Woman Punched and Robbed on Roosevelt Avenue Earlier This Month

Jun. 17, 2025 By Christian Murray

With early voting already underway and Primary Day approaching on Tuesday, June 24, New Yorkers have an important opportunity to shape the city’s future by casting their ballots in critical local races. Here’s what voters need to know before heading to the polls.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The At Home home-décor store at Rego Center in Rego Park will soon shut its doors following the company’s decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Amtrak, the federal railway service, has proposed expanding into Long Island with a stop in Queens, a move that could reshape intercity travel in northeast America.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Permits have been filed for the construction of a 9-story residential building with 94 housing units at 185-17 Hillside Ave. in Jamaica.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The New York State Legislature has passed the AANHPI Education Equity Act, a bill aimed at evaluating and improving how Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history is taught in public schools statewide. The legislation now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul for consideration.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Dean Moses & Robert Pozarycki

City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Dean Moses, Robert Pozarycki & Ethan Stark-Miller

City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

City officials, elected leaders and Flushing community members helped break ground on a new and long-awaited $34 million education building at the Queens Botanical Garden that will feature six teaching areas for year-round programming.

The Joan N. and Norman Bluestone Education Center will be 14,500 square feet, replacing a smaller educational space. It will have four indoor classrooms, a teaching kitchen, and a solarium where educators can grow and maintain plants for educational purposes.

A Trinitarios gang leader from Brooklyn was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for orchestrating a drive-by shooting in Ozone Park that left three rival gang members wounded in 2021.

Pedro Serrano, 24, of East New York, pleaded guilty in March 2024 to assault in-aid-of racketeering and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

Jun. 17, 2025 By Jenna Tipaldo