# Adam Daly — RSS Amplifier Everything Adam Daly publishes, across 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [QEDC invites Queens small businesses to apply for $1,000 ‘flash grants’](https://qns.com/2026/08/qedc-queens-small-businesses-flash-grants/) _2026-08-20 · News – QNS_ The Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) is inviting small businesses across Queens to apply for $1,000 “flash grants” to cover operational expenses and “nagging problems.” QEDC has teamed up with Maspeth Federal Savings to provide five $1,000 grants to businesses across the borough to cover expenses such as fixing a broken air conditioner, repairing an... Read More ## [QEDC invites Queens small businesses to apply for $1,000 ‘flash grants’](https://qns.com/2026/08/qedc-queens-small-businesses-flash-grants/) _2026-08-20 · QNS_ The Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) is inviting small businesses across Queens to apply for $1,000 “flash grants” to cover operational expenses and “nagging problems.” QEDC has teamed up with Maspeth Federal Savings to provide five $1,000 grants to businesses across the borough to cover expenses such as fixing a broken air conditioner, repairing an... Read More ## [NYC Sheriff’s Office padlocks two storefronts along 30th Avenue in Astoria for selling illicit cannabis products, untaxed cigarettes](https://qns.com/2026/08/nyc-sheriffs-office-padlocks-storefronts-astoria/) _2026-08-20 · News – QNS_ Officers from the NYC Sheriff’s Joint Compliance Task Force (SJCTF) padlocked two convenience stores on 30th Avenue in Astoria after raids during the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 12 for selling illicit cannabis products and untaxed cigarettes. With the assistance of the Queens District Attorney’s Office and the New York State Police, the SJCTF executed a... Read More ## [NYC Sheriff’s Office padlocks two storefronts along 30th Avenue in Astoria for selling illicit cannabis products, untaxed cigarettes](https://qns.com/2026/08/nyc-sheriffs-office-padlocks-storefronts-astoria/) _2026-08-20 · QNS_ Officers from the NYC Sheriff’s Joint Compliance Task Force (SJCTF) padlocked two convenience stores on 30th Avenue in Astoria after raids during the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 12 for selling illicit cannabis products and untaxed cigarettes. With the assistance of the Queens District Attorney’s Office and the New York State Police, the SJCTF executed a... Read More ## [NYC reports first West Nile case of the year amid increased mosquito activity](https://www.amny.com/lifestyle/health/nyc-first-west-nile-case-mosquito/) _2026-08-19 · QNS_ New York City has reported its first case of West Nile virus this year amid increased virus activity in mosquitoes across all five boroughs, health officials said Wednesday. The city Health Department said the infected person lives in Manhattan and had spent time outdoors both in the city and at several locations outside of… Read More ## [Arturo O’Farill, Vincent Hsu team up for ‘Spirit of Both Sides’ at Flushing Town Hall](https://qns.com/2026/08/arturo-ofarill-vincent-hsu-fth-spirit-both-sides/) _2026-08-19 · QNS_ Arturo O’Farill and Vincent Hsu joined forces to showcase their love for jazz on Sunday, Aug. 16, at Flushing Town Hall. Titled “Spirit from Both Sides,” the event brought Afro-Cuban Jazz and Afro-Taiwanese Jazz Orchestra together, blending two culturally distinct sounds and creating a vivid night of music and dance. Arturo O’Farill is a six-time... Read More ## [Maryland man sentenced for execution-style murder of a Queens drug dealer in Bayside: Feds](https://qns.com/2026/08/man-sentenced-murder-queens-drug-dealer-bayside/) _2026-08-19 · News – QNS_ A Baltimore man was sentenced to nearly three decades in federal prison Wednesday for the murder of a Queens drug dealer in Bayside in the summer of 2024. Marcus “Nacho” Pittman, 31, pleaded guilty on Dec. 10, 2025, to causing death through the use of a firearm, in connection with his participation in an armed robbery and kidnapping... Read More ## [Maryland man sentenced for execution-style murder of a Queens drug dealer in Bayside: Feds](https://qns.com/2026/08/man-sentenced-murder-queens-drug-dealer-bayside/) _2026-08-19 · QNS_ A Baltimore man was sentenced to nearly three decades in federal prison Wednesday for the murder of a Queens drug dealer in Bayside in the summer of 2024. Marcus “Nacho” Pittman, 31, pleaded guilty on Dec. 10, 2025, to causing death through the use of a firearm, in connection with his participation in an armed robbery and kidnapping... Read More ## [MTA risks falling short of its 2040 zero-emission bus fleet goal, state comptroller audit finds](https://www.amny.com/news/mta-risks-2040-zero-emission-bus-fleet-goal/) _2026-08-19 · News – QNS_ The MTA risks falling short of its 2040 goal to make its bus fleet 100% zero emission, according to a new audit from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office released Wednesday. The audit found that the MTA's progress toward replacing its nearly 5,800 mostly-diesel bus fleet with entirely zero emission vehicles has hit a few… Read More ## [MTA risks falling short of its 2040 zero-emission bus fleet goal, state comptroller audit finds](https://www.amny.com/news/mta-risks-2040-zero-emission-bus-fleet-goal/) _2026-08-19 · QNS_ The MTA risks falling short of its 2040 goal to make its bus fleet 100% zero emission, according to a new audit from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office released Wednesday. The audit found that the MTA's progress toward replacing its nearly 5,800 mostly-diesel bus fleet with entirely zero emission vehicles has hit a few… Read More ## [Open this .onion address (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ueNBaIAYysho) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Access 7btj5kisrpopxjkhmcugbiygfk2xd6op3ta7whfrmxxrldyrlh5b5zad.onion using a Tor browser. ## [Photos | Commonpoint celebrates 100th birthdays of two Holocaust survivors in Little Neck](https://qns.com/2026/08/commonpoint-100th-birthdays-holocaust-survivors/) _2026-08-19 · News – QNS_ The human services organization Commonpoint celebrated the 100th birthdays of two members of its Holocaust Survivor community, George Schiffman and Judith Wohlberg, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the Commonpoint Sam Field Center, located at 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. in Little Neck. The celebration brought together their families and friends, as well as community members and... Read More ## [Photos | Commonpoint celebrates 100th birthdays of two Holocaust survivors in Little Neck](https://qns.com/2026/08/commonpoint-100th-birthdays-holocaust-survivors/) _2026-08-19 · QNS_ The human services organization Commonpoint celebrated the 100th birthdays of two members of its Holocaust Survivor community, George Schiffman and Judith Wohlberg, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the Commonpoint Sam Field Center, located at 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. in Little Neck. The celebration brought together their families and friends, as well as community members and... Read More ## [CM Wong calls for more resources for NYC Parks Forestry services amid reported uptick in collapsed trees](https://qns.com/2026/08/wong-nyc-parks-forestry-collapsed-trees/) _2026-08-19 · News – QNS_ Council Member Phil Wong is calling on the City Council to provide more staffing and resources for NYC Parks Forestry services amid a reported uptick in complaints over dead trees and dangerous limbs in the 30th Council District. Wong said tree issues are among the most common complaints that his office receives, pointing to the... Read More ## [CM Wong calls for more resources for NYC Parks Forestry services amid reported uptick in collapsed trees](https://qns.com/2026/08/wong-nyc-parks-forestry-collapsed-trees/) _2026-08-19 · QNS_ Council Member Phil Wong is calling on the City Council to provide more staffing and resources for NYC Parks Forestry services amid a reported uptick in complaints over dead trees and dangerous limbs in the 30th Council District. Wong said tree issues are among the most common complaints that his office receives, pointing to the... Read More ## [Crook snatches pricey necklace from elderly woman in Astoria: NYPD](https://qns.com/2026/08/crook-snatches-necklace-astoria/) _2026-08-19 · News – QNS_ Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for a young chain-snatcher who targeted an elderly woman on a residential street during the evening of Thursday, Aug. 13. The 81-year-old victim was walking in front of a home at 33-22 29th St. at 8 p.m. when she was approached by a stranger who allegedly... Read More ## [Crook snatches pricey necklace from elderly woman in Astoria: NYPD](https://qns.com/2026/08/crook-snatches-necklace-astoria/) _2026-08-19 · QNS_ Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for a young chain-snatcher who targeted an elderly woman on a residential street during the evening of Thursday, Aug. 13. The 81-year-old victim was walking in front of a home at 33-22 29th St. at 8 p.m. when she was approached by a stranger who allegedly... Read More ## [Ariola welcomes Council vote to approve Office of Insurance Accountability](https://qns.com/2026/08/ariola-council-vote-insurance-accountability/) _2026-08-19 · News – QNS_ Council Member Joann Ariola has welcomed the City Council’s vote to approve legislation creating a new Office of Insurance Accountability, which she said would help set standards in the industry and prevent companies from having “free rein to charge whatever they want.” The Council voted 42-0 to approve Intro 685 last week, which will create... Read More ## [Ariola welcomes Council vote to approve Office of Insurance Accountability](https://qns.com/2026/08/ariola-council-vote-insurance-accountability/) _2026-08-19 · QNS_ Council Member Joann Ariola has welcomed the City Council’s vote to approve legislation creating a new Office of Insurance Accountability, which she said would help set standards in the industry and prevent companies from having “free rein to charge whatever they want.” The Council voted 42-0 to approve Intro 685 last week, which will create... Read More ## [Queens man arrested for assaulting man in the Bronx that led to vehicle running over and killing him](https://www.amny.com/new-york/bronx/queens-man-arrested-assault-vehicle/) _2026-08-18 · News – QNS_ Police say they arrested a suspect who beat a man so severely he was left on a Bronx roadway earlier this month, where he was fatally run over by two vehicles, including an NYPD vehicle. According to police sources, cops took 39-year-old Luis Torres of Queens into custody last Thursday by the NYPD warrant… Read More ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/typaxNEowjbY) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [Mamdani administration skips pied-à-terre tax rollout hearing as Council members fume over unanswered questions](https://www.amny.com/politics/mamdani-admin-skips-pied-a-terre-tax-hearing/) _2026-08-18 · News – QNS_ Five days after Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was confident his officials could juggle a City Council hearing with an ongoing lawsuit over the pied-à-terre tax rollout, his administration declined to show up Tuesday, leaving lawmakers to air questions without anyone from City Hall there to answer them. In written testimony submitted instead, Department… Read More