Nov. 20, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

A group of civic-minded middle school students spearheaded a volunteer effort at the Astoria Park Alliance’s Annual Fall Leaf Fest on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Three alleged squatters were indicted by a Queens grand jury for illegally occupying a vacant St. Albans single-family home, where they used electricity without paying and kept multiple pit bulls in the basement.

True Jackson, 41, Saliam Sudler, 35, and Sania Outar, 24, were arrested Tuesday and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment charging them with criminal trespass, burglary, theft of services and other related crimes.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D-15) is calling on city officials to crack down on illegal vendors in his district.  

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a suspect who subjected a 17-year-old girl to sexual abuse onboard a Q8 MTA bus on the night of Friday, Nov. 15.

As the bus was approaching Sutphin Boulevard and 94th Avenue, just down the block from the Long Island Rail Road Jamaica Station, the stranger approached the girl at around 7 p.m. He allegedly forcibly touched her and then pulled her down onto his lap before running off the bus, police said Tuesday.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

A new Santa Claus experience is coming to Long Island City this winter, offering families an opportunity to book personalized VIP experiences with Santa over the holidays.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

NYC will become the first city in the nation to implement congestion pricing next year. Is it an impactful way to improve air quality in the city while funding critical transit upgrades? Or is it an unnecessary money-grabbing move that will put yet another major dent in the wallets of New Yorkers?

Nov. 20, 2024 QNS News Team

Flushing Council Member Sandra Ung and Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Jessica Tisch toured downtown Flushing on Friday, Nov. 15, to discuss ongoing sanitation issues, including unlicensed street vending and businesses violating stoop line regulations with excessive merchandise displays.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday he would reinstate the last of five NYPD academy classes that he suspended last year due to budget strains related to the migrant crisis.

A South Ozone Park man admitted he set fires to cars in his neighborhood and entered a home where he set a blaze that critically injured two of its occupants on the morning of July 4.

Evan Person, 35, of Linden Boulevard, was indicted by a Queens grand jury for multiple counts of arson, burglary, reckless endangerment, and other related crimes, including endangering the welfare of a child.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Competition among renters in New York City cooled in October 2024 to the degree that 19.7% of listings were offering concessions on rent, marking the highest level in the city since July 2021 at 22.7%, according to a report by the real estate listing site StreetEasy.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki

New York City’s prolonged drought will finally get some relief tonight and tomorrow, as up to 2 inches of rain is expected to soak the Big Apple, according to forecasters.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Colum Motherway

The Friends of Ridgewood Library will host a “Friendsgiving” on Thursday, Nov. 21, in the auditorium at 20-12 Madison St.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry

Two firefighters were injured while battling a two-alarm fire in a two-story detached residential building at 18-32 Steinway St. on Monday night, according to the FDNY.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Several Corona residents and local activists gathered outside an alleged brothel on 111th Street Tuesday afternoon to demand that authorities permanently shutter the establishment.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson

A local nonprofit is hosting an economic initiative for a Black-owned grocery store in Jamaica this Sunday.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Northwest Queens experienced year-over-year increases in October 2024 of new leases being signed for the 13th straight month and of listing inventory for the ninth month in a row, according to a report by the real estate firm Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The East Coast Car Association rolled into Bayside on Sunday, Nov. 17, for its 26th annual Toy Run, bringing a fleet of over 100 cars and motorcycles loaded with toys to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children.

Nov. 19, 2024 By Dean Moses, Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki

Queens cops and an armed robber traded gunfire in a shootout on a busy shopping strip Tuesday night, leaving an officer and an innocent bystander wounded and the suspect dead, police said.

Nov. 19, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

City Council members and transit advocates are once again imploring the Adams administration to open up the Fair Fares transit discount to more low-income New Yorkers.

Nov. 19, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller

A City Council committee is set to vote this Thursday on Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial “City of Yes” package of zoning changes to promote more housing construction in the five boroughs.

The manager and enforcer of a Flushing-based sex trafficking and prostitution ring were convicted on Tuesday by a federal jury in Brooklyn on felony charges, including assault in aid of racketeering and Hobbs Act robbery, following a month-long trial.

The jury found Siyang Chen, 35, of Queens, guilty of sex trafficking conspiracy, several assaults in-aid-of-racketeering, and Hobbs Act conspiracy and convicted Yichu Chen, 22, also of Queens, of the robbery and assault of a sex worker. Siyang Chen has now been convicted on all counts in a superseding indictment with which he was charged. When sentenced, he faces up to life in prison, and Yichu Chen faces up to 20 years in prison.

Nov. 19, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) broke ground on a new 547-seat elementary school in Hunters Point South Monday following an almost decade-long battle for a new school in the neighborhood.

Nov. 19, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

NYC food pantries are becoming flooded with an unexpected clientele: full-time working New Yorkers who still cannot afford to put bread on their tables.

Nov. 19, 2024 By Athena Dawson

As Thanksgiving approaches, local officials, community organizations, and stakeholders are hosting free giveaways to help Queens families celebrate the holiday without financial stress. Here’s a guide to upcoming events offering free meals and holiday support across the borough.

Nov. 19, 2024 By Colum Motherway

The NYPD has recently stepped up its presence across local parks in District 30 at the request of Council Member Robert Holden.