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• Convicted killer of Howard Beach woman sentenced to life in prison without parole

  22-04-2019 22:30
  Chanel Lewis was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano Tuesday.
  The sentence, handed down by Judge Michael Aloise following a tumultuous 24 hours in his courtroom, came after emotional statements from the victim’s family. The Legal Aid Society, which represented Lewis during his legal odyssey, vowed to appeal the case.
  “While there is no denying that Karina Vetrano’s death is tragic and that her family and friends suffer
  
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• Convicted killer of Howard Beach woman loses juror misconduct hearing, will be sentenced Tuesday

  22-04-2019 22:30
  The Brooklyn man who was convicted earlier this month of killing Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano will be sentenced tomorrow morning after Judge Michael Aloise ruled against claims of juror misconduct Monday.Chanel Lewis, 22, was found guilty of committing the Aug. 2, 2016, murder and sexual assault of Vetrano, 30, who was beaten and choked while jogging in Spring Creek Park just blocks from her home.
  Lewis was arrested and charged six months after it occurred, tied to the homicide through DNA
  
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• College Point shopping center set to welcome popular discount furniture chain at former Babies R Us site

  22-04-2019 22:00
  Bob’s Discount Furniture store is coming to College Point.
  The chain that boasts quality furniture at “everyday low prices” will soon open its doors at 139-19 20th Ave. at the Triangle Plaza I. The new store location will replace the Babies R Us store that closed in June 2018.
  A member of the College Point community Facebook group reported the news last Friday showing workers assembling the “Bob’s” sign on the store’s facade.
  According to the compan
  
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• Ghoulish bandits steal $24,000 in metal doors and vents from mausoleum at a Glendale cemetery

  22-04-2019 21:00
  Police are looking for a thief who stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of doors and air vents from Beth Olam Cemetery, a historic Jewish burial grounds in the “cemetery belt” on the border of Queens and Brooklyn.At approximately 10:45 a.m. on April 21, police received a report that 14 doors and about 50 air vents were stolen from numerous mausoleums throughout the cemetery. The items have an estimated value of $24,000.Law enforcement sources said they do not consider the th
  
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• Blackstone to pay more than $1 million to Parker Towers tenants in Forest Hills

  22-04-2019 20:30
  Some Forest Hills residents are thanking a housing watchdog group for taking on a global asset management firm and winning at least the first round.The Housing Rights Initiative — a nonprofit that has sued major landlords, including a firm run by senior presidential advisor Jared Kushner — has won a preliminary victory in its fight on behalf of rent-stabilized tenants at the sprawling Parker Towers, the 1,327-unit housing complex at 104-20 Queens Blvd.
  Blackstone Group, which bought
  
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• Cable TV executive and proud Queens native talks about giving back to her high school alma mater

  22-04-2019 20:00
  Queens native Abbe Raven, acting chairman of A&E Network, is proud to return to her alma mater every year to work and speak with students about the importance of an education and job opportunities.Born and raised in Laurelton, Raven attended the Humanities & Arts Magnet High School in Cambria Heights, and has been visiting the school for the past six years since joining PENCIL as a board member and participating in its annual program called Principal For a Day held on April 16.PENCIL is
  
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• Queens state Senator Ramos endorses Cabán for Queens district attorney

  22-04-2019 19:30
  State Senator Jessica Ramos endorsed Tiffany Cabán for Queens District Attorney on Monday, claiming that the ethnic communities in Queens have suffered under the injustice at the hands of the courts and that Cabán could be the antidote.
  According to Ramos, the people of her district have been victimized under policy following the War on Drugs and that the people of Corona and Jackson Heights need one of their own in the seat that comes up for grabs on June 25.
  “I grew up in a
  
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• Queens lawmakers make fact-finding trip to Stamford to study flood mitigation measures

  22-04-2019 19:00
  When the city reopened the Rockaway Boardwalk in 2017, after a $341 reconstruction project was needed after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the original structure, Mayor Bill de Blasio called it a resilient structure, and “a barrier wall to protect the communities of the Rockaways.” But the communities on the north side of the Cross Bay Bridge have none of those protections, yet.
  State Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, state Senator Joseph Addabbo and community leaders from South Queens tr
  
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• Latest Queens subway creep touched woman’s thigh while riding 7 train from Elmhurst to Flushing

  22-04-2019 18:30
  Cops are looking for a man who forcibly touched a woman’s thigh on a 7 train in Elmhurst earlier this month.According to authorities, the perpetrator boarded the Flushing-bound 7 train at the 90th Street-Elmhurst Avenue station at about 7:20 p.m. on April 9. Soon after, he began rubbing a 29-year-old victim’s thigh with his hand without her consent.
  Police said the suspect exited the train at its final stop, Main Street-Flushing, and fled in an unknown direction. The incident was rep
  
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• ‘We must stop preventing ICE from doing its job’: Queens official denounces state’s decision to restrict ICE

  22-04-2019 18:00
  City Councilman Robert Holden has railed against the Office of Court Administration’s (OCA) directive to require a judicial warrant from law enforcement officers, specifically ICE agents, in order to enter New York state courthouses.
  The order, which was welcomed by advocates and attorneys at the Legal Aid Society and Make the Road New York along with several prominent candidates in the race for Queens District Attorney, would require law enforcement to identify themselves upon entering a
  
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• Glen Oaks Shopping Center is getting a new children’s swim school

  22-04-2019 17:00
  A new children’s swim school will soon make a splash at the Glen Oaks Shopping Center.
  The Goldfish Swim School is coming to the newly renovated shopping center, according to the Feil Organization, the open-air center’s owner and manager. The school will occupy 9,660 square feet of the 87,650-square-foot retail center built in 1948.
  “The shopping center’s location was a perfect fit for both the tenant’s expansion plans and the type of experiential retail u
  
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• Glen Oaks Shopping Center getting a new children’s swim school

  22-04-2019 17:00
  A new children’s swim school will soon make a splash at the Glen Oaks Shopping Center.
  The Goldfish Swim School is coming to the newly renovated shopping center, according to the Feil Organization, the open-air center’s owner and manager. The school will occupy 9,660 square feet of the 87,650 square foot retail center built in 1948.
  “The shopping center’s location was a perfect fit for both the tenant’s expansion plans and the type of experiential retail u
  
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• Cops looking for pair caught on video stealing motorcycle right off a Middle Village street

  22-04-2019 16:45
  Police are looking for two men who were recently caught on camera picking up a parked motorcycle off a Middle Village street and loading it into the back of their van.
  The surveillance images showed the two suspects lifting a 2017 Yamaha FZ09 motorcycle, with an estimated worth of $8,000, into a silver Toyota minivan at 6:08 p.m. April 11 at 75th Street and 67th Drive.
  The theft was reported to the 104th Precinct.
  On April 19, the NYPD released the suspects’ images. The first perpetrator i
  
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• Astoria lawmaker’s environmental law package passed, giving New York City its own ‘Green New Deal’

  22-04-2019 16:00
  New York City has laid the foundation for its own Green New Deal after the City Council passed the Climate Mobilization Act by a 42-2 vote Thursday.
  The nine-piece legislative package, introduced by City Councilman Costa Constantinides, will fight the growing effects of climate change on the city’s future. Together, the bills aim to significantly reduce carbon emissions from large buildings, better optimize their roofs for green planting and renewable energy, and take the first steps to fo
  
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• Brooklyn man cuffed moments after robbing woman of cash at a Ridgewood bank ATM

  22-04-2019 15:45
  Cops picked up a Brooklyn man on Saturday afternoon moments after he robbed a woman as she deposited cash into an ATM at a bank in Ridgewood.
  Law enforcement sources said Josiah Bryant, 19, of Madison Street accosted the woman inside the Bank of America located at 59-01 Myrtle Ave. at about 2:10 p.m. on April 20.
  According to authorities, Bryant allegedly pushed the woman away from the ATM she was using and grabbed $900 in cash that she was attempting to deposit. He then exited the bank and fled
  
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• Whitestone teacher dyes hair blue for kids’ heart challenge after students exceed $10,000 goal

  22-04-2019 15:00
  Danielle Hnath, a Whitestone educator, loves dreaming up creative ways to challenge her students.A physical education teacher at P.S. 193 Alfred J. Kennedy School in Whitestone, she is dedicated to helping more than 500 students adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes getting plenty of exercise, learning about nutrition and helping others.
  Earlier this year, Hnath teamed up with the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge, a new program designed to teach students about their hear
  
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• ‘We are taxed to death’: Queens lawmaker says paper bag fee only exacerbates city’s lack of affordability

  22-04-2019 14:30
  After City Council approved a bill that would place a tax on single-use paper bags, Councilman Robert Holden is calling the move burdensome on the middle class.
  Set to take place after a state-wide ban on plastic bags takes effect, the paper bag tax would put the cost of five cents on each paper bag used in a transaction at store across the city.
  “As if it wasn’t enough that we are taxed to death in every facet of our lives, the New York City Council has just passed another regressiv
  
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