Dec. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall As we prepare for 2024, QNS is looking back at some of our most widely read stories in 2023. Readers were active in 2023, with more than 7 million views. From crime, to local businesses and more, 2023 had a lot to offer in Queens. Brooklyn woman gets more…
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The most visited subway stations of 2023, according to the MTA
Dec. 27, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA has revealed the subway stations, train lines, and bus routes that have seen the highest ridership in 2023, days before the start of the new year. The busiest subway line this year has been the 6 line, which runs between Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall in lower Manhattan…
Brooklyn man extradited back to Queens for fatal 2022 shooting in Jamaica: NYPD
Dec. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry A convicted rapist from Brooklyn was arrested and charged last week for the 2022 fatal shooting of a Jamaica man who was gunned down while sitting in his car on Sutphin Boulevard. Kenyon Nesbitt, 44, of Sutter Avenue in the Brownsville section of the borough, was booked on Dec….
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Two masked men rob Chase Bank in Ozone Park, make off with $4,000 cash: NYPD
Dec. 27, 2023 By Anthony Medina Two masked men entered a Chase Bank branch in Ozone Park Tuesday where they demanded cash and made off with $4,000, police said. Police say the duo entered the bank, located at 96-19 101 Ave., shortly before noon, where one of them approached a teller and handed over a…
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Minimum Wage To Increase In New York City, Long Island In 2024
The minimum wage in New York City, Westchester County, and on Long Island is set to increase in 2024, as announced by Gov. Hochul’s office on Wednesday.
Two con men plead guilty in deed fraud scam to steal houses in Queens, Nassau County: DA
Dec. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry A Far Rockaway man and his accomplice from Long Island pleaded guilty to a wide-ranging scheme to steal residential properties in Queens and Nassau County by filing forged deeds, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday. Russell Carbone, 69, of Beach Ninth Street, and Terrell Hill, 40, of West Hempstead, worked together to target homes where the owners died and their heirs had not taken title to them. To help find the properties, Hill, a landscaper, would alert Carbone, a disbarred attorney, to homes that appeared abandoned. Most of the properties turned out to…
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Crunching the Queens crime stats: number of stolen vehicles in northern Queens dips, uptick in southern portion of borough
Dec. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The number of vehicles reported stolen trended downward across northern Queens over the last month when compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Monday. At the same time, southern Queens experienced an uptick in cases during this time….
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Woman dead, man injured in Queens double shooting: NYPD
Dec. 27, 2023 By Dean Moses A woman is dead and a man seriously injured following a double shooting that took place in Queens late Tuesday night. Law enforcement sources said the victims drove to the 103rd Precinct stationhouse in Jamaica following the shooting seeking help from officers just before midnight. The officers were met…
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Op-Ed | A year of getting stuff done for working-class New Yorkers
Dec. 27, 2023 By Mayor Eric Adams
When we came into office in January 2022, New York City was on the brink. The pandemic was still raging. Our economy was in bad shape. Crime was on the rise. And our mission from day one was to fight for the people who make New York City the greatest city in the world.
Queens double shooting mystery: Woman killed, man injured in hail of bullets, police say
Dec. 27, 2023 By Dean Moses
Police in Queens are investigating a double shooting on Tuesday night that left a woman killed and a man seriously injured.