Nearly 20 Queens Restaurants Make Michelin’s Affordable Eats 2021 List

Apr. 29, 2024 By emarshall

Apr. 29, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Apr. 29, 2024 By Council Member James F. Gennaro

Negotiations regarding the New York State budget have just concluded a few days ago and a budget has passed after more than two weeks of delays. But while Gov. Kathy Hochul has proclaimed this year’s ‘bold agenda’ aims to make New York ‘safer,’ there hasn’t been so much as a whisper about the safety issue New Yorkers actually care about – New York States’s dangerous bail reform laws and the State’s absence of a ‘dangerousness standard,’ which would allow judges to detain without bail those defendants that pose a present a clear and present danger to our communities. (The 49 other states and the federal government have a dangerousness standard. NY State is the only state that lacks this essential protection from the State’s most dangerous offenders.)

Apr. 29, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

As New York City tries to provide more affordable housing to its residents, the real estate and management platform Outpost Club has been hard at work creating affordable housing dwellings.

Apr. 29, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Apr. 28 is nationally recognized as Pay it Forward Day, but one Salvation Army captain has lived by that motto since arriving in the U.S. in 2010. Salvation Army Captain Stanley Pierre-Louis has been dedicated to helping other people ever since his first encounter with the organization in 2012.

Apr. 26, 2024 By Tracey Khan

For Candacy Benjamin, the path to success has been paved with determination, challenges, and unwavering dedication. Originally hailing from Guyana, Benjamin’s journey as a hairstylist began with humble beginnings but has since blossomed into a thriving career in the bustling city of New York.

Apr. 26, 2024 By Athena Dawson

The Mary Louis Academy (TMLA), a famed Catholic all-girls preparatory high-school in Jamaica Estates, is set to let go of seven faculty members at the end of the school year. In response to an inquiry from QNS, TMLA’s inaugural president, Livia Angiolillo, responded via email.

Apr. 26, 2024 By Stephanie Waddle

There are more weight loss gimmicks than stars in the sky. I know because I have several friends that have struggled with their weight, some of them severely, for many years. They’ve had the most success when they’ve applied four basic principles:

Apr. 25, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

As Pro-Palestinian encampments emerged at over a dozen college campuses across the country following in the footsteps of Columbia University, local elected officials pushed out statements in response.

Apr. 25, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann

It was an action-packed afternoon at J-CAP, a bilingual residential drug treatment program for adults and young adults in Jamaica, Queens. 

A school crossing guard from Jamaica was criminally charged with attempted rape, attempted use of a child in a sexual performance and other sex-related crimes after he allegedly tried to lure an undercover NYPD officer he believed to be 14 years old to participate in a sex act.

Jared Jeridore, 24, of Sutphin Boulevard, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Criminal Court on a seven-count criminal complaint that also included counts of attempted dissemination of indecent material to minors, attempted endangering the welfare of a child and official misconduct.