Man Pushes Subway Rider to the Ground at Roosevelt/74th Street Station, Steals Cash

Jan. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Mayor Eric Adams has announced a new round of shelter closures across New York City, including one in Queens.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Queens Post News Team

Luck strikes in LIC as the New York Lottery announced that a third-prize-winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at the Mobil Gas Station, dba Greenpoint Expressway Inc., located at 35-15 Greenpoint Ave., for the Jan. 8 drawing.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas joined Gov. Kathy Hochul at Long Island’s Westbury Middle School Friday to announce the inclusion of free breakfast and lunch for all of New York State’s 2.7 million students in the State of the State budget proposal.

A 28-year-old man was carrying an enormous amount of cash and wearing a pricey Rolex watch near the Queens Center Mall during the early morning hours of Sunday, Dec. 29, when he made a couple of errors in judgment that nearly cost him his life.

First, he entered a black SUV with tinted windows with two unidentified men near Woodhaven Boulevard and Queens Boulevard at around 2:30 a.m.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Reported grand larcenies and vehicle thefts declined significantly across both northern and southern Queens during the 28-day period from Dec. 9, 2024, to Jan. 5, 2025, compared to the same period of time the previous year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats.

Jan. 10, 2024 By Shane O’Brien

U.S. Rep Nydia Velázquez has introduced a new bill aiming to protect tenants from “unscrupulous” landlords, creating new violations under federal law for discrimination based on a tenant’s source of income.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Queens Community Board 5 (CB 5) held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Christ the King High School in Middle Village.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Permits have been filed for the construction of a new 9-story residential building at 34-20 38th St. in Astoria.

A Bronx woman was drag racing against other vehicles at a high rate of speed on the Whitestone Expressway when she caused a fatal collision that killed a 62-year-old Uber passenger in 2023.

Melissa Rodriguez-Lopez, 29, of Kossuth Avenue in the Van Cortland Park section, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in Queens Supreme Court Wednesday to driving faster than 120 miles per hour when she slammed into the rear of the ride-share vehicle near Harvey Park in Whitestone in the early morning hours of May 27, 2023.

Jan. 10, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Queens College will host its annual celebration of the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., marking what has become the signature MLK Day event in Queens and one of the most prominent in New York City.