24-Year-Old Queens Man Arrested for Punching 75-Year-Old Woman in the Face in Unprovoked Attack

May. 4, 2025 By Adam Daly & Barbara Russo-Lennon

Overcast skies did not stop over 30,000 bicyclists from taking part in the country’s largest charitable bike tour on Sunday. 

May. 4, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

More cyclists and pedestrians are out and about as the spring weather heats up in New York — but the risk of collisions is also increasing with more traffic on the streets. 

May. 4, 2025 By amNewYork

The Trump administration is once again under fire for targeting the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), a lifeline for thousands of 9/11 responders and survivors.

May. 4, 2025 By Claude Solnik

More than 500 former residents, relatives, people with disabilities, advocates, officials and others marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of a document that led to the closure of the infamous Willowbrook State School and ushered in a new era.

May. 3, 2025 amNewYork

As National Pet Week begins across the country, the ASPCA is spotlighting its newest Community Veterinary Clinic in Long Island City as a model for increasing access to pet care in underserved neighborhoods.

The Queens clinic, which opened in September 2024 near Queens Plaza, is the third ASPCA-operated location in New York City, joining similar facilities in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Since its launch, the clinic has become a vital resource for pet owners in western Queens neighborhoods including Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside and Jackson Heights, offering free and low-cost veterinary care to eligible families.

A Jamaica man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in Queens Supreme Court on Friday for the 2022 murders of his girlfriend, her son, and her cousin.

Travis Blake, 31, of 155th Street, was convicted by a jury last month of first-degree murder and other counts for the triple slaying in June 2022. The bodies of his victims were discovered with an array of puncture and blunt force wounds in a state of decomposition in their shared Jamaica home.

May. 2, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams on Friday accused the city Campaign Finance Board of “poisoning the atmosphere” by releasing a letter via Freedom of Information Law this week notifying him that it has reason to believe his 2021 mayoral campaign broke the law.

May. 2, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Hard Rock International Chairman and CEO Jim Allen addressed hundreds of Queens-based vendors and small business owners Thursday morning at the Queens Theatre, outlining how they could play a key role in shaping the proposed $8 billion Metropolitan Park casino and entertainment complex near Citi Field—if the project is awarded one of the three downstate gaming licenses up for grabs later this year.

May 2, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Council Member Julie Won has announced the return of movies in the park in Council District 26, with six free family-friendly movie events set to take place across Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside throughout May and June.