Teen busted for hate crime assault in Astoria, two accomplices remain at large: NYPD

Aug. 22, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani continued his strong fundraising performance over the past month, having amassed more than $1 million in private, mostly small contributions since mid-July, according to newly updated filings with the city Campaign Finance Board (CFB) on Friday.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the opening of three new modernized elevators at the Queens Plaza E/M/R subway station in Long Island City earlier this month as part of a larger accessibility and safety upgrades throughout the transit system.

The work included a full replacement of the cab and equipment within the cab, shaft and pit, along with two new elevator head houses located at street level. Crews also made modifications to the shaft and pit as needed to allow for new equipment. The elevator machine room and electrical and mechanical equipment received replacements and other modernization efforts for reliability.

Aug. 22, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

On the heels of the latest corruption allegations against his former top aides, Mayor Eric Adams on Friday said “hell no” to the notion of him “stepping down,” while declining to explicitly condemn their actions.

Aug. 22, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

A number of young Queens tennis players are preparing to work as members of the US Open ball crew when the famous tennis tournament returns this Sunday.

Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry

When The Durst Organization broke ground on its massive Halletts Point project in Astoria on a cold winter day in January 2016, the speeches were delivered inside a massive brick warehouse that had cut off public access to a stretch of East River waterfront for generations. That warehouse is long gone, demolished and then replaced by two high-rise residential towers, 20 and 30 Halletts Point, which launched leasing earlier this year, and a 58,000-square-foot waterfront esplanade that opened to the public this month.

Aug. 22, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

A new report has described Flushing Meadows Corona Park as the most “overlooked” park in New York City, stating that the park has severe infrastructural issues after being underappreciated and underinvested in for years.

Aug. 22, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Queens Theatre is ready to dazzle audiences with its 2025-2026 season featuring a vibrant lineup of dance, art and culture.

Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still looking for a heartless purse snatcher who allegedly injured an elderly woman during a robbery last month.

Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry

A St. Albans man was charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $872,000 that was meant to feed the needy from a Queens charity where he worked as an administrator, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.

Aug. 22, 2025 Adam Daly, Dean Moses & Athena Dawson

An NYPD detective was wounded by “friendly fire” Friday morning in Queens while responding to a carjacking in progress by a “violent, predicate felon,” law enforcement officials said.