May. 20, 2025 By Czarinna Andres Rockaway’s St. John’s Episcopal Hospital has once again been recognized for its excellence in stroke care, earning reaccreditation as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center from The Joint Commission (TJC), one of the nation’s most respected health care accrediting bodies. The prestigious Gold Seal of Approval®, awarded following a…
May. 20, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams When we came into office in 2022, illegal smoke shops were popping up all around the city. No matter what community you talked to, no matter what borough you visited, New Yorkers were fed up. Illegal smoke and cannabis shops were cutting the line — hurting hard-earned…
May. 19, 2025 By Colum Motherway A longtime Forest Hills staple is closing its doors after three decades of service. Boris Production, located at 64-49 108th St., has officially announced it will cease operations. In a farewell gesture to the neighborhood, the shop has launched a store closing sale, offering 50% off all in-stock…
May. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens man was killed near Alley Pond Park when he crashed into a garbage truck that was parked in front of a Department of Sanitation garage in Little Neck early Saturday morning. Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside responded to a 911 call of a vehicle…
May. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez is leading a congressional effort to pressure SkyHop Global, a national airline crew transportation company, to return to the bargaining table with striking shuttle drivers serving New York City’s major airports. In a letter sent this week, Velázquez and 14 members of the New…
May. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry New York attorney general Letitia James will not be charging four police officers from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway in the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Geoffrey Parris at the Ocean Bay apartments on Feb. 12, 2024. Following a thorough probe, her Office of Special Investigations (OSI), which…
May. 19, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and Czarinna Andres Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered at Crocheron Park in Bayside on Sunday, May 18, for the 19th annual Big Hearts Walk for St. Mary’s Kids, raising more than $165,000 to support life-changing care for some of the city’s most medically complex children. The walk, hosted…
May. 19, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller One mayoral candidate took the unusual step on Sunday of asking his supporters to donate to an opponent in a bid to block the front-runner, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, from winning the June 24 Democratic primary. Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, who is placing second to Cuomo in…
May. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Brooklyn man for the fatal stabbing of a Flushing woman after visiting her apartment for sex in August 2022. Shao Tong Lian, 41, of Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Thursday on an indictment charging him…
May. 19, 2025 By Colum Motherway A fire that erupted from a cluster of illegally parked RVs and severely damaged the iconic Goodfellas Diner in Maspeth has reignited community outrage and renewed calls for stronger enforcement against unauthorized RV dwellings in New York City’s outer boroughs. Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels and…