Mar. 21, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Mar. 21, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The New York State Senate has passed Senate Bill S.1194-A, a bill aimed at improving consumer protection and promoting transparency in utility pricing. 

Mar. 21, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Mayor Eric Adams has announced the start of the public review ULURP process for the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan, an ambitious proposal to rezone a significant portion of Downtown Jamaica and deliver thousands of homes and thousands of jobs to an area that has faced decades of disinvestment.

Mar. 21, 2025 By Athena Dawson

As spring arrives, New York City residents are invited to take part in a seasonal tradition that supports urban greening and environmental awareness.

Mar. 21, 2025 By Dean Moses

A parolee who spent nearly two decades in prison for raping a young girl in Brooklyn was arrested in Queens Thursday on public lewdness and sex abuse charges.

Mar. 21, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) has launched a one-year Overnight Truck Parking Pilot, providing regulated, metered parking for commercial trucks in industrial business zones on 56^th Road from 43^rd Street to 49^th Street in Maspeth.

Forbes Travel Guide named LaGuardia Airport as the nation’s best airport in October based on a survey of 5,000 hospitality and travel experts and the guide’s most well-traveled fliers.

On Tuesday, Port Authority executive director Rick Cotton accepted the Verified Air Travel Award in the recently completed Terminal C. The award is the latest in a long list of accolades given to LaGuardia throughout the course of the airport’s $8 billion transformation project that began in 2016.

Mar. 20, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Assembly Member Steven Raga has helped secure $750 million in funding for the preservation of Mitchell-Lama housing in the New York State Legislature’s “One-House” state budget proposals.

Mar. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Queens locals interested in exploring possible Irish heritage can enter a free DNA test competition. 

Mar. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson

The United States Postal Service (USPS) held an unveiling ceremony for a stamp of the late civil rights icon, Hon. Constance Baker Motley. 

Mar. 20, 2025 By Colum Motherway and Athena Dawson

New York City’s new trash bin laws, which mandate that all residential waste be placed in secure containers, have encountered a rocky start, filled with confusion, complaints and logistical hurdles. 

Mar. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Hundreds of seniors gathered at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday morning to protest a proposed $102 million budget cut to the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA)—a reduction that advocates warn could lead to the closure of up to 90 senior centers across the city.

Mar. 19, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Vincent “Vinny” Riso, the senior principal of the Bayside-based construction company the Briarwood Organization, died on Monday, March 17. He was 90 years old.

Mar. 19, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The Queens Public Library (QPL) has been recognized as one of the top midsize employers in the United States, ranking 46th on Forbes’ 2025 list of America’s Best Midsize Employers.

Mar. 19, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Young performers from across the tri-state area, including talented acts from Queens, will take the stage at Radio City Music Hall on April 8 for the annual Garden of Dreams Talent Show, a heartwarming showcase that gives children facing adversity a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform at the iconic venue. 

Mar. 19, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Queens residents with a passion for the arts can celebrate National Poetry Month at St. John’s University, which is hosting a series of readings and lectures on its Queens campus in April.

Mar. 19, 2025 By sobrien

March 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Mar. 19, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Robin Russell-French, the owner of the infamous “space shuttle” bus that was parked on Starr Street in Ridgewood, has explained why he could not move the vehicle and why he is now planning legal action after his bus was severely damaged during its recent removal. 

Four men—two from southeast Queens, one from Long Island, and another from New Jersey—along with three companies, have been indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly orchestrating a deed fraud scheme that led to the theft of homes in Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica Estates, and Queens Village.

Carl Avinger, 42, of 202nd Street in St. Albans, Lawrence T. Ray, 38, of 127th Avenue in Jamaica, and Autumn Valeri, 41, of Commack, and Torey Guice, 40, of Roselle, NJ, surrendered to the Queens District Attorney’s detectives on Tuesday morning and were arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on a 47-count indictment charging them with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, conspiracy, and other related crimes for allegedly stealing the homes from their rightful owners.

Mar. 19, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Lewis added that the recognition represents LIJ Forest Hills Hospital’s commitment and dedication to providing safe, high-quality care to all patients. “Delivering the highest standard of healthcare while ensuring patient safety remains our top priority,” she said.

Mar. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

State Sen. John Liu has warned that thousands of Medicaid patients may face disruptions to critical at-home care if the state legislature does not extend the April 1 deadline allowing patients and caregivers to transition to statewide fiscal intermediary Public Partnerships, LLC.

Mar. 18, 2025 By Paulina Albarracin

Over 250 runners kicked off the St. Patrick’s Day festivities at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on Sunday, Mar. 2, with The Queens St. Patrick’s 5K and Half Marathon. An additional five participants completed the virtual 5K.

Mar. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Smyth, a United Federation of Teachers political strategist, has raised the most money in the district so far from private sources, $77,292, in addition to $125,605 in public funds from the city’s Matching Funds Program, for a total of over $200,000 in the hotly contested race.

Endeavor Air operated a Delta Airlines connection flight that crashed and flipped upside down when its wing struck the runway during a landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, Feb. 17. All 80 people onboard survived the crash, but 21 were injured.

Mar. 18, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Ridgewood Savings Bank is celebrating its inclusion in the Monopoly Queens Edition, a special version of the iconic board game that honors the borough of Queens.