Ridgewood Store Sells $52,000 Winning Lottery Ticket

Aug. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Community Education Council 30 (CEC 30) has called on the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) to reinstate Ashley Rzonca after the union representative for Community School District 30 was dismissed from her position earlier in the year for what the CEC describes as “political” reasons.

Aug. 18, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Dozens of Richmond Hill residents celebrated the grand opening of a new Family Enrichment Center (FEC) last month. 

Aug. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry

An elderly Sunnyside woman was robbed by an unidentified intruder just inside her apartment building entrance on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Aug. 17, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki

Transit police are on the hunt for the young woman who attacked a male straphanger with pepper spray on board an L train in Queens earlier this month.

Aug. 17, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann and Barbara Russo-Lennon

NYC mayoral candidates reacted with anger and frustration following a mass shooting at a Brooklyn restaurant and club early on Sunday morning that left three people dead and multiple other victims injured. 

Aug. 17, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon and Lloyd Mitchell

Police in Queens are investigating a shooting at a neighborhood convenience store on Saturday night that left two people wounded.

Aug. 17, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Police in Queens are still looking for the hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a pedestrian near JFK Airport last week. 

Aug. 17, 2025 By Dean Moses

New York officials expressed outrage and heartbreak over ICE’s seizure of a 7-year-old Queens girl and two of her family members at immigration court last week.

Aug. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly

Citi Bike users will soon have to verify their age to use the service, amNewYork has learned.

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.