Apr. 1, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon It has been six months since the city announced a major crackdown on subway surfing, but officials have been mum on whether their efforts are actually working to deter kids from doing the illegal—and often fatal—activity. Mayor Eric Adams and then-NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon on Oct. 31, 2024,…
Apr. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry A Staten Island man was struck and killed by a van driver as he was exiting his vehicle in Woodhaven on Friday morning, and two other men were injured, one of them critically, during the chain reaction crash, police said Sunday. Police from the 102nd Precinct in Ozone…
Mar. 31, 2025 By Dean Moses and QNS News Team Police in Jackson Heights are investigating a disturbing act of hate crime after two men were seen hanging a noose from a rooftop on Northern Boulevard last week. According to authorities, the incident occurred at approximately 7:20 p.m. on March 25, when two men…
Mar. 30, 2025 By Dean Moses Kaz Daughtry, the Adams administration’s new deputy mayor for public safety, says he is bringing lofty goals to an expanded portfolio of city agencies that now fall under his purview. A controversial figure in his previous role in the NYPD and often critiqued by those in and out…
Mar. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for two burglars who slipped into a parking garage at a Briarwood co-op building during the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 25, and drove off with a Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan. Once inside the indoor car park at…
March 27, 2025 By Bill Parry Mystery surrounds the discovery of a man slumped over in a car parked in a gritty industrial section of Sunnyside on Wednesday afternoon. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City responded to a 911 call of a person in need of medical attention just after 12:30 p.m…. Read more »
Mar. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry A cat burglar was caught on camera breaking into a bedroom of a Woodhaven house during the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 25. Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill reported that the man came in through an unlocked window and onto a bed inside the…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Dean Moses Mayor Eric Adams charged on Thursday that his administration has made massive strides in getting those living with homelessness out of the subway system, even as some critics say the impact has been minor. Hizzoner made the announcement at the 34th Street-Herald Square subway station on March 20…
Mar. 19, 2025 By Colum Motherway Robin Russell-French, the owner of the infamous “space shuttle” bus that was parked on Starr Street in Ridgewood, has explained why he could not move the vehicle and why he is now planning legal action after his bus was severely damaged during its recent removal. The vehicle, which…
March 14, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for a groper who targeted a 51-year-old woman near the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street transit hub late last month. The incident occurred on the night of Thursday, Feb. 27, while the victim was standing outside the… Read more »