Jul. 31, 2025 By Bill Scarborough and Niki Cross In the next 15 years, over 80,000 homes in southeast Queens, Staten Island and suburbs east of New York City could be lost to floods. As climate change accelerates rising sea levels and unleashes storms with alarming frequency, intensity and deadliness, the residents of southeast…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced that Monday, Aug. 18, will mark the start of the 2025 US Open Fan Week, featuring a lineup of world-class and fan-friendly shows, events and activities for people of all ages at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Bill Parry The body of a South Ozone Park man was pulled from the waters of Jamaica Bay on Sunday, July 20, and an investigation is underway to determine how he died. Police from the 100th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a man in need of medical attention…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are looking for three men who allegedly mugged an older woman in broad daylight as she walked along a residential block in Douglaston in mid-July. Police say the 68-year-old victim was in front of 249-31 Thebes Avenue at around 5 p.m.…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Bill Parry A Springfield Gardens gang member was sentenced to 21 years in prison on July 30 for fatally shooting an 18-year-old boy outside a neighborhood McDonald’s restaurant in September 2024. Rayvon Phillip, 19, of 167th Street, a reputed member of the BG4 street gang known on the street as…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Hey Queens and Brooklyn residents: The plan for a direct train link from Brooklyn to Queens — known as the Interborough Express (IBX) — became closer to a sure thing Wednesday when the MTA announced a board-approved design contract. The MTA board voted at its monthly meeting on…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Athena Dawson The MTA is expanding its Customer Service Centers (CSCs) for riders throughout the five boroughs. The city agency announced on Monday, July 28, that riders will soon have access to 15 additional locations beginning in 2026. A final list of the 15 additional stations with new Customer Service…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Athena Dawson Residents of Middle Village are reeling after a four-alarm fire destroyed a strip of local businesses. On the evening of July 28, firefighters battled the fire on Dry Harbor Road, which ripped through seven one-story commercial buildings. The fire was believed to have started in the cockloft of 64-76…
Jul. 30, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Amid a fresh torrent of criticism over Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s past tweets bashing the NYPD, he said on Wednesday that those posts are “clearly out of step” with his current views on policing in the five boroughs. Mamdani, during his first news conference since returning from…
Jul. 30, 2025 By Bill Parry Two Brooklyn men are criminally charged with staging two car crashes on Queens highways and another one in East New York and then seeking insurance payouts for damages and purported injuries, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Jaime Huiracocha, 53, of Milford Street, and Victor Murillo, 34,…