Jun. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police are looking for two hit-and-run drivers who left a cyclist and a pedestrian critically injured in two separate collisions in South Queens. On the night of Tuesday, June 17, a 66-year-old man was walking near 116th Street and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park just before midnight when…
Jun. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Queens apartment rents continued to climb year-over-year, rising 2.63% between May 2024 and May 2025, even as the borough saw a slight dip in average rents from April to May 2025, according to the latest Queens Rental Market Report released by MNS Real Estate The average rent in…
Jun. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry The founder of the Queens Defenders and her husband have lawyered up after they were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the non-profit organization. Former Queens Defenders executive director Lori Zeno, 64, surrendered Wednesday at the Brooklyn federal courthouse.…
Jun. 20, 2025 By Danielle Ramos NYC Public Schools to Teach Real-World Money Skills: Launch New FLY Program This Fall Is your child’s school district on the list for the FLY program? Many of us have wished we had learned about day-to-day budgeting and finance in school rather than the obscure math classes we…
Jun. 19, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The leading candidates in New York City’s June 24 Democratic mayoral primary hit the campaign trail on Thursday to attack each other. Mamdani hits Cuomo on PAC money Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who is consistently polling in second place, held an event in Astoria…
Jun. 19, 2025 By Dean Moses Police are searching for five men who brutally attacked an employee outside a Jackson Heights nightclub earlier this month. According to police sources, the assault occurred at around 4 a.m. on Friday, June 7, outside Romanticos Gentlemen’s Night Club, located at 76-07 Roosevelt Ave. The violence erupted after…
Jun. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Jamaica man for attacking an airport worker in a Howard Beach subway station late last month. Courtney Jacobs, 38, of Liberty Avenue, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Supreme Court on an indictment charging him with attempted murder in the second degree and…
Jun. 19, 2025 By Athena Dawson Queens voters can ride to the polls for free this June, thanks to Lime’s “Lime to the Polls” initiative. Lime—one of three e-scooter companies participating in the eastern Queens e-scooter share program—is expanding its civic engagement campaign to help residents get to and from polling places during early…
Jun. 19, 2025 By Czarinna Andres New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, who represents parts of western Queens, successfully passed two major bills designed to regulate the growing use of artificial intelligence in public and private systems. The legislation marks a significant milestone in Gonzalez’s broader “Safe and Responsible Artificial Intelligence” package and positions…
Jun. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was sentenced to a decade in prison for a hate crime for punching out a Sikh man following a 2023 fender bender in Kew Gardens. The victim suffered a head injury and died five days later. Gilbert Augustin, 32, of 111th Avenue in Jamaica,…