March 7, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology has donated a historic 126-foot aviation mural housed at its Astoria campus to the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island. The mural, which is almost 100 years old and predates the Charles Lindbergh era of flying on Long Island, features 600 pilots… Read more »
Dec. 20, 2024 By Emily Davenport and QNS News Team After decades of helping New Yorkers celebrate life’s biggest moments, Party City is throwing its final party—announcing the closure of all its stores, including its last two locations in Queens. On Friday, Dec. 20, CEO Barry Litwin informed corporate employees during a meeting that…
Dec. 11, 2024 amNewYork Metro staff TD Bank has named Ralph Bumbaca as regional president of Metro New York, a region encompassing locations across New York City, Long Island, Hudson Valley, Upstate New York, Northern New Jersey, and Fairfield County, CT. Based in Manhattan, Bumbaca will oversee commercial and consumer banking operations across approximately…
Dec. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry Southeast Queens gang leader Junior Zelaya Canales pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court on Monday for his role in three murders and multiple shootings during a reign of terror that spanned New York, Texas, and El Salvador. Junior Zelaya Canales, 28, of Jamaica, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy…
Aug. 20, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon An Oregon man was arrested at his home and charged in federal court on Tuesday for allegedly threatening to blow up Jewish hospitals and care centers in NYC and Long Island in 2021. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, of Portland, made threats in at least six separate calls to the…
Mar. 30, 2024 By Dean Moses
Tens of thousands of police officers and residents paid tribute to fallen NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller Saturday morning with an emotional funeral Mass in his hometown of Massapequa.
Oct. 12, 2023 amNewYork Metro
After ousting Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker’s perch, some Republicans floated the idea of replacing him with four-time indicted former President Donald Trump — despite their own rules which forbid an indicted member from serving in a ranking post.
Jun. 6, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A federal judge has granted a request by nearly a dozen news organizations to unseal the names of three individuals who secured a $500,000 bond to keep Rep. George Santos out of pretrial detention — names the fabulist congressman has said he’d rather go to jail than disclose.…
Mar. 18, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Queens Assemblyman Clyde Vanel is safe and sound after piloting a plane that made an emergency landing on a Long Island beach on Friday afternoon. According to Vanel, who posted about the incident on social media Friday afternoon, March 17, he was piloting a plane that began to experience…
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