May. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Several students from high schools schools across New York City who are part of the nonprofit Global Kids, which works to develop youth leaders through dynamic global education and leadership development programs, came together in an effort to address mental health stigmas and spark change on Friday, May 2,…
May. 7, 2025 By Athena Dawson A Toronto-based airline has officially landed at North America’s top-ranked airport. LaGuardia Gateway Partners, the manager and developer of LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B, announced that Porter Airlines began operating from the terminal on Thursday, May 1. Porter Airlines, headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, is the third-largest…
May. 7, 2025 By Colum Motherway In a bid to strengthen legal protections for pet owners, Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar has introduced “Penny’s Law,” new legislation aimed at holding negligent dog owners criminally accountable when their pets cause harm to other animals. The bill, announced this week, seeks to close a legal loophole that…
May. 7, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller City Comptroller Brad Lander on Wednesday became the latest Democratic mayoral candidate to hit the airwaves with a TV ad portraying himself as a “crusher” of corruption, he says, epitomized by leading rival Andrew Cuomo and President Trump. With the release of Lander’s 30-second spot, the race has fully…
May. 7, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens gang leader was sentenced to 45 years in prison in Brooklyn federal court after he admitted to murdering two rivals and recording one victim being stabbed more than 100 times then sending the video to other gangbangers as a stark warning to never cooperate with…
May. 7, 2025 By Athena Dawson City Council Speaker and Democratic mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams announced $50,000 in city funding to improve conditions along the Liberty Avenue corridor during a press conference Tuesday morning. Adams was joined by Community Board 10 Chair Betty Braton, local business owners, and city agency representatives at the Queens…
May. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The city has launched a housing lottery for all 189 units at Edgemere Commons B1, a new affordable housing development located at 51-19 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway. The building is part of the larger Edgemere Commons project, which will ultimately include 11 buildings and 2,050 total…
May. 6, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Public school students in New York will no longer be allowed to use their phones during school hours starting in September, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday. The governor said the looming ban on smartphones in schools will finally take effect this fall, in time for the 2025-2026 academic year.…
May. 6, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Queens Borough President Donovan Richards on Monday released the borough’s third-annual resiliency report, highlighting ongoing efforts to make Queens a “cleaner, greener” borough, while sharply criticizing the Trump Administration for slashing nearly $150 million in federal funding for local flood mitigation projects. The report’s release coincided with a…
May. 6, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is launching a third party to run in the November general election even as he leads the Democratic primary field by double digits—a move that Mayor Eric Adams interpreted as mimicking his own third-party bid. Cuomo, in a lengthy statement released by his campaign on Tuesday,…