Target Store Planned For Jackson Heights
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer A 23,580-square-foot Target chain store is in the works to replace a long-time movie theater that was shuttered three years ago in Jackson Heights. Last year, Sun Equity...
View ArticleJackson Heights Elementary School Breaks Ground
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer One of the most overcrowded school districts in the city will finally be getting a new elementary school. As part of the city Department of Education’s plan to add 2,700...
View ArticleJackson Heights March Honors Trans-Latinas
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer In the wake of approximately 20 cases that are being investigated as hate crimes during the past year in Jackson Heights, Corona and Woodside, local residents turned out...
View ArticleScam Artists Bilk Apartment Seekers For $5K
The city’s Police Department is searching for four scam artists who have been taking advantage of apartment seekers in Queens. The quartet has been sighted in Whitestone, Flushing, Jackson Heights and...
View ArticleHotel Planned For Jackson Heights Sparks Concern
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer A seven-story residential hotel that is being planned for construction in Jackson Heights has raised concerns with local leaders, who say that there is little...
View ArticleThousands Attend Ecuadorian Parade in Jax Heights
BY TRONE DOWD Editor Ecuadorian Americans proudly showed their pride for their native country in Jackson Heights on Sunday as they chanted, cheered and sang alongside friends and family. Sunday’s...
View ArticleNYPD Looking For Jackson Heights Groper
The NYPD is searching for a man who allegedly groped a woman in Jackson Heights in September. On Sept. 27, at 3:40 a.m., the man allegedly approached the 57-year-old victim from behind, grabbed her...
View ArticleNYPD Looking For Queens Bank Robber
The NYPD is searching for a man who robbed a Jackson Heights bank on Nov. 6. According to the NYPD, the man entered the Sterling National Bank at 72-35 Broadway at 4:15 p.m. The suspect passed a note...
View ArticleMake The Road Calls For Passage Of DREAM Act
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Four buses docking from Jackson Heights, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Brentwood were filled to full capacity at 5:30 a.m. Today to drive to Washington D.C. to call on Congress to pass...
View ArticleEx-City Hall Aide Mulls Run Against Peralta
BY JON CRONIN Editor The reintegration of the Independent Democratic Caucus (IDC) into the mainline Democratic Party is still up in the air, and while the state legislature is in flux, some contenders...
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