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Attacker Spits, Punches 71-Year-Old Man The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a random attack on a 71-year-old man getting off a bus in Queens. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice April 17, 2024 QUEENS - An elderly man was slugged in the face coming off a Queens bus in what appears to be another random attack, cops said.  At around 8:30 am on April 9, a 71-year-old man was exiting a Q64 bus on the corner of 108 Street and Queens Boulevard. Cops said an unknown man walked up to the elderly bus rider and started arguing with him. 

Passenger Injured as Driver Gets Shot EMS transports a stretcher over to one of the victims of the shooting which left a moped driver wounded and his passenger thrown off the bike. -Citizen By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice April 16, 2024 QUEENS - A passenger was thrown off a moving moped when the driver was shot during a wild shooting in Far Rockaway, cops said.  At around 10:30 pm on April 13, a man was driving a moped with a female passenger in the vicinity of Redfern Avenue and Hassock Street. Cops said a gunman opened fire on the moped striking the driver in the torso. The female passenger fell off and scraped along the pavement.  The gunman ran off in an unknown direction. Cops flooded the area following the shooting captured on Citizen App.  The gunshot victim and the passenger where taken to Jamaica Hospital. Cops said the driver of the moped and the gunman knew each other but no motive for the shooting has been revealed. Anyone with information in regard to thi

New Soccer Stadium, Housing Coming to Willets Point   Mayor Eric Adams celebrates a historic win for affordable housing and economic development in the city of New York after the City Council voted to approve the Willets Point Phase 2 development as part of the Uniform Land User Review Procedure (ULURP). City Hall Park. Thursday, April 11, 2024. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. By Mayor Eric Adams  Community OpEd  Queens Voice  April 15, 2024 QUEENS - In November 2022, our administration announced a historic once-in-a-generation transformation of the Willets Points neighborhood in Queens.  This neighborhood, which was once called the “Valley of Ashes” and known for its junkyards, is now being transformed into a vibrant neighborhood with 2,500 new all-affordable homes — the largest all-affordable housing project in the city over the last 40 years — a  new school, 150,000 square feet of new open public space, retail space, a hotel, and the city’s first-ever soccer-s

Churchgoer Knocked Down Stone Stairs, Robbed of Car by Teen, Cops Say  The NYPD arrested a 16-year-old male in connection with an attack on an elderly woman outside a Queens church. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  April 12, 2024  QUEENS - Cops arrested a 16-year-old for the vicious sucker punch attack on an elderly woman in front of a Queens church. The punch knocked the woman down the stone staircase of the church and left her in critical condition, cops said.  The NYPD announced the arrest of a 16-year-old male in connection with the April 7th attack. The teen was charged with robbery, assault, grand larceny and criminal possession of a weapon.  At around 8:30 am on April 7, a 68-year-old woman was standing at the doors to the Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church. Cops said a man walked up to the woman at the top of the staircase and then sucker punched her in the face. The blow caused the woman to fall backwards down the stone steps.  As the victi

Man Threw Bottle at Cop from Subway Platform  The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with an assault on a police officer with a glass bottle. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  April 11, 2024  QUEENS - A police officer suffered a concussion when he was struck in the head with a glass bottle from an elevated subway platform. Cops released a photo of the suspect, they say, purposely threw the bottle at the officer.  At around 1:50 am on April 8, a man was standing on the elevated subway platform of the Number 7 train at 103-28 Roosevelt Avenue. Cops said the suspect threw a glass bottle at an on-duty NYPD police officer. The bottle struck the officer causing a laceration.  EMS rushed the officer to Elmhurst Hospital.  Officials said the officer suffered a concussion but is in stable condition.  The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect who is described as a male who is between the ages of 28 and 35. He has a medium complexion, medium

High School Student Sought for Hate Crime? The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the drawing of a swastika on a Queens resident's car. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice April 11, 2024 QUEEN S - Cops are looking into a suspect, who looks like a high school student, for a hate crime in Queens. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating an act of vandalism that appears more sinister.  At around 5:47 pm on March 30, cops said a young male in a white hoodie and glasses and a backpack was seen at the rear of a Honda Pilot parked in front of 66-65 70 Street in Middle Village. Cops said the young suspect dew a swastika on the rear bumper of the car before fleeing on foot.  An investigation led cops to find surveillance video of the suspect taken from inside a local grocery store.  The suspect is described as a male who is 5 foot 6 and has a light complexion and slim build. He has dark hair and glasses. He was last seen wearing a white h