Aug. 25, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Assembly Member Steven Raga hosted his third annual back-to-school backpack giveaway in Maspeth on Saturday, providing hundreds of local children with free school supplies ahead of the upcoming academic year.

Aug. 25, 2025 By Dean Moses

The NYPD’s Quality of Life Team apprehended an alleged dog abuser in Queens on Sunday, one day after a Good Samaritan stopped him from tying up a pooch with duct tape and attempting to dump it in a park, police reported.

Aug. 25, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane

Tikkun BBQ, in collaboration with the Astoria Horror Club and the 31st Ave Open Street, hosted the finale of their summer 2025 “Community Cookout” series on Saturday, Aug. 23, on 31st Avenue, between 33rd Street and 35th Street in Astoria.

Aug. 25, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Dozens of people celebrated gathered at Queens Borough Hall to celebrate  Jamaica’s 63rd Independence Day on Tuesday, Aug 19. Queens locals donned vibrant outfits in the colors of the Jamaican flag as they enjoyed plates of curry chicken, jerk chicken and rice and peas catered by Truth Restaurant and Lounge.

Aug. 25, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

A record number of 239,307 people took part in the 2025 US Open Fan Week, which ran from Monday, Aug. 18, to Saturday, Aug. 23, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Aug. 25, 2025 By Athena Dawson

JFK’s New Terminal One will be the new home for Qatar Airlines. 

Aug. 25, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas has announced that she has distributed more than 2,500 free backpacks to Queens students across five community giveaways held throughout back-to-school season in August.

Aug. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses

The family of a Queens bartender who suffered severe burns over the weekend during a fire show at a lounge are demanding answers after her skin was left bubbled and melted.

Aug. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses

Cops say they are still investigating after a department patrol car drove over and killed a man not far from the US Open in Queens on Saturday evening.

Aug. 22, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani continued his strong fundraising performance over the past month, having amassed more than $1 million in private, mostly small contributions since mid-July, according to newly updated filings with the city Campaign Finance Board (CFB) on Friday.