May. 2, 2025 By Athena Dawson Dozens gathered at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens on Thursday, May 1, to celebrate the renaming of the hospital’s main pavilion in honor of the late Claire Shulman, the trailblazing former Queens Borough President who began her public service career as a nurse at the same hospital in the…
May. 1, 2025 By Colum Motherway As National Nurses Week approaches, from May 6 through May 12, the dedicated nursing team at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Forest Hills Hospital is taking time to reflect on the meaning of their work and the powerful role they play in the lives of their patients and the…
May. 1, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Two top City Hall officials said on Thursday that Mayor Eric Adams’ newly released executive budget does not put additional funds into reserves ahead of President Trump’s tariffs and broad funding cuts because they do not anticipate that it would spark a “doomsday scenario” for the city’s economy. First Deputy…
May. 1, 2025 By Max Parrott Lawyers of the world, unite! Hundreds of attorneys converged upon Foley Square on National Law Day in what they described as a non-partisan demonstration against President Trump’s attacks against the independence of the legal industry and judiciary. The organizers of the May 1 protest, sponsored by the New…
May. 1, 2025 By QNS News Team A senior from Jamaica has earned top honors at a prestigious scientific conference for his work in plant genome research. Solomon Theo Scheiner, a Bioinformatics and Computational Biology major at SUNY Old Westbury, won first prize for his oral presentation at the 2025 annual meeting of the Northeast…
May. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry A Long Island man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday in Queens Supreme Court after pleading guilty to kidnapping, robbery, and promoting prostitution for three separate incidents. Gil Iphael, 25, of Copiague Street in Valley Stream, lured his victims to Queens locations for sex with the…
May. 1, 2025 By Ethan Marshall March 2025 marked the seventh consecutive month in which the number of homes to enter contract in New York City increased year-over-year, according to a report by the real estate listing site StreetEasy. Over this period of time, homes entering contract rose 8.7%, from 2,003 in March 2024…
May. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry A South Jamaica man was fatally struck by two vehicles while walking with a cane in front of his apartment building on Linden Boulevard on the night of Thursday, April 24. While lying on the street near the intersection at 166th Street, the injured 62-year-old man was struck…
May. 1, 2025 By Colum Motherway A broad coalition of elected officials, civic leaders and Community Board 5 is calling on state regulators to reject a proposed adult-use cannabis dispensary in the heart of Maspeth, arguing that the location violates New York State’s mandated 500-foot buffer zone between dispensaries and schools. The proposed dispensary…
May. 1, 2025 By Jessica Militello Go ahead and snap that selfie in Queens—a new study says Citi Field is one of the most Instagrammable stadiums in Major League Baseball. According to a recent study by the sports betting site Flashpicks, Citi Field ranked as the 5th most Instagram-worthy ballpark in the nation, racking…