May. 27, 2025 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. Michael Gianaris has joined Manhattan Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal to introduce legislation to reform the Rent Guidelines Board, the board that determines how much landlords can hike rents each year on the city’s nearly 1 million rent stabilized apartments. Gianaris and Rosenthal are critical of the…
May. 27, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Hundreds of faculty, students, alumni and community members from St. John’s University have signed an online petition calling on the university to immediately terminate a planned partnership with U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), citing ethical and cultural concerns. Faculty members of St. John’s in Jamaica will deliver…
May. 27, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team Thousands of residents and visitors gathered along Northern Boulevard on Monday afternoon for the 98th annual Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade, one of the nation’s longest-running continuous Memorial Day commemorations. The parade stepped off at 2 p.m. from Jayson Avenue and Northern Boulevard under…
May. 26, 2025 By QNS News Team Not even gray skies and steady rain could keep women and expectant mothers from gathering in support of their health and one another during Episcopal Health Services’ (EHS) annual Women’s Health Fair, held Tuesday, May 14, at the EHS Clinical Learning Center in Far Rockaway. Themed “Let’s…
May. 26, 2025 By Athena Dawson A Queens resident is hoping for the ultimate gift from a compassionate stranger — the gift of life. Marc Perez, 40, a Bayside local, is in need of a lifesaving kidney transplant from a living donor after being diagnosed with a chronic, incurable kidney disease. In 2009, Perez…
May. 26, 2025 By Robert Pearl In a week marked by grit, energy, and unmistakable outer-borough pride, Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa brought his campaign straight to the neighborhoods he says have been ignored for too long. With three fundraisers in Queens — in Maspeth, Howard Beach, and Whitestone — Sliwa energized loyal supporters,…
May. 26, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team Red, white and blue were the colors of the day as Forest Hills residents packed Metropolitan Avenue on Sunday, May 25, waving American flags and donning patriotic gear for the neighborhood’s annual Memorial Day Parade. From toddlers in star-spangled hats to veterans in full…
May. 26, 2025 By Rob Pozarycki and QNS News Team Transit police are searching for two individuals connected to a violent robbery aboard the F train in Long Island City earlier this month — one who allegedly assaulted and robbed a passenger, and another who stole from the unconscious victim moments later. The NYPD…
May. 23, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Full A train service to the Rockaway Peninsula has officially resumed following a nearly five-month shutdown and state and transit leaders marked the milestone with a celebratory event on Monday, May 19. Governor Kathy Hochul was joined by Senator James Sanders, Assembly Members Stacey Pheffer Amato and Khaleel…
May. 23, 2025 By Colum Motherway The Middle Village Property Owners and Residents Association (MVPORA) partnered with Amazon’s DYN3 in Middle Village to help revitalize the historic Pullis Farm Cemetery in Juniper Valley Park. With roughly 40 Amazon volunteers, local community stewards and civic leaders on hand, the group transformed what had become an…