Jan. 27, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

The City Council’s Republican conference is set to vote Tuesday on a new minority leader after the position’s current occupant, Staten Island’s Joe Borelli, announced over the weekend he will be stepping down on Jan. 31 to become a lobbyist.

Queens mourns the loss of its longtime voice in letters.

Larry Penner, a mass transit expert, transportation advocate, and historian, died in hospice care on Jan. 16 after a year-long battle against pancreatic cancer. He was 71.

A Jamaica man is facing up to fifteen years in prison after admitting he raped a woman and tried to kill her on a neighborhood rooftop in August 2023, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday.

Jerson Vasquez, 25, of 170th Street, pleaded guilty to rape, attempted murder, and other charges in Queens Supreme Court on Friday.

Jan. 27, 2025 By Colum Motherway

Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar has officially announced her candidacy for New York City Public Advocate, opting out of a previous bid for Comptroller.

Jan. 27, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Hundreds of Mets fans gathered at Citi Field in Flushing on Saturday, Jan. 25, to enjoy the festivities offered at the “Amazin’ Day” fan fest.

South Ozone Park resident Marco Mosquera was sentenced by Queens Supreme Court on Friday to 34 years in prison for shooting at police during an armed standoff at his home in September 2021.

Mosquera, 46, was convicted by a jury in December of attempted murder and other charges for provoking an angry confrontation with his then-wife, an off-duty NYPD officer. When police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park and the Emergency Services Unit responded to their colleague’s distress call, they found Mosquera had barricaded himself behind the front door and fired at them with his wife’s service weapons, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.

A Flushing ketamine trafficking operation was dismantled after a Queens grand jury indicted four individuals on conspiracy, drug trafficking, and other charges following a long-term investigation into a narcotics organization based in Jamaica.

The 16-month probe, dubbed “Operation Frostbite,” included a series of undercover drug buys and the use of electronic surveillance, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.

Jan. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Mayor Eric Adams hosted a town hall in Corona Wednesday evening as part of the mayor’s Talk with Eric Community Conversation Series, informing local residents that he hopes to speak to the Trump administration regarding its plans on deportation.

Jan. 24, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on Friday, Jan. 24, the completion of major accessibility upgrades at the Woodhaven Blvd JZ station.

A Queens grand jury indicted seven men for a shooting at a Richmond Hill baby shower in May, leaving a Long Island man dead and three others injured.

The gunfire, which was apparently gang-related, erupted outside a party venue and then continued inside, where dozens of people were gathered, including four young children, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.