Jun. 5, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Better late than never. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is hitting the airwaves with her first TV ad in the final days leading up to the June 24 Democratic mayoral primary. In the 32-second spot, titled “Rise Above,” Speaker Adams broadcasts her campaign’s central message that she is…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Episcopal Health Services (EHS) is once again teaming up with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and IMPACT Melanoma to provide free sunscreen dispensers along the Rockaway boardwalk for the summer 2025 beach season. This marks the third consecutive summer that EHS has served as…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Long Island man on charges of murder, manslaughter, leaving the scene of an incident, and related crimes for allegedly driving over a pedestrian in Queens Village, who had been struck by another vehicle moments earlier, and dragging him along Hempstead Avenue in…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Jessica Militello Citi Field is turning up the volume for K-pop fans this summer, starting with Mets K-POP Night on Tuesday, June 10. The event kicks off with a pre-game party in the “K-pop Korner” from 5 to 7 p.m., ahead of the Mets’ 7:10 p.m. matchup against the Washington…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Athena Dawson Council Member Nantasha Williams has recently passed a bill that will bring more attention to the flooding issues plaguing Southeast Queens neighborhoods. The New York City Council passed Intro 1067-B, sponsored by Williams, on Wednesday, May 28, during its Stated Meeting. The legislation will raise awareness and create…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Progressive standard-bearer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced her long-anticipated endorsements in the Democratic primary for NYC mayor on Thursday morning — ranking Democratic socialist Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani first on a slate of five candidates. In making her June 24 primary picks, Ocasio-Cortez, who revealed them via The New…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Jessica Militello Members of the FDNY Bravest Boxing Club are getting ready to lace up their gloves and leave it all in the ring at Thrilla in Camilla 9, a charity boxing event taking place Friday, June 13, to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. The event, sanctioned by USA…
Jun. 4, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller For the first time this election cycle, all of the major Democratic mayoral candidates appeared on the same stage as frontrunner Andrew Cuomo Wednesday night. What resulted was a messy two-hour brawl in which Cuomo’s rivals hit him on all sides, and the former governor launched his own…
Jun. 4, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Vickie Paladino has stood by controversial comments calling for the deportation of Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani after several Queens elected officials rebuked the Republican Council Member for “xenophobic” comments. Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and a candidate in the mayoral election, said Tuesday that Paladino’s comments were…
Jun. 4, 2025 By Dean Moses Police are looking for the neighbor of a Whitestone man who was viciously stabbed multiple times during an apparent dispute on Wednesday morning. According to police sources, officers from the 109th Precinct were initially alerted to reports of a shooting on 166th Street and 17th Road at approximately…