Jan. 21, 2025 QNS News Team First-time foreclosure filings across the broader New York metro area declined significantly in 2024, according to PropertyShark’s latest foreclosure report. The report released on Monday, Jan. 20, reveals a 14% year-over-year drop compared to 7,264 cases in 2023. It expanded its coverage to include 12 New York and…
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Queens Republican Club hosts candidates for Borough President and City Council races
Jan. 21, 2025 By Colum Motherway The Central Queens Republican Club welcomed ten candidates for Queens Borough President and City Council seats during a meet-and-greet at its monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 16. The event provided a platform for candidates to share their visions, answer questions from attendees, and discuss pressing issues affecting their…
Patient at mental health facility on Creedmoor campus in Queens Village charged in fatal stabbing of roommate: NYPD
Jan. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry A patient at a mental health facility located on the sprawling 125-acre Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Queens Village is accused of killing his roommate who was found dead lying in a pool of blood Monday morning. David Zheng, 23, was arrested and charged with murder in the…
‘It’s just a hobby’: Queens Village man tells cops during arrest for assembling ghost guns at his Hillside Avenue home: DA
Jan. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry A mechanic at LaGuardia Airport was arrested and criminally charged with weapons possession and other related crimes after a cache of ghost guns and the accouterments needed to assemble the illegal firearms, were found at his Queens Village home after law enforcement executed a court-ordered search warrant on…
Unidentified woman found dead on F train in Jamaica Saturday: NYPD
Jan. 20, 2025 By Dean Moses Police are still investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on board an F train over the weekend. According to police sources, an unidentified woman between the ages of 50 and 60 was found unconscious and unresponsive on a northbound F train by the conductor…
Governor Hochul announces $180M funding for Jamaica Hospital cancer center
Jan. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson Governor Kathy Hochul announced a landmark $180 million state investment on Friday to improve healthcare access in Queens, unveiling plans for the borough’s first comprehensive cancer care center at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (JHMC). The state-funded project aims to provide world-class cancer treatment closer to home for Queens…
Fatal shooting in St. Albans on Saturday leaves 51-year-old man dead; suspect sought
Queens police are on the hunt for the suspect who shot a man dead on Saturday night. Police said the victim — Sherman Walker, 51, of Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens — was gunned down at the corner of 204th Street and Murdock Avenue in St. Albans at about 6 p.m. on Jan. 18.…
Kew Gardens Hills tenant charged with murder of her building super in rent dispute: DA
Jan. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry A Kew Gardens Hills woman is criminally charged with murder for allegedly killing her building superintendent, who was trying to collect tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid rent on behalf of the landlord, inside her apartment Tuesday. She is accused of beating the super to death with…
Holocaust survivors share powerful WWII stories at Elmhurst school for 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Jan. 17, 2025 By Colum Motherway New York Holocaust Survivors joined the Arts4All Foundation, Senator Jessica Ramos, and other elected officials at Newtown High School in Elmhurst on Thursday, Jan. 16, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The occasion marks the day of liberation from Auschwitz-Birkenau and is a time…
NYC’s undocumented subway vendors: Struggles, survival and the fear of deportation
Jan. 17, 2025 By Shane O’Brien It is a typical Tuesday evening in the Times Square—42 St subway station. Subway trains continue their ceaseless beat across the city while commuters dart in every direction to catch their rides. Amid this chaotic labyrinth of underground passages and platforms, newly arrived immigrants line the walkways, selling…