Jun. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien and Emily Swanson Eighteen months after a five-alarm fire gutted a Queens apartment building, dozens of displaced tenants remain locked out of their homes — and now, state lawmakers are proposing legislation to hold landlords accountable for prolonged repair delays across New York City. The fire ignited just…
Jun. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Dozens of local residents staged a protest outside a planned mental health center for youth in East Elmhurst last week amid concerns over community safety and potential future uses for the site. The rally took place in response to the Our Lady of Fatima parish’s decision to convert a former…
Jun. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses The family of Win Rozario, the Ozone Park teenager who was fatally shot by police during a mental health crisis last year, filed a federal lawsuit against the city on Monday. The civil complaint was filed by Beldock, Levine & Hoffman LLP on behalf of Rozario’s mother, Notan…
Jun. 24, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams New Yorkers love their city, but they are very clear about what they don’t love about living here: noise, trash, illegal vending, open-air drug use, reckless driving, double parking, and other everyday offenses. These and many other quality-of-life issues affect not just the reality of public safety,…
Jun. 23, 2025 By Dean Moses and Lloyd Mitchell A woman was fatally shot in broad daylight on Monday afternoon in St. Albans, and her killer remains at large, police said. The incident occurred just after 2:36 p.m. on June 23 near 122-20 Merrick Blvd., according to police sources. Officers from the 113th Precinct…
Jun. 23, 2025 By Bill Parry A fast-moving four-alarm fire tore through a commercial building in St. Albans on Sunday morning, injuring six people and displacing residents of adjacent structures, fire officials said. The blaze broke out shortly before noon on June 22 at 200-05 Linden Blvd., a two-and-a-half-story commercial building that housed a…
Jun. 23, 2025 By QNS News team A portion of 60th Road in Queens was officially co-named John Killcommons Corner on Saturday, June 21, in honor of a longtime Middle Village resident known for his military service, three decades with the FDNY, and decades of civic engagement. The street, located between 76th Street and…
Jun. 23, 2025 By QNS News Team As an oppressive heat wave continues to grip New York City, Con Edison is distributing dry ice to residents in eastern Queens impacted by power outages due to the soaring temperatures and high humidity. Con Edison began providing bags of dry ice today at the Queens County…
Jun. 23, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team With just days left before the Democratic primary, NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani joined more than 200 working-class New Yorkers at a get-out-the-vote rally Saturday afternoon in Jackson Heights. Held at Diversity Plaza and backed by longtime supporters including CAAAV Voice, DRUM Beats, and…
Jun. 23, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The two leading Democratic mayoral candidates, Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, traded blows during a series of radio interviews on Monday morning, with just hours before the June 24 primary. The two candidates launched their broadsides during a blitz of interviews with WNYC host Brian Lehrer, in which…