May. 15, 2024 By Dean Moses
Police are on the hunt for a snatch-and-grab necklace thief who targeted three women in Manhattan and Queens on one day in May, authorities confirmed.
Necklace thief targets women in Queens and Manhattan: cops
Tag: Queens
FIRST ON amNY: NYC e-scooter pilot set to expand to Queens this summer
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.
NYPD releases photo of suspect in fatal shooting of Queens Village man at South Ozone Park nightclub
May. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
Homicide detectives from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park are asking for the public’s help in identifying a murder suspect who is wanted for gunning down a Queens Village man in front of a South Ozone Park nightclub on the night of Monday, April 29.
Teen stabbed to death in Queens; girl charged with homicide: NYPD
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…
‘Treated like criminals’: Family of Queens teen Win Rozario demand justice weeks after cops shot him to death
May. 8, 2024 By Dean Moses
The officers who shot Queens’ Win Rozario dead while responding to his mental health crisis back in March treated both the troubled teen and his family like hardened criminals, the slain teen’s loved ones said at a City Hall rally Wednesday.
Queens teacher faces backlash for anti-Israel remarks, dissing local lawmaker on social media
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”…
Two married Queens cops busted for attacking each other during domestic dispute
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.
Queens cops seek bus-riding pervert who made lewd remark, then groped woman
May. 6, 2024 By Dean Moses Police in Queens are searching for the perverted bus rider who sexually assaulted a woman last week, authorities confirmed. According to police sources, the assault happened at about 7 a.m. on May 1, when a 26-year-old woman rode a Q37 bus near Park Lane South and Metropolitan Avenue…
Family reacts to shocking footage of 19-year-old Win Rozario who was killed in police shooting
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…
What does NYC’s future look like? Extremely hot and wet, a city climate report finds
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…