NYC earthquake: 1.7 magnitude tremor originating in Astoria

Apr. 11, 2025 By Renee Hastick-Motes

Each year, Black Maternal Health Week (April 11–17) offers a powerful opportunity to pause, reflect, and recommit ourselves to the ongoing fight for maternal health equity. As a Black woman, a mother, and now the proud CEO of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (JPAFHC), this week holds deep personal and professional significance for me.

Apr. 11, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro went on the attack against City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Friday, charging that she “misused” her office by booting two council members off her budget team after they endorsed her mayor’s race rival Andrew Cuomo.

An off-duty cop assigned to the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood was arrested during the early morning hours of Sunday, April 6, after police from the 116th Precinct in Rosedale found an arsenal of firearms in his Laurelton home with some of the guns stored in the bedroom of his 15-month-old daughter.

Police Officer Jason McLeod, 37, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court later in the day on a complaint charging him with endangering the welfare of a child and 15 counts of failure to safely store firearms in the first degree.

April 11, 2025 By Queens Post News Team

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled a new elevator and entrance on the north side of the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City on Thursday, April 10.

Apr. 11, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Forest Hills is getting a smash-hit burger spot.

Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are still looking for two suspects who roughed up a 7 train rider before robbing him at the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street transit hub late last month.

The victim was standing on the Flushing-bound platform just before 3:30 a.m. on Monday, March 31, when he was approached by two strangers. One of the perpetrators shoved the victim while snatching his cell phone while his accomplice acted like he had a firearm, police said. The suspects ran out of the station onto Roosevelt Avenue. The victim was not injured during the encounter.

Apr. 11, 2025 By QNS News Team

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the appointment of six new assistant district attorneys who were sworn into office on March 31.

Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are still looking for three perpetrators who allegedly ambushed a man in Oakland Gardens and robbed him of more than $120,000 in cash last month.

The incident occurred near Alley Pond Park just after 10 a.m. On Friday, March 7, when the 45-year-old victim was near 76th Road and 226th Street and the three suspects pulled up alongside him in a gray Dodge Journey SUV. Two men exited the vehicle, shoved the victim to the ground, and forcibly removed a bag containing the $120,000, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. They got back into the SUV, and the third suspect sped away from the crime scene eastbound on 76th Road toward Springfield Boulevard.

Apr. 11, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams will embark on his first international trip, traveling to the Dominican Republican this weekend, since his now-dismissed federal indictment came down last September, his office announced on Friday.

April 11, 2025 By Jessica Militello

In Astoria’s Little Egypt, food is more than a meal—it’s heritage passed down through generations.