Taxi Scheme At JFK Airport + Store Openings Lag | Queens Top Stories

Also: A two-alarm residence fire in Whitestone leaves 11 injured, officials said. | An elderly man is missing in Astoria.

Posted Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 4:26 pm ET

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Daniel Abayev and Peter Leyman, both 48, were arrested after they hacked the taxi dispatch system at JFK Airport.

Forest Hills has 75 national chain retailers in 2022, the same amount of stores the neighborhood had when the pandemic hit the city.

The fire broke out just after 6:20 a.m., bringing several units and firefighters to the two-story residence, officials said.

Kevin Rizo, 33, was sentenced to 17 years in prison after he pretended to be a girl on social media to obtain nude photos, prosecutors said.

Police asked for help finding 70-year-old Panagiotis Mouhlizis, who was last seen on Crescent Street this week.

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