Three People Break Into Kew Gardens Hills House, Steal Jewelry: NYPD

May. 9, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Senator Joseph Addabbo is demonstrating a comprehensive approach to community service this month through a trio of impactful initiatives that span charitable giving, family entertainment and legislative advocacy for veterans. 

May. 9, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Air China will soon have a new home at John F. Kennedy International Airport, with plans to begin operations at the New Terminal One in 2026, airport officials announced this week.

Twenty individuals were indicted and variously charged in a wide-ranging scheme to steal cars in Queens, throughout New York City and its suburbs, following a three-year investigation by the Queens District Attorney’s Office, the NYPD, and the New York State Police dubbed “Operation Hellcat,” into the criminal enterprise based in Queens.

Some of the vehicles were stolen from owners’ driveways, some with the keys or key fobs inside. The stolen vehicles were often sold through advertisements on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. The defendants are charged in nine separate indictments for a total of 373 counts, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday.

May. 8, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

The long-overdue state budget deal includes several measures Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed to ease New York’s affordability crisis as she gears up for a tough re-election campaign next year.

May. 8, 2025 By QNS News Team

Queens drivers are being warned of two significant overnight ramp closures now in effect on the Long Island Expressway (I-495) and Grand Central Parkway, as part of a $14.8 million state project to improve traffic safety and mobility at one of Queens’ busiest interchanges.

May. 8, 2025 By Colum Motherway

St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, one of the nation’s leading pediatric post-acute care institutions, has announced a significant leadership transition. 

Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a masked gunman who pulled off an armed robbery at a cell phone store on the night of Monday, May 5.

The suspect entered the Total Wireless shop located in the old Hua Cheng Restaurant at 41-19 Kissena Blvd., across the street from the Queens Public Library branch, just before 7 p.m. He approached the counter, pulled out a firearm, and threatened the 27-year-old woman who was working the night shift, police said Wednesday.

May. 8, 2025 By Dean Moses

More than anything, Javiar Elcock, 24, one of the NYPD’s newest officers, wants to make his dad proud.

May. 8, 2025 By Victoria Schneps

Five decades removed from the decree that brought to an end the horrors of the Willowbrook State School on Staten Island, and the war to ensure the rights of all developmentally disabled Americans to dignified care rages on. 

May 8, 2025 By Jessica Militello