A 10-year-old boy had a hero moment after his sister was taken out of school by a stranger. The stranger walked into the Public School 189 Bilingual Center in Brooklyn, New York, around 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, Pix 11 learned. The man took a 6-year-old girl by the hand and walked out of […]

By Barry Bassis NEW YORK—Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) originally thought of calling his 1853 opera “The Gypsy,” but instead kept the title of the play on which it was based, “Il Trovatore” (“The Troubadour”). While the troubadour is the romantic hero of the work, it is the gypsy Azucena, in her obsessive quest for vengeance, who pushes […]

New York – In recent years, fentanyl analogs have been increasingly found pressed into pill form to resemble name-brand prescription opioids, and in heroin and cocaine being sold in New York State. Compared to 30 milligrams of heroin, just three milligrams of fentanyl can be fatal. A preliminary analysis conducted by the Department of Health […]

New York – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the influenza epidemic continued to increase across New York State over the past week, with 11,683 laboratory-confirmed influenza cases reported to the New York State Department of Health, and 2,221 New Yorkers hospitalized with confirmed influenza. These numbers are again the highest weekly numbers in both […]

Flushing, NY- Today, Assemblymember Ron Kim hosted members of the Korean-American business community for a day of advocacy in Albany. Representatives of various community and business organizations visited on behalf of their members and the wider Korean American business community of New York. Citing a decline in small businesses across a diverse array of industries, […]

Queens, New York – Council Members Peter Koo, Barry Grodenchik and Paul Vallone today joined with Korean American groups to present a City Council Citation celebrating the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Officials presented the citation to the Korean American Association of Queens and the Murray Hill Merchants Association. CM Koo stated, “Hosting […]

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of the two unidentified females who are seen in the video in regards to a robbery within the confines of the 103rd Precinct. According to NYPD, It was reported to police that on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at 1515 […]

Flushing, NY – The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual depicted in the attached photographs who is wanted for questioning in connection to a commercial burglary that occurred within the confines of the 109th Precinct. According to NYPD, it was reported to police that on Thursday, […]

New York, NY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo today activated 130 National Guard personnel and equipment to be ready to deploy to support localities with ice jam flooding due to warm temperatures and rain in rivers and streams across the state. With warmer temperatures and rainfall forecasted for much of the state today, the potential exists for […]

Flushing, NY – Council Member Peter Koo and the Lower East Side Ecology Center today announced an upcoming e-waste recycling event at the Queens Botanical Garden on Sunday, January 28th. The collected materials will be either reused or recycled in a local, safe, and sustainable manner. Residents and small businesses will be able to drop […]

Fresh Meadows, NY – New York City Council Member Peter Koo today joined students and faculty from PS 177Q (The Robin Sue Ward School For Exceptional Children) at a dedication ceremony for the school’s newly renovated auditorium. Over the past four years, CM Koo has secured for the school nearly $1 million in capital funding, […]

New York, NY – On Thursday night, Assemblymember Ron Kim met with the Ambassador and Consulate General of Japan in NewYork, Reiichiro Takahashi, for dinner at the latter’s residence. The two reflected on their offices’ prior efforts to strengthen relations between New York and Japan, particularly in the commercial sector. Their ongoing collaboration began in […]

Queens, New York—Queens Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia of Department of Transportation (DOT) joined State Senator Tony Avella and City Council Member Paul Vallone in Bay Terrace, Queens today to unveil improvements that will make the movement of traffic more efficient at the intersection of 26th Avenue and Corporal Kennedy Street. “This signal is now activated […]

Albany, NY—New York State Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-40) has accepted a new position in the Assembly as Vice Chair of the Majority Conference. He becomes the first Assemblymember from Assembly District 40 to attain such a leadership post, and is one of the few to do so in only his third term in the Assembly. […]

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that it will team up with school groups, business leaders, environmental advocates, local nonprofits and watershed citizens to remove litter and recyclables from public recreation areas at eight water supply reservoirs in the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Hundreds of volunteers are expected to participate […]

Flushing, NY – Today, New York State Assemblymember Ron Kim invited nearly a dozen orphaned middle school and high school students from South Korea to visit his office. They were visiting the US for a Leadership Training Conference planned by Goahead Mission, a non-profit group dedicated to the welfare of parentless children throughout the world. […]

Flushing, NY – Council Member Peter Koo and the Flushing Business Improvement District today announced the addition of two new sanitation workers in downtown Flushing. The workers will join a BID crew of 9 other sanitation workers and will provide additional sanitation services for the Downtown Flushing Transit Hub Business Improvement District, providing an additional […]

New York – Downtown Progressive Democrats (DPD) announced that the club’s membership has voted to endorse Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh’s campaign for State Senate. Kavanagh is running to represent the Senate District recently vacated by Daniel Squadron, which spans parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The endorsement by DPD, an important Democratic political club in Lower Manhattan, is […]

QUEENS, NY – Members of United Federation of Teachers hosted a rally today in front of J.H.S.189 in Flushing to support Councilman Peter Koo(D-20th District) for re-election. Dermot Smyth, Political Action Coordinator of UFT, said, “The UFT supports candidates who support our public schools, their students, and their families. That is why we are endorsing […]

SEWARD PARK—Today, New York City Council Member Margaret S. Chin joined with Manhattan Borough Parks Commissioner Bill Castro to unveil newly reconstructed basketball courts at Seward Park. Council Member Chin said, “I am proud to have played a role in the restoration of one of our City’s most prized parks. By partnering with our neighbors […]

LOWER EAST SIDE—At a candidate forum held at Manny Cantor Center last night, Councilwoman Margaret Chin made a direct appeal to voters for another term in the City Council so that she can continue her efforts to protect immigrants, provide more opportunities for young people, and take care of community’s growing number of seniors. Councilwoman […]

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the State University of New York will host a statewide collection drive online and at SUNY Plaza in Albany to aid in relief and recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey. Cash donations will be converted into needed supplies and delivered to Texas aboard SUNY Maritime’s training vessel, the Empire State VI.  “New […]

More than 124,000 People Attended the Fair Monday, Smashing Two Attendance Records 1.16 Million People Attend Revitalized Fair, Setting Five Records New York—Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the Great New York State Fair concluded a successful year by breaking two records on its final day. Labor Day attendance of 124,819 not only set the […]

Queens, NY—As the New York State Legislature’s 2017 Legislative Session came to an end in June, a piece of legislation (S4833-A/A7554-A) introduced by Senator Tony Avella (S.D. 11) and Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi (A.D. 28) to amend the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KinGAP) to expand the definition of “relative guardian” to include additional adults with […]