Residents rally to call for end to human trafficking, prostitution in Flushing
A group of New Yorkers are demanding change to end human trafficking and prostitution along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.
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A group of New Yorkers are demanding change to end human trafficking and prostitution along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.
The city's "Operation Restore Roosevelt" multi-agency crackdown has aimed to address community concerns.
We've been reporting on alleged illegal activity plaguing Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, and Tuesday, the city announced its months-long crackdown has resulted in double-digit crime reductions. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis went to the busy corridor to see if residents and businesses have noticed a difference.
The NYPD released new data Wednesday showing crime is down by double digits along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens after their crackdown on sex trafficking, drugs and gang activity in the area. CBS News New York's Derick Waller reports.
Community leaders in Queens are begging the NYPD to extend its three-month crime crackdown along Roosevelt Avenue. CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner reports.
Gunmen opened fire inside of a busy barbershop on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens Friday. The shooting was caught on surveillance video, which shows barbers and customers ducking for cover and running.
Queens elected officials and community leaders on Wednesday announced a new seven-point plan to crack down on crime and clean up Roosevelt Avenue.
Queens elected officials and community leaders announced a seven-point plan to crack down on crime and clean up Roosevelt Avenue. CBS News New York's Natalie Duddridge spoke with community members about the new safety initiative.
Residents and lawmakers are calling for a new street design and improved enforcement to rid the impacted neighborhoods of sex trafficking and other illegal activity.
CBS News New York's Derick Waller got an exclusive look inside the NYPD's major crackdown on sex trafficking in Queens and learned more about a possible connection to a Venezuelan gang.
There's backlash a week after the New York City Police Department launched an operation to crack down on illegal brothels, sex trafficking and unlicensed vendors along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens. Immigrant advocacy groups tell CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner they want resources, not police raids.
"Every time I remember my town, I remember the food," co-owner Alonso Guzman told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"Every time I remember my town, I remember the food," co-owner Alonso Guzman told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
A dispute inside of a Queens spa ended with a man being beaten over the head with a metal travel cup.
Police are looking for a man who nearly killed a transgender woman in a beating in Queens.
The incident happened around 1:15 p.m.
A group of Mets fans has its own slogan this season, a message directed at the club's owners. When the team arrived at Citi Field for Monday's home opener, it was greeted by two new billboards just outside the ballpark.
Police have arrested one suspect, and were still looking for another Friday, in a string of thefts from businesses in Queens and Brooklyn.
Police on Wednesday were seeking two women in connection with a string of thefts from businesses in Queens and Brooklyn.
Minutes after putting out the blaze, firefighters found the bodies of two males and one female inside the apartment.
Police on Wednesday released a new photo of a suspect now wanted in 13 bank robberies, from Lower Manhattan to the Bronx and Queens.
Police on Thursday were asking the public to help them find a suspect in an attempted rape last month in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Police on Thursday released a sketch of a suspect in an attack that left a 56-year-old man dead in Woodside, Queens.
A 56-year-old man has died three days after police said he was attacked early Saturday in Woodside, Queens.
Police on Wednesday were asking the public to help identify a suspect wanted in a string of bank robberies from Lower Manhattan to the Bronx and Queens.
