DOT crews began a local paving initiative resulting in the resurfacing of streets along 75th and 101st Avenues and on 80th, 84th, 85th, 90th and 93rd streets. The project represents the first road resurfacing in the area in 25 years.
A flub by TSA agents at JFK caused delays, confusion and an evacuation at the airport. Hundreds of passengers and staff were forced to leave Terminal 7, and two planes were recalled from the runway after it was discovered that a TSA employee failed to plug-in one of the walk-through detectors.
A steep drop in crime in the 112th precinct was credited to the fact that the police made the arrest of a serial burglar. In addition, other crime numbers in the precinct dropped as well :index crimes in the 112th Precinct were down 27 % in the last 28-day period compared to the same month last year. Robberies dropped, with 48 compared to 51.
Burglaries also fell with 53 compared to the 64 in the same month last year.
Assemblywoman Grace Meng handily defeated three opponents to claim the Democratic nomination for the 6th Congressional District. Meng came away with more than 50 percent of the low-turnout vote—claiming just less than 13,000 ballots according to the unofficial count.
Congressional candidates across Queens put a heavy focus on getting out the vote in a rare June primary. The effort was more successful for some than for others, with most Queens candidates winning by wide margins, but overall turnout remained low.
Incumbent Congressman Ed Towns threw his support behind radical City Councilman Charles Barron after announcing his retirement after thirty years, but voters rejected Barron at the polls ––in historic proportions.
Hakeem Jefferies captured 70% of the total vote while garnering more than 95% of the vote in Howard Beach and high percentages in Ozone Park as well..
Congressman Bob Turner joined the parents and students of PS 90 in singing “God Bless the USA” at the Neptune Playground adjacent to the school. The protest was formed when the school’s principal banned the children who had been practicing for months, from singing it, citing it might possibly offend other cultures. .
Ibrahima Ragis, wanted for two knife point sexual assaults and a robbery in Forest Hills continued to elude police.
A missing five-year-old boy was found unharmed about eight hours after he disappeared from his home near Rockaway Blvd. and 118th Street
Father’s Day ended tragically in Howard Beach for one man who was killed while riding an All Terrain Vehicle, (ATV), through the streets of Lindenwood. Jesus Hernandez, 27, of Brooklyn, was riding the 2005 Honda when he lost control and hit a curb. He was ejected from the seat of the vehicle and sent flying over the handlebars. He landed in a driveway at 155-16 77th Street.
A Community Board 5 member and civic leader was arrested for stealing $200,000 out of an escrow account entrusted to him. Police arrested Michael Hetzer, Vice President of Citizens for a Better Ridgewood and former 104th Precinct Community Council President, and charged him with grand larceny. Hetzer was working as an escrow agent in an estate sale in 2008 and pocketed the escrow money
Resorts World Casino in Ozone Park has outpaced every other casino in the entire nation in slot machine revenue. The company announced $57.5 million of revenue in May, outpacing Connecticut’s second place Mohegan Sun at $55.4 million. They trumpeted their contribution to the state, paying about $40 million of May’s revenues as taxes.
