Worker Burned in Possible Explosion in Sunnyside Tuesday

The Woodside man who is accused in the fatal shooting of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller was indicted by a Queens grand jury and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday morning.

Guy Rivera, 34, whose last known address is on Broadway in Woodside, is criminally charged with first-degree murder for gunning down Det. Diller and first-degree attempted murder for attempting to fire at an NYPD sergeant in Far Rockaway on Mar. 25. Rivera, along with co-defendant Lindy Jones of Edgemere, was also indicted on weapons charges.

May. 7, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

A Queens public school teacher is feeling the heat for allegedly posting anti-Israel remarks on her personal social media accounts, possibly while she was at work on school grounds.

May. 7, 2024 By QNS News Team

It is still in the proposal stage, but Metropolitan Park, the $8 billion transformation of 50 acres of asphalt around Citi Field into a sports and entertainment park, already has a vote of approval from nearby business owners.

A Brooklyn man was arrested on Thursday and charged with aggravated sexual abuse and other crimes for attacking a 15-year-old girl at the Halsey Street subway station in Ridgewood nearly three months ago.

Christopher Santana, 31, of Bedford Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant, was taken into custody and booked at the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill in a forcible touching and robbery case that was being investigated by detectives out of the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood.

May. 7, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Stacey Petrower, M.P.A., has been appointed as the new President of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, taking over leadership and operations of the hospital’s Queens campus at 56-45 Main St. in Flushing.

May. 7, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Mayor Eric Adams signed two pieces of legislation this month that will provide self-defense training and body armor to Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Paramedics in the FDNY.

May. 7, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

A fisherman discovered a human skull floating in Jamaica Bay off the coast of Queens early Tuesday morning.

May. 7, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

A lively celebration filled the CenterLight Healthcare PACE Center in Flushing on Wednesday, as family, friends and staff gathered to honor one of their participant’s 103rd birthday.

FDNY fire marshals arrested the manager of a Forest Hills bike shop last week after several lithium-ion batteries exploded while they were being removed from the store by Hazmat units.

Wei Chen of Wilson’s E-Bike Shop, located at 101-19 Queens Blvd., was taken into custody just after 3 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 29, after inspectors from the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Prevention conducting a third inspection at the shop found 80 micro-mobility devices staged on the first floor and in a basement storage area.

May. 7, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Three local Republican candidates vying for various local and state government positions held a press conference in Jamaica on Monday to address the city’s current migrant crisis.