Wake Forest assistant basketball coach arrested after single punch kills marketing exec in NY
This story has been updated. Jamill Jones, an assistant basketball coach at Wake Forest University, faces assault charges related to the death of Sandor Szabo, the Associated Press reports. Jones turned himself into police on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the charge of misdemeanor assault. Just after 1 o’clock on Sunday morning, Sandor Szabo […]
Get Solar Power To 1M Houses By 2023, Queens Advocates Urge State
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — The sun that fueled a warm summer afternoon as it blazed down onto Hunters Point South Park is the same source of energy that advocates argue could power more than a million homes across New York. Surrounded by families basking in the sunlight, Queens advocates gathered at the Long Island […]
Man critically injured in hit-and-run with dump truck in Queens – WABC
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) — Police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a dump truck that left a pedestrian in critical condition. The incident was reported just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday in Long Island City. The 46-year-old man was crossing Northern Boulevard when he was struck by a red commercial dump truck going west, […]
Annual summer ‘farm-to-bar’ cocktail festival returns to Long Island City
A festival that highlights sustainable food and drinks returned to Long Island City over the weekend. On Aug. 12, foodies from around the city went the The Foundry to take part in the annual Secret Summer cocktail festival. Now in its fourth year, the sold-out party is the country’s only “Farm-to-Bar” cocktail festival, celebrating sustainable mixology, […]
Uber and Lyft Drivers Rush to Register Cars Ahead of City’s New Cap
In the pouring rain, hundreds of people lined up outside a building in Queens on Monday, clutching umbrellas and paperwork. The frenzy was not driven by a buzzy new restaurant or a new Apple store. Instead the line led to an Uber office and was prompted by the City Council’s recent decision to limit ride-hail […]