Nov. 20, 2024 By Dean Moses

The hero cop who was shot after a shootout with an armed robber on lifetime parole was released from hospital Wednesday as the suspect’s 42-year criminal history came to light. 

Nov. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

Two men broke into a popular Astoria gay bar early Wednesday morning and made off with an ATM containing around $3,000, according to the bar’s owner.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Colum Motherway

New York City Mayor Eric Adams named Jessica Tisch as the new Commissioner of the NYPD on Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Construction has wrapped for The Northern, two residential buildings at 38-27 and 38-38 32nd St. in Long Island City.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

A group of civic-minded middle school students spearheaded a volunteer effort at the Astoria Park Alliance’s Annual Fall Leaf Fest on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Three alleged squatters were indicted by a Queens grand jury for illegally occupying a vacant St. Albans single-family home, where they used electricity without paying and kept multiple pit bulls in the basement.

True Jackson, 41, Saliam Sudler, 35, and Sania Outar, 24, were arrested Tuesday and arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment charging them with criminal trespass, burglary, theft of services and other related crimes.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D-15) is calling on city officials to crack down on illegal vendors in his district.  

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a suspect who subjected a 17-year-old girl to sexual abuse onboard a Q8 MTA bus on the night of Friday, Nov. 15.

As the bus was approaching Sutphin Boulevard and 94th Avenue, just down the block from the Long Island Rail Road Jamaica Station, the stranger approached the girl at around 7 p.m. He allegedly forcibly touched her and then pulled her down onto his lap before running off the bus, police said Tuesday.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

A new Santa Claus experience is coming to Long Island City this winter, offering families an opportunity to book personalized VIP experiences with Santa over the holidays.

Nov. 20, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

NYC will become the first city in the nation to implement congestion pricing next year. Is it an impactful way to improve air quality in the city while funding critical transit upgrades? Or is it an unnecessary money-grabbing move that will put yet another major dent in the wallets of New Yorkers?