Top-prize-winning Take 5 ticket sold at Astoria store

Apr. 25, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

A state judge on Friday extended an order barring Mayor Eric Adams’ administration from allowing federal immigration authorities to re-establish offices on Rikers Island, handing a win to the City Council that filed a lawsuit April 15 seeking to block the move.

Apr. 25, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud

Members of the Italian-American community in Ridgewood held their annual Good Friday procession on the evening of April 18, continuing a decades-long tradition that brings together religious and cultural groups from across the borough.

April 25, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Long Island man turned himself in at the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills on Friday morning after a Queens grand jury indicted him for the murder of a motorcyclist from Astoria during a fatal road rage incident in Rego Park.

April 25, 2025 By Laura Dorgan

American singer-songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus was spotted atop a rooftop in Long Island City, on Wednesday, April 23, filming a new commercial for Maybelline New York.

April 25, 2025 By Laura Dorgan

Gantry Plaza State Park transformed into a celebration of spring on Saturday, April 19, as families from across Queens gathered for the annual Queens Easter Festival.

Apr. 25, 2025 By Phil Wong

New York City is at a crossroads—and our community knows it. From rising crime to overdevelopment, from classrooms focused on politics instead of academics, to congestion pricing that punishes working families, it’s clear City Hall has lost touch with the people it’s supposed to serve.

An off-duty NYPD cop from Briarwood was arrested on Thursday morning and booked at the 102nd Precinct in South Ozone Park for allegedly sending sexually explicit content via an online app to an undercover officer posing online as a 14-year-old girl.

Police Officer Travis DeSouza, 35, of Van Wyck Expressway, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on the night of April 24 on a criminal complaint charging him with attempted dissemination of indecent material to minors, official misconduct, and other related crimes, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.

Apr. 25, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Council Member Robert Holden has introduced two new pieces of legislation that target fire hydrant misuse and abusive rodeo practices. 

Apr. 25, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Apr. 25, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Residents and stakeholders in Queens and Brooklyn are invited to attend a public information session hosted by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) to learn more about the future of the historic Grand Street Bridge.