Over $34K worth of trading cards robbed in assault, home invasion

CORONA, Queens (PIX11) — Police are on the hunt for a man they say assaulted one man and invaded the home of another person to steal more than $34,000 worth of trading cards. In the first incident on Feb. 19, two men and a woman arranged to meet up with a 42-year-old man from Facebook […]

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No new positions in prelim NYPD budget

When Mayor Mamdani released his $127 billion preliminary budget last week, two things were conspicuous by their absence.The proposal does not fund former Mayor Eric Adams’ proposal from last fall to start adding 5,000 new police officers to the NYPD.…

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Snowstorm No. 9 dropped nearly 2 feet here

Queens was buried in snow on Sunday and Monday, and ever since then, it’s been buried in numbers.Whitestone was Whitestuff as the blizzard of 2026 blanketed Queens and much of the East Coast, with the deepest depths in the borough…

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St. John’s nixes relations with faculty unions

St. John’s University has severed its relationship with two unions representing faculty, according to an email sent to staff on Feb. 19.The unions — the American Association of University Professors and the Faculty Association — had been in contract negotiations…

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Tariff ruling results in some uncertainty

The United States Supreme Court last Friday struck down most of President Trump’s sweeping tariff agenda, ruling that he exceeded his authority in a 6-3 decision.Trump had claimed that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, which does not…

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Reform, don’t raise, taxes

Whenever Gov. Hochul takes a stand against tax increases, she always makes sure to include the qualifier, income taxes. She knows full well those property tax revenues reliably go up every year, mostly paid by powerless communities with effectively no…

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To dox or not to dox

Last week, the Chronicle reported that U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries had sent their Republican counterparts a list of “guidelines” for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“Rein in ICE, reform immigration: Meeks,” Feb. 19). The guidelines included…

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