NYPD Find Man Fatally Shot in Parked Car in College Point Sunday

Aug. 16, 2025 By Yolanda Florez, Director of JPAFHC’s WIC Program and Dr. Carlene Mondesir-Harewood, MD, FACOG, Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JPAFHC

August is National Breastfeeding Month, a time to celebrate and support one of the most natural and powerful ways to give babies the healthiest possible start in life. As women who have dedicated our careers to caring for mothers, babies, and families, we have seen firsthand the life-changing impact of breastfeeding—for both parent and child. 

Aug. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly

A dozen NYC-based cannabis businesses are suing to block the state Office of Cannabis Management from enforcing a newly reinterpreted school-distance rule, arguing the abrupt reversal threatens to wipe out their businesses and undermine the state’s equity goals.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway are looking for a gunman who allegedly shot a 22-year-old man in broad daylight on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards on Friday endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani in the November general election, urging other prominent Democrats who have been “sitting on the fence” to “meet this moment” and get behind his campaign.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Council Member Robert Holden has strongly criticized Queens Borough President Donovan Richards for endorsing Assembly Member and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani ahead of November’s general election, although several elected officials across Queens praised the borough president for making the endorsement.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Bayside man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Aug. 14 for attempted assault and other crimes for driving his minivan on the Clearview Expressway, ramming multiple vehicles and injuring two motorists in separate collisions in 2023.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry

Shots were fired on the Long Island Expressway during a carjacking in Douglaston early Friday morning.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Brooklyn teenager was stabbed to death in broad daylight on a detached garage rooftop in the heart of Jackson Heights during the evening of Thursday, Aug. 14, according to authorities.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

Mayor Eric Adams was joined by several of his supporters and local leaders as they celebrated the opening of his new Queens office for his 2025 mayoral campaign on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Guy R. Brewer United Democratic Club, located at 197-01 Linden Blvd. in St. Albans.

Aug. 15, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Council Member Julie Won has accused housing developer Phipps of failing to control a rodent infestation at an ongoing development on Sunnyside’s Barnett Avenue, allegations that Phipps strongly denies.