#Battle for southeast Queens heats in up mayor’s race

#Battle for southeast Queens heats in up mayor’s race

“#Battle for southeast Queens heats in up mayor’s race” The battle for black voters in the Democratic mayoral primary is heating up in Queens. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, one of the frontrunners in the race, was raised in south Jamaica and is seeking to run as the borough’s favorite son. But he is fending…

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#FDNY firefighter will claim self-defense after bar brawl

#FDNY firefighter will claim self-defense after bar brawl

“#FDNY firefighter will claim self-defense after bar brawl” A New York City firefighter will claim self-defense after allegedly socking a man in the head outside a Queens tavern early Saturday — a punch that may have caused the rival’s death. An attorney for Justin Deieso, 35, of Whitestone, revealed the defense strategy after his client…

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#Steven Madden threatens to ditch Queens headquarters

#Steven Madden threatens to ditch Queens headquarters

“#Steven Madden threatens to ditch Queens headquarters” Steve Madden’s shoe company is ready to walk away from its Queens headquarters — and take 400 workers with it — over a proposed affordable-housing development that will step on the company’s parking. The designer’s eponymous brand uses two buildings on Barnett Avenue in Sunnyside for offices and…

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#Man killed outside NYC housing complex

#Man killed outside NYC housing complex

“#Man killed outside NYC housing complex” A man was shot dead Tuesday outside of a Queens apartment complex where a woman was killed by a stray bullet earlier this month, police said. Elliot Clairborne, 29, was shot several times in front of the Woodside Houses near the intersection of 49th Street and Broadway at about…

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#Woman sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint in Queens

#Woman sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint in Queens

“#Woman sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint in Queens” An armed man sexually assaulted and robbed a 36-year-old woman behind a Queens apartment building last week, police said Monday. The victim was walking near 70th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst when the brute, armed with a gun, approached her and forced her behind a nearby…

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