Aug. 17, 2025 By Dean Moses New York officials expressed outrage and heartbreak over ICE’s seizure of a 7-year-old Queens girl and two of her family members at immigration court last week. As first reported by The City, a 7-year-old Queens Public School student, her mother, and her 19-year-old brother were arrested by ICE…
Aug. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly Citi Bike users will soon have to verify their age to use the service, amNewYork has learned. Lyft, the ride-hailing company that owns and operates the city’s bike rental service, agreed Friday to implement age verification for users within the next three months following a request from First…
Aug. 16, 2025 By Yolanda Florez, Director of JPAFHC’s WIC Program and Dr. Carlene Mondesir-Harewood, MD, FACOG, Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JPAFHC August is National Breastfeeding Month, a time to celebrate and support one of the most natural and powerful ways to give babies the healthiest possible start in life. As women who…
Aug. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly A dozen NYC-based cannabis businesses are suing to block the state Office of Cannabis Management from enforcing a newly reinterpreted school-distance rule, arguing the abrupt reversal threatens to wipe out their businesses and undermine the state’s equity goals. The group is among 152 dispensaries and license holders affected…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway are looking for a gunman who allegedly shot a 22-year-old man in broad daylight on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Police say the victim was in front of a residential building at 19-38 Cornaga St. just before 2:45 p.m. when an unidentified…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Queens Borough President Donovan Richards on Friday endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani in the November general election, urging other prominent Democrats who have been “sitting on the fence” to “meet this moment” and get behind his campaign. The Queens Beep, during a Friday news conference in Richmond…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Robert Holden has strongly criticized Queens Borough President Donovan Richards for endorsing Assembly Member and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani ahead of November’s general election, although several elected officials across Queens praised the borough president for making the endorsement. Mamdani picked up an official endorsement from…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry A Bayside man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Aug. 14 for attempted assault and other crimes for driving his minivan on the Clearview Expressway, ramming multiple vehicles and injuring two motorists in separate collisions in 2023. Joseph Lee, 30, of 211th Street in Bayside, was…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry Shots were fired on the Long Island Expressway during a carjacking in Douglaston early Friday morning. Police say two men were traveling eastbound in a white BMW X6 approaching the Cross Island Parkway exit at around 3:47 a.m. when they were rammed from behind by a silver Porsche.…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn teenager was stabbed to death in broad daylight on a detached garage rooftop in the heart of Jackson Heights during the evening of Thursday, Aug. 14, according to authorities. Police from the 115th Precinct responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress at 35-21…