May. 14, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon
During Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, two nonprofits have launched a database to report and track incidents of hate and bias against the AAPI and Native Hawaiian communities in NYC.
May. 14, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
New York City is set to expand its e-scooter share pilot program to several neighborhoods in eastern Queens this summer, three years after launching the program in the Bronx with the aim of expanding micro-mobility to new corners of the five boroughs.
May. 13, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon
Nearly 100 advocates for government-funded child care programs marched to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Manhattan office on Monday to shed light on the lack of funding for such services in NYC.
May. 13, 2024 By Dean Moses
The alleged squatter accused of terrorizing a Queens homeowner had his criminal case adjourned until July during a Monday court hearing.
May. 9, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Police in Queens have charged a 15-year-old girl Thursday afternoon with a deadly stabbing on Wednesday night that claimed a 17-year-old girl’s life. According to law enforcement sources, officers from the 108th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a female stabbed in the vicinity of Queens Boulevard…
May. 7, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A Queens public school teacher is feeling the heat for allegedly posting anti-Israel remarks on her personal social media accounts, possibly while she was at work on school grounds. Taiba Ahmad, a teacher at P.S. 153 in Maspeth, posted what some local officials are calling “inappropriate and offensive”…
May. 6, 2024 By Dean Moses
Two married Queens cops were arrested at their home on Monday morning after allegedly attacking each other during a dispute, sources familiar with the matter reported.
May. 3, 2024 By Dean Moses The family of 19-year-old Win Rozario and social justice activists are reacting Friday after New York State Attorney General Letitia James released body camera footage showing the deadly police shooting of the Queens teen. The disturbing video shows Officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco arriving at the victim’s…
May. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The TD Five Boro Bike Tour, the nation’s biggest communal bike ride, is returning to the Big Apple this weekend for its 46th iteration through the streets of all five New York City boroughs. Forecasters are predicting a wet and rainy day on Sunday, May 5, but that…
Apr. 29, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon As if a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was not enough to shake things up in NYC, a new climate assessment released Monday says that NYC will be warmer and wetter, with plenty of rainy and hot days ahead — much of which can lead to intense flooding throughout the…