Jun. 3, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Council Member Robert Holden sharply criticized fellow City Council members on Thursday, May 29 following the Public Safety Executive Budget hearing, accusing them of hypocrisy for voicing concerns about the city’s e-bike crisis while refusing to back proposed legislation he says would directly address the issue. Holden’s comments…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Bill Parry The NYPD is searching for two armed robbers who pulled off a heist of a Brinks armored vehicle as it made a cash drop-off in broad daylight at a Bank of America branch in St. Albans on Monday morning. Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica responded to…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Selfhelp Community Services celebrated National Older Americans Month in May with a series of musical performances, recognition ceremonies and community gatherings across its five Older Adult Centers in Queens. The events, held throughout the month, honored older adults in Forest Hills, Bayside, Maspeth and Flushing with support from…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Athena Dawson A group of local youth learned about the importance of de-escalation and personal safety during an engaging workshop in South Richmond Hill. Teenagers from Queens and Brooklyn who are members of the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens, located at 110-04 Atlantic Ave., attended a workshop led…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Mayor Eric Adams joined elected officials, community representatives and New York City FC (NYCFC) players, staff and executives on Monday morning to cut the ribbon at NYCFC’s newly built mini soccer pitch at PS 211 Elm Tree Elementary School in Corona. The ribbon-cutting marks the launch of a…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Ken Goldberg From the time I was a teenager, I have spent my entire life working in a Queens-based, two-generation family business that grew into a market leader in the retail electronic amusement, music, tobacco, and ATM industry. In large measure, New York State’s policies are to blame for how…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Jessica Militello Get ready to put the pedal to the metal at the 2nd Annual Charity Car Show in Whitestone on Saturday, June 7, hosted by St. Mel’s Church and the St. Mel’s Men’s Club. The event at 26-15 154th St. provides an afternoon of family-friendly activities starting at 10 a.m.…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team The Rockaway YMCA celebrated a decade of service to the Far Rockaway community on Thursday, May 29, with a powerful evening of reflection, recognition and renewed commitment. The 10th anniversary celebration, held at the YMCA’s Arverne by the Sea location, brought together elected officials,…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams Despite all the rain we have been getting recently, summer just unofficially began in New York City with Memorial Day. The days are getting longer and warmer, our beaches are open, and, for the first time in the city’s recorded history, there were no shootings on the…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki As the sports world focuses on the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course this weekend, the work on the $450 million new Belmont Park is “moving like a tremendous machine.” Just a year ago, in April 2024, Belmont Park was a shell of its former self. Heavy machinery…