Woodhaven Warned of Scams, Thefts BY ANTHONY MEDINA The 102nd Precinct warned Woodhaven residents during a Woodhaven Block Association meeting on Saturday about tax scams over the phone and an increase of stolen cars in the area. “The IRS would …
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Indie Film Dead Layer Features Bushwick Graffiti
https://bushwickdaily.com/bushwick/categories/arts-and-culture/5495-indie-film-dead-layer-features-bushwick-graffiti Dead Layer, an indie film about a New York graffiti artist caught up in some trouble features parts of Bushwick, Brooklyn. The story is about a New York City graffiti artist who wants ambiguity from his street life, but …
Travel the globe without leaving the theater
http://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/travel-the-globe-without-leaving-the-theater/article_972ac016-ab4c-503a-b514-eca6063f4e55.html By Anthony Medina Performers with thin white fabric over their bodies gather center stage. The lights are still dim and all the audience hears is the jingling of costume accessories. The house knows the first performance is on a …
Four York Athletes Hospitalized after NJC University Team Basketball Players Attack
Four York Athletes Hospitalized after NJC University Team Basketball Players Attack The Women’s basketball game between York College and New Jersey City University turned violent after punches and elbows were thrown on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Two York students were diagnosed …
Man gets 45 to life for drug deal murder
Queens Village resident Jairam Ali Suarez, 26, was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison on Monday for shooting two men — killing one and wounding the other — in a 2015 drug deal gone wrong. Queens District Attorney …
Their life-saving encounter in LIC
Anthony Forchelli suffered a severe heart attack on Oct. 19 in Long Island City while walking to his car at 45th Avenue and 21st Street, around 2 p.m. Forchelli had left his office at a corporate food service unusually early …
Main St. sidewalk expansion finished
City officials and Flushing leaders unveiled the completion of their $7.8. million project to widen the Main Street sidewalks last Thursday. Parts of Main Street between 38th and 41st avenues were expanded up to a 9 foot distance. This was …
2% Social Security COLA coming in Jan.
About 61 million Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 2 percent increase to the cost of living allowance in January. The Social Security Administration, in a fact sheet published in the website ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/colafacts2018.pdf, said the increase was approved based on the …
LinkNYC kiosks a boon to Queens biz
LinkNYC has placed 1,399 of its Wi-Fi kiosks across New York City almost two years after its launch. The stations were placed around the city near transit stops and businesses, replacing old telephone booths. Business owners with kiosks in front …
Hard times in Rincon, Puerto Rico
On Oct. 11, at 9 a.m, Jose Medina boarded a one-way flight to Puerto Rico. Three bags were carried across the terminal to the JetBlue check-in entrance. Two of them had tools, batteries and two large packets of beef jerky. …