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Five white children were injured on April 14 when they were attacked by a gang of 15 to 20 minority teens at the Shore Front Parkway playground where they were sitting on the swings, parents say. Police officials corroborated the attack to The Wave and added that they are looking for several teens in connection with the attack. More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer has announced that the Assembly passed a package of gun safety bills that will help law enforcement officers track down illegal guns, keep guns out of the hands of felons and children, and ban advanced weaponry used to kill police officers. More ... A dilapidated building located on Beach 90 Street, adjacent to Rockaway Freeway, has become a community eyesore. What was once the Greenrose Café and a church is now a rat infested, garbage dump. Although the building is boarded up, the door is open. The fenced-in lot has partial fencing, is filled with trash, and houses abandoned vehicles. More ... A Far Rockaway teenager has been charged in connection with a Chinese food takeout robbery that occurred on the afternoon of April 6. More ... Police officers from the 101 Precinct responding to a call of "shots fired" at the Ocean Bay Houses in Arverne last Monday night ran right into a shootout between two men with a beef against each other, police sources say. "On Monday, two of our officers came across two males discharging their firearms at each other in front of 54-71 [Almeda Avenue]. The two officers got in between it," Captain Brian McMahon, the precinct's commanding officer, told The Wave. "{The cops] let some rounds go at the perpetrator, but he was able to escape." More ... A rainstorm last Saturday didn't stop the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, the Department of Environmental Protection, friends, neighbors and PS 43 students from doing plantings, designing a sculpture garden and last minute cleanups off Beach 29 Street and the boardwalk, in preparation for Rockaway Earth Day celebrations on May 3. More ... The downturn in the housing market and the tenor of the overall economic environment have forced the developers to slow the pace of the Arverne East's development, a spokesperson for the developers told members of Community Board 14 last week. More ... Democratic District Leader Frank Gulluscio, a mainland resident, announced his candidacy for the City Council seat now held by his friend, Joseph Addabbo, Jr., at a gala held last week. Addabbo is term-limited in the 2009 election and has reportedly decided to run against incumbent State Senator Serphan Maltese for his mainland seat. Gulluscio is the District Manager for Community Board 6. Pictured, Rockaway resident Jate Doremus with Gulluscio and Doremus' wife, Sandy, who works in Rockaway for Addabbo. More ... Police officers from the 100 Precinct in Rockaway Park, executing a search warrant, arrested an Arverne man on April 11 and seized more than 90 bags of marijuana. More ... Buildings Commissioner Patricia J. Lancaster, FAIA, has announced the completion of the Buildings Department's citywide safety inspection sweep of tower cranes, the type of crane involved in the March 15th collapse at 303 East 51st Street in Manhattan. More ... Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan coalition of more than 300 mayors, today announced the results of a new poll that reveals that Americans see stopping gun violence as one of their most important goals. Further, the survey found that there is strong support for common sense initiatives to cut down on gun violence. More ... U.S. Representative Anthony D. Weiner announced a new bill to create "Auto-file," an optional nationwide program to pre-fill tax forms for millions of Americans. The optional program could save taxpayers $2 billion in tax preparatory fees and over 225 million hours filling out tax returns. More ... City Councilman James Sanders says that he wants nothing but justice in the Sean Bell case. Sanders, who represents Far Rockaway, believes strongly, however, that justice in the case of three police officers who were indicted in the shooting of Bell and his friends, demands that they be found guilty by Judge Arthur Cooperman. More ... Smith greets workers State Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith joined Local 100 President Roger Toussaint and other state lawmakers on Monday, April 14, at the state Capitol in Albany. The Transport Workers Union workers are advocating for enhanced healthcare benefits and for legislation improving retirement health benefits. More ... Police arrested three Rockaway residents last week, when their minivan was pulled over during a routine traffic stop, and cops discovered that the car was full of strange and exotic weapons. During the search, police say, a loaded firearm was found strapped to one of the defendants. More ... State Senator Malcolm A. Smith has joined local elected officials as they praised the City's announcement that it modernization proposal for citywide senior citizen centers. Smith urged New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to find a new course of action to avoid cuts to senior services, including food-delivery to Seniors. More ... State Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith recently announced that the Democratic Conference successfully secured millions to fund education, libraries and economic development. Substantial funding was allocated towards local organizations such as York College and the Southeast Queens Clergy for Community Empowerment. More ... Ann Escobedo Cabral, the Treasurer of the United States, will address Councilman James Sanders and his constituents at the "Rescue Your Home" seminar hosted by the Councilman. The seminar, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. More ... Detectives from the 101 Precinct in Far Rockaway are seeking the public's help in solving the murder of Derrick McNair, 19, a Staten Island resident, whose bullet-riddled and decomposing body was found by a passer-by under a bush on an empty lot at Beach Channel Drive near Beach 45 Street, just after 11 a.m. on February 9. More ... Police say that an unidentified man who was shot in the shoulder on Saturday afternoon at Beach 86 Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard refused to give responding officers a description of the person who shot him, or any other information. The victim, who police say is a 31-year-old local resident, was shot once in his right shoulder. He was transported to the Peninsula Hospital Center, where he was treated and released. Detectives from the 100 Precinct Squad are investigating the shooting. More ... |
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