Elmhurst Teacher at Special Needs School Arrested For Sex Crimes Involving Student

Sep. 17, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Students and parents can nominate their favorite Queens teachers for a prestigious teaching award. 

Sep. 17, 2025 By Jessica Militello

A Queens staple is marking yet another expansion in the city with a fourth Utopia Bagels slated to open in Midtown Manhattan at the beginning of 2026. 

Sep. 17, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Queens Public Library (QPL) celebrated a group of Queens City Council members at the Central Library’s 11th annual Discovery Day Community Fair. 

Sep. 16, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared on Tuesday to attribute Gov. Kathy Hochul’s endorsement, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s expected backing, of Zohran Mamdani to a growing “socialist faction” within the Democratic Party.

Sep. 16, 2025 By Bill Parry

A man was struck and killed by two vehicles as he tried to cross the Belt Parkway in South Ozone Park last week, according to authorities.

Sep. 16, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

The MTA set a new post-pandemic subway ridership record with a seven-day high of 26.8 million riders between Monday, Sept. 8 and Sunday, Sept. 14, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Sep. 16, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Fans of the delicious and savory momo, a Tibetan and Nepalese dumpling, are in for a real treat with the return of the annual Momo Crawl to Jackson Heights on Sun. Sept. 21.

The NYPD on Tuesday released surveillance images of the suspected gunman who allegedly shot a young woman to death inside her East Elmhurst home on the night of Friday, Sept. 12.

Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress at 26-30 96th St. at 9:20 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found 21-year-old Dashanna Donovan with a gunshot wound to the head. EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.

Sep. 16, 2025 By State Senator Kristen Gonzalez

Long Island City is where I live—it’s my home. That’s why for the past few years, I’ve taken part in public meetings, provided testimony and joined community conversations around the OneLIC rezoning. From the beginning, I’ve insisted that building housing is necessary amid our city and state’s housing crisis; however, to support working New Yorkers, new development should be affordable and intentionally benefit our communities.

Sep. 16, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez has awarded $1 million in capital funding to the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens to help fund the youth club’s state-of-the-art Astoria clubhouse as part of a major transformation of Variety’s long-term headquarters.