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May 24, 2024 | 
rockawave.com | Celia Bernhardt |Charlie Finnerty
Cassandra Johnson, the Democratic Party-endorsed candidate for Surrogate’s Court judge, describes her own work as a judge with a sharp focus on mediation, relationships, and the overall emotional state of a courtroom. “If I treat everyone like there’s a relationship that needs to be dealt with, then I can talk to people differently,” Johnson said.
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May 16, 2024 | 
nygroove.nyc | Charlie Finnerty
48th St. is as quiet as any other Queens residential block might be at 11 p.m. on a Friday night. Aside from a middle-aged man grabbing a late night case of beer from a corner deli and the fluorescent flood lights washing over Bryant High School, the whole neighborhood is asleep. But in the back room of an old Irish pub only a block away, Astoria’s house-techno scene is beginning to thrive.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
licjournal.com | Charlie Finnerty
By Charlie FinnertyReality House, Inc., a substance abuse and addiction treatment center in Astoria, are expanding their residential in-patient facility on Astoria Blvd. from 30 beds to 60 and opened a new outpatient office. Specializing in reintegration, Reality House takes a community-based approach to help individuals secure housing, employment and other essential needs to rebuild their life after struggling with addiction.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
licjournal.com | Charlie Finnerty
by Charlie FinnertyThe Astoria Welfare Society hosted an iftar dinner at Al-Amin Mosque at sundown March 31. Local muslim communities, neighbors and asylum seekers broke fast alongside Queens County Civil Court Judge Soma Syed, Consul General of Bangladesh in New York Md. Najmul Huda. Attendees joined in prayer, nasheed song and ate food provided by Astoria Welfare Society.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
queensledger.com | Celia Bernhardt |Charlie Finnerty
By Celia Bernhardt and Charlie Finnerty | [email protected]The first day of the spring semester at Queens College saw a crowd of at least 100 picketing outside of Kiely Hall in response to last minute layoffs of over 20 faculty. The Jan. 25 rally was organized by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) union after administrative leadership at the college informed department chairs and deans that they would not reappoint over 20 full-time substitute faculty for the spring semester.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
foresthillstimes.com | Charlie Finnerty
Hits: 1by Charlie FinnertyAlan Mann has been in Queens real estate for two decades, focusing on the neighborhoods he has known since growing up in Elmhurst. As a true expert in Queens real estate, he knows just about every home in the area and now shares his experience and knowledge in his weekly “Every Mann’s Real Estate” video series where he does bite-sized deep dives into the industry.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
queensledger.com | Charlie Finnerty
By Charlie Finnerty | [email protected]The ownership of Morscher’s Pork Store announced the beloved butcher shop will close its doors February 3 after nearly 70 years serving Ridgewood. Co-owner Herb Morscher said the decision to close is a result of his business partner Siegfried Strahl, who owns the building, raising the rent nearly four times over when their current lease expires in March. Morscher has worked at the shop since 1981 when he was 15 years old.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
foresthillstimes.com | Charlie Finnerty
Hits: 3By Charlie Finnerty | [email protected]Ridgewood community members, business owners and city service workers from various city agencies held an event Oct. 26 to provide information and instructions on best practices to control the neighborhood’s rat population and educate about the city’s anti-rodent initiatives under the Adams administration. City employees demonstrated rat baiting methods and green space management techniques to prevent burrows from forming.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
queensledger.com | Charlie Finnerty
By Charlie Finnerty | [email protected]Workers and contractors at Amazon warehouse DBK4 at 55-15 Grand Ave in Maspeth staged a demonstration Saturday asserting their right to unionize and alleging that illegal union-busting tactics had been used at the facility. Workers led a picket line outside and delivered signed petitions to management which declared their intent to establish a union and detailed the allegations of unfair labor practices.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
queensledger.com | Charlie Finnerty
By Charlie Finnerty | [email protected]New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member James F. Gennaro announced a $5 million allocation of capital funds to John Bowne High School’s agricultural program in a press conference at the Flushing school on Monday, November 20. The agricultural program dates back to 1917 when young New Yorkers were recruited to fill positions on farms upstate when workers were recruited to fight in World War I.
