Mar. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry A Kew Gardens Hills woman is criminally charged for scamming senior citizens out of their life savings in a nationwide elder fraud scheme, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday. Lisa Rossopoulos, 59, of Park Drive East, was arraigned Thursday in Queens Criminal Court on two counts of…
Mar. 10, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Protesters in Queens gathered outside Con Edison’s office in Jamaica on Thursday, March 6, demanding state lawmakers address skyrocketing utility costs and climate change by including the Bucks for Boilers Act in the state Senate’s one-house budget. The demonstration, led by New York Communities for Change (NYCC) and…
Mar. 7, 2025 By Colum Motherway A new poll suggesting that 80% of New Yorkers support wine sales in grocery stores is being strongly contested by liquor store owners and their advocacy groups across the city. The survey, conducted by the Siena College Research Institute in late January, claims to reveal overwhelming public support…
Mar. 7, 2025 By QNS News Team The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has announced a long-term closure of Exit 1A from the northbound Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) to the eastbound Belt Parkway in Queens, beginning Monday, March 10, at 10 a.m. and continuing through Friday, Aug. 22, at 6 a.m., weather…
Mar. 7, 2025 By Jessica Militello Spring is in the air at the Queens Botanical Garden, which is hosting a variety of enchanting March events for people of all ages. The garden at 43-50 Main St. in Flushing is celebrating the start of warmer weather and flowers blooming with a Snow White celebration in honor…
Mar. 7, 2025 By Athena Dawson JFK Terminal 6(T6) has acquired another international airline partnership this week. JFK Millenium Partners(JMP), the design and development firm responsible for the soon-to-open terminal, announced on Friday, March 7, that Frontier Airlines will join T6. Frontier Airlines is now the 13th airline carrier on a growing list of…
Mar. 7, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are looking for a suspect who allegedly threatened a bus rider with a box cutter during an attempted robbery in Glendale in broad daylight on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 4. The 19-year-old man was riding a Q54 MTA bus near…
Mar. 6, 2025 By Colum Motherway To mark Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Senator Joseph Addabbo collaborated with Day One, Safe Horizon, and the NYPD hosted a special event last month for the students of John Adams High School in Ozone Park. The event, held on Feb. 26, aimed to educate youth about the…
Mar. 6, 2025 By Colum Motherway The resurgence of avian flu at two animal slaughter markets in Queens has renewed urgent calls to shut down New York City’s densely packed wet markets. The latest outbreaks come just weeks after a temporary closure in February, when an undercover investigation by NYCLASS and Council Member Robert…
Mar. 6, 2025 By Bill Parry A man was beaten with a hammer and robbed by four strangers inside a restaurant in Flushing on the night of Saturday, Feb. 22, and the suspects remain at large. The 40-year-old victim entered an unnamed restaurant in the vicinity of Northern Boulevard and Union Street with two…