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NYPD Expands Search for Autistic Teen, Missing for 1 Week
Volunteers Swarm NYC Neighborhoods in Search for Missing Autistic Boy Six days after 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo was last seen running away from his Queens school, family, friends and volunteers are ramping up their search for the missing mute autistic boy, relying on the community to mobilize and keep awareness high. Checkey Beckford reports. Search Intensifies […]
Family Pleads for Public’s Help in Search for Missing Autistic Boy in NYC
A Queens teen who suffers from autism was still missing Sunday evening and his family is desperate to find him. Brynn Gingras reports. Mother Pleads for Help Finding… Copy Close Link to this video http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Mother-Pleads-for-Help-Finding-Missing-Teen/226677461 Copy Close Embed this video Replay A 14-year-old Queens autistic boy who is mute has been missing since Friday and […]
Walcott ‘Extremely Hopeful’ For Safe Return Of Missing Autistic Teen From Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said Thursday he’s hopeful that a missing 14-year-old autistic boy from Queens will be found safe. Police and volunteers have stepped up the search for Avonte Oquendo, who has been missing for nearly a week. He was last seen Friday on surveillance video leaving the Center Boulevard School in Long […]
Lawmaker: Deal Reached On 5Pointz Redevelopment Plan
Tourists come far and wide to see the iconic “5Pointz” building in Long Island City. (Photo: CBS 2) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A lawmaker says the City Council has reached a deal on a $400 million project to redevelop several buildings in Queens recognized for their graffiti art. The owner of the brick warehouses, known […]
Police, Family Intensify Search For Missing Autistic Boy From Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – As police, family and volunteers searched for a sixth day Wednesday for a missing 14-year-old autistic boy, the teen’s relatives took the first step toward filing a lawsuit, alleging his Queens school did not do enough to prevent him from running off campus. Meanwhile, a $5,000 reward has been offered by a local […]
Police Turn Out To Be Mistaken About Finding Missing Autistic Teen
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The family of a missing autistic boy was crushed Wednesday, after police thought they had found the boy and told the family so – but later announced they had actually found a different missing child. As CBS 2’s Tracee Carrasco reported, Avonte Oquendo, 14, has been missing since Friday when he vanished […]
City Council to Decide Fate of Mecca for Graffiti Artists
The longtime owner of the warehouses, the Wolkoff family, is seeking to demolish the buildings to make way for two towers with a combined 1,000 apartments on a three-acre parcel near Citigroup Tower in Long Island City. Last week, the Wolkoffs agreed to set aside additional space for affordable housing and artists’ studios with the […]
Missing autistic Queens teenager subject of frantic search
LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — Authorities say 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teen from Queens, has been found in East Harlem. Police found Oquendo during a search near a supermarket and an apartment building along 121st Street in East Harlem on Tuesday afternoon after someone reported seeing the boy. Oquendo was found at 123rd Street […]
Much ado going on in Long Island City comedy
By Kevin Zimmerman TimesLedger Newspapers After closing out its last season with the blood and gore of “Macbeth,” the Queens Players have opted to lighten the mood with a slew of fairies and a scenery-chewing jackass in its fall opener, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The bard’s comedy incorporates three story lines set against the backdrop […]
PRESS RELEASE: Brookfield Financial Team Retained as Exclusive Sales …
NEW YORK, NY – Brookfield Financial Real Estate Group New York has been retained as the exclusive sales agent for 27-21 44th Drive in the Court Square area of Long Island City, Queens, comprised of three adjoining lots zoned R9/M1-5/LIC for as of right residential use. The current asking price for the property is $23.5 million. […]
Police Handing Out Fliers In Search For Missing Autistic Boy In Long Island City
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The search effort continues for an autistic boy missing since Friday afternoon. As WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman reported, police marshaled a small army of school safety agents to hand out fliers with Avonte Oquendo’s picture near the school on Center Boulevard in Long Island City along the East River. Fliers are […]
‘Long Island Medium’ returns: How can you win a reading?
Tonight the show “Long Island Medium” returns to TLC and they are kicking off the season with a way that you can win your own reading from Theresa Caputo. On Oct. 6, the show went to their Facebook to share the fact that you can win a reading and how to do it. Theresa will […]
‘Long Island Medium’ returns: How can you win a reading?
Tonight the show “Long Island Medium” returns to TLC and they are kicking off the season with a way that you can win your own reading from Theresa Caputo. On Oct. 6, the show went to their Facebook to share the fact that you can win a reading and how to do it. Theresa will […]
Search Continues For Missing Autistic Boy In Long Island City, Queens
Avonte Oquendo, 14, was last seen leaving school on Friday October 4. (Credit DCPI) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The search continued Sunday for a 14-year-old autistic boy who has not been seen since he left his Long Island City, Queens school two days earlier. Avonte Oquendo was last seen at 12:38 p.m. on Friday, leaving […]
Missing Teen Was Last Seen Leaving LIC School
The NYPD has asked the public for help in finding a teenager who was reported missing on Friday. Avonte Oquendo, 14, was last seen at 12:38 p.m. on Friday, October 4, leaving the Center Boulevard School on 51 Ave in Long Island City. Oquendo was wearing a grey striped shirt, black jeans, and black sneakers. […]
Police Search for Missing Queens Teen
Police released this photo of Avonte Oquendo, who is 14 and said to be mute. Officials are searching for a 14-year-old Queens boy who is mute and was reported missing Friday. Avonte Oquendo, who is 5 foot 3 and 125 pounds, was last seen leaving Center Boulevard School in Long Island City at around 12:45 […]
Honoring A Long Island City Legend
Honoring A Long Island City Legend Family, friends and politicians gathered to remember the life of Jerry Ingenito during a street co-naming ceremony meant to honor the late Long Island City resident and youth basketball coach held Saturday, Sept. 21, at the corner of 38th Street and Greenpoint Avenue. Ingenito coached basketball for St. Raphael’s […]
Honoring A Long Island City Legend
Honoring A Long Island City Legend Family, friends and politicians gathered to remember the life of Jerry Ingenito during a street co-naming ceremony meant to honor the late Long Island City resident and youth basketball coach held Saturday, Sept. 21, at the corner of 38th Street and Greenpoint Avenue. Ingenito coached basketball for St. Raphael’s […]
Queens will get its own Chelsea Market
LIC Partnership The Falchi Building will host food retailers and eateries. A former warehouse in Long Island City that’s owned by the developers of the Chelsea Market will be transformed into Queens version of the celebrated foodie paradise, the Daily News has learned. Jamestown Properties is already bringing in artisanal food makers to occupy the […]
Honoring A Long Island City Legend
Honoring A Long Island City Legend Family, friends and politicians gathered to remember the life of Jerry Ingenito during a street co-naming ceremony meant to honor the late Long Island City resident and youth basketball coach held Saturday, Sept. 21, at the corner of 38th Street and Greenpoint Avenue. Ingenito coached basketball for St. Raphael’s […]