Jun. 17, 2025 By Czarinna Andres The New York State Legislature has passed the AANHPI Education Equity Act, a bill aimed at evaluating and improving how Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history is taught in public schools statewide. The legislation now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul for consideration. Sponsored by Assembly…
Jun. 17, 2025 By Dean Moses & Robert Pozarycki City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan. The city’s elected financial watchdog, and a Democratic candidate for mayor, appeared at 26 Federal Plaza on the morning of June 17 to observe immigration hearings involving…
Jun. 17, 2025 By Dean Moses, Robert Pozarycki & Ethan Stark-Miller City Comptroller Brad Lander has been released without charges after being arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan. The city’s elected financial watchdog, and a Democratic candidate for mayor, appeared at 26 Federal Plaza on the morning…
Jun. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry City officials, elected leaders and Flushing community members helped break ground on a new and long-awaited $34 million education building at the Queens Botanical Garden that will feature six teaching areas for year-round programming. The Joan N. and Norman Bluestone Education Center will be 14,500 square feet, replacing…
Jun. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry A Trinitarios gang leader from Brooklyn was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for orchestrating a drive-by shooting in Ozone Park that left three rival gang members wounded in 2021. Pedro Serrano, 24, of East New York, pleaded guilty in March 2024 to assault in-aid-of racketeering and…
Jun. 17, 2025 By Jenna Tipaldo The Trump administration’s recent cuts and disruptions to research funding and the scientific workforce are deeply troubling, as are the massive reductions proposed in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’. These attacks on science threaten our ability to understand and address the big challenges that we face as a society, in…
Jun. 17, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Progressive stalwart US Sen. Bernie Sanders is throwing his considerable weight behind mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani and comptroller candidate Justin Brannan a week ahead of the June 24 Democratic primary. Mamdani, a Democratic socialist Queens Assembly member who is polling in second place, has been surging in the final…
Jun. 17, 2025 By QNS News Team Queens families are invited to enjoy a festive afternoon of rides, games, music and more at the CHAZAQ Community-Wide Children’s Jewish Cultural Carnival, taking place this Sunday, June 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Lander College for Men, located at 75-31 150th St. in Kew Gardens…
Jun. 17, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Three lucky New Yorkers are holding top-prize TAKE 5 tickets from last weekend’s evening lottery drawings—and two of those tickets were sold in Queens. The New York Lottery announced that a prize-winning TAKE 5 ticket worth $16,518 was sold in Jackson Heights for the June 14 evening drawing,…
Jun. 17, 2025 By Jessica Militello The FDNY Boxing Club raised $250,000 for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation during its 9th annual Thrilla in Camilla charity boxing event held Friday, June 13, at St. Camillus Church in Rockaway Beach. The outdoor event, attended by hundreds of community members and first responders, featured 12 amateur…