Police are searching for this man in connection with the burglary of two homes in Flushing. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  May 24, 2023  QUEENS - A burglar who robbed two Flushing homes has made off with at least $65,000 worth cash and jewelry and now police are asking for the public’s help to catch him. At around 3 pm on April 27, a masked man entered a residential home through a side windowin the vicinity of 192 Street and Station Road. Once inside the thief unplugged the WiFi router. Then he rumaged through the apartment taking cash, jewelry and handbags.  Cops said the total value of the items taken his about $16,000.  The next burglary happened two days later. At around noon on April 27, the thief slipped into the house through a side window. The home was in the vicinity of 192 Street and 53 Avenue.  Once inside the home, the thief unplugged the WiFi router and removed $50,000 worth of cash and jewelry. He then slipped out of the house a

Muggers Pistol Whip Vic, Steal His Clothes Cops are asking for the public's help in locating this car. Police say a man was kidnapped and robbed inside this Toyota Corolla.  -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice May 22, 2023 QUEENS - A Queens man looking to sell items to a person he met on social media was beaten, thrown into a car and robbed of his merchandise and clothes and then left in a Brooklyn park. At around 2 am on May 20, a 27-year-old went to a location in the vicinity of 135th Street and Grand Central Parkway to sell merchandise to a man he spoke to on social media. As he met with buyer, three other men walked up behind the seller. The group then punched and kicked the man. Then the attackers pushed him into a gray 2022 Toyota Corolla. Inside the car on of his attackers pulled a gun on him. The gunman threatened the victim and then pistol whipped him about the head. The muggers then forcibly removed the victim’s clothes and stol

Mayor Eric Adams joins NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks to announce the “New York City Reads" campaign. PS 156 Waverly, Brooklyn. Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. By Mayor Eric Adams Community Op-Ed  May 18, 2023 NEW YORK - New York City has the largest public school system in the nation, and we are proud of our dedicated teachers and administrators who do so much to educate our talented students from so many different backgrounds and countries. We want to set up our students for success, and teaching them to read confidently is crucial to our efforts.   That is why we are making a historic shift in our curriculum, and launching NYC Reads, a program based on proven science-of-reading techniques. We will teach our students skills that they can fall back on to decode words when the level becomes difficult, and we will train our teachers so they can provide instruction effectively.    When our young people don’t learn to read prop

Police are searching for two men in connection with the mugging of scooters in Queens. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice May 18, 2023 QUEENS - Cops are looking for a pair of muggers who have assaulted riders and stole their scooters in Queens.  At around 8 pm on April 25, a 40-year-old man was riding a motorized scooter. Two men ran up alongside him and shoved him off the scooter. As the man lay in the street, the attackers hopped on the scooter and headed westbound on Roosevelt Avenue.  Two hours later the pair struck again. At around 10 pm, a 28-year-old man was riding his motorized scooter in the vicinity of 3510 College Point Boulevard.  The muggers rode up alongside him on another scooter. The man on the back of the scooter shoved the victim off his scooter. As the victim fell to the floor and lay in the street, one of the muggers picked up the victim’s scooter and the pair drove off southbound on College Point Boulevard.  Police released su

The city set up a temporary shelter inside P.S. 172’s gym in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. | Obtained by THE CITY Seven School Gyms Are Housing Migrants or Could Soon. Parents and Pols Are Pushing Back By Gwynne Hogan, The City This article was originally published on May 15 7:56pm EDT by THE CITY NEW YORK - Seven public school gyms are now either in use as emergency shelter for migrants or are being readied for use, all but one of them in Brooklyn — prompting pushback from parents and local officials. Over the weekend, as border restrictions known as Title 42 expired, agencies transported migrants to P721R Richard H. Hungerford School on Staten Island, a City Hall official confirmed, quickly filling it to its 500-person capacity. The next destination was the gymnasium of P.S. 188 in Coney Island, which neared its capacity by Sunday, according to City Councilmember Ari Kagan (R-Brooklyn).  By Monday, 67 cots were set up inside the gymnasium of P.S. 172 in Sunset Park , acco