Feb. 20, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller

As Mayor Eric Adams’ reelection hopes continue to dim and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears to be on the verge of entering the race for City Hall, some Democratic pols and labor leaders are turning to someone who has shown zero interest in running for mayor: City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Feb. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Local community members, advocates, and elected officials gathered in Southeast Queens this February to celebrate the annual Black History Month event.

The 16-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed a Brooklyn cheerleader inside a Holliswood home on Saturday, Feb. 15, is being held without bail after he made his first court appearance on Monday night.

The teenager, who was not identified because he is a minor, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging him with manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon, an armed felony offense.

Feb. 20, 2025 By Athena Dawson

The City Council recently passed a bill to increase accessibility for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Feb. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

A new six-story luxury condominium, The Austin, has opened its doors at 78-29 Austin St. in Forest Hills.

Feb. 20, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) has voted to approve public matching funds payments totaling $11,100,281 for 39 candidates running in the 2025 elections. 

Feb. 20, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

The City Planning Commission has voted in favor of modifications to zoning regulations for the planned $8 billion Metropolitan Park casino development adjacent to Citi Field in Flushing.

Feb. 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Elected officials across Queens have condemned President Donald Trump after the Trump Administration moved to end federal approval for congestion pricing Wednesday.

Feb. 19, 2025 By Athena Dawson

A globally recognized rapper hailing from Queens was honored by elected officials in Albany on Sunday.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday the release of surveillance video of the cold case murder of an off-duty Rikers Island correction officer in Springfield Gardens more than four years ago.

During the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2020, 28-year-old NYC Correction Officer John Jeff was gunned down at the corner of Defoe Street and Ridgedale Street while heading to a house party just a mile away from his Farmers Boulevard home in Rochdale.