last from 6-8 p.m., with Selectah...

A Rockaway Beach man was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 20, after he was indicted by a Queens grand jury two years after a fatal collision that killed his girlfriend’s sister. Javon Galette, 30, of Shore Front Parkway, was arraigned later that day in Queens Criminal Court, where he was charged with criminally negligent homicide and...

Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a creep who exposed himself to a 7 train rider while she was aboard a Flushing-bound car approaching the Mets-Willets Point station on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 21. The incident occurred at around 7 p.m., when a stranger allegedly exposed...

LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) is partnering with a group of New York City hospitals to train and place New Yorkers in entry-level healthcare jobs.  The college is partnering with Northwell Health, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York University Langone and Montefiore Medical Center to train and place New Yorkers with a high school diploma or equivalency...