RIDGEWOOD, Queens (WABC) Police busted nearly 150 people at a party in an unlicensed club inside a warehouse in Queens on Saturday.
Around 1:40 a.m. deputy sheriffs found a large group of people inside the warehouse, located on 11-33 Irving Ave. in Ridgewood.
03/06/21 @ 0140 HRS: Deputy Sheriffs shut down unlicensed bar/club inside warehouse @ 11-33 Irving Ave, Queens, 142+ people, violation of emergency orders, no liquor license, health code violations, blocked egress, no certificate of occupancy, 3 charged with various misdemeanors. pic.twitter.com/L51Tb8Sdeb NYC SHERIFF (@NYCSHERIFF) March 6, 2021
The occupants were in violation of emergency orders, and the club had no liquor license as well as various health code violations, a blocked entrance, and no certificate of occupancy.
The struggling transit system has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement, MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye said the funding is critical to bring back riders. Critically, it will also further offset COVID s impact and help protect against devastating service cuts and layoffs in the years ahead where we still face deficits, MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye said in a statement.
The MTA has warned that if it does not receive federal funding, drastic cuts to service may be inevitable. So now that the trains and buses will continue to run with the federal aid there s really no excuse at all to cut services, Riders Alliance s Danny Pearlstein. There s been some discussion, oh we should cut back here, we should cut back there, but in fact three million people are depending on the service right now.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) New York City s goal is to fully vaccinate 5 million New Yorkers by June.
That s what Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday afternoon during a celebration of a new vaccination site in the Bronx. Bronx is going to help lead the way, lead the way in the recovery of New York City, he said.
When the Co-Op City site reaches full strength, de Blasio says 1,000 will be vaccinated every day in the community. What a difference maker that will be, he said.
According to the mayor, Co-Op City is one of the first places to do homebound senior vaccinations.