Jan. 21, 2025 By Athena Dawson

The City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held an oversight hearing with officials from the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Tuesday, Jan 21, to address pressing issues surrounding New York City’s street infrastructure and future planning.

Jan. 21, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Elected officials and immigrant advocacy organizations in Queens are urging undocumented immigrants to familiarize themselves with their rights as the Trump administration prepares to conduct Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in New York City.

Jan. 21, 2025 By sobrien

Jan. 21, 2025 By Shane O’Brien 

Jan. 21, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Assembly Member Sam Berger and Senator Nathalia Fernandez have championed a groundbreaking piece of legislation aimed at protecting mental health patients from sexual abuse by their providers.

A Rockaway Park man was arrested earlier this month after law enforcement executed a court-ordered search warrant at his Beach 123rd St. home and recovered a loaded firearm, a fake detective’s shield, several CO2 air pistols, and air rifles.

Jody Fiorentino, 59, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Jan. 9 on a 10-count complaint charging him with criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment, and other related crimes.

Jan. 21, 2025 By Athena Dawson

The Queens Centers for Progress is hosting its 29th annual “Evening of Fine Food” on Tuesday, Feb 25. The event will be held at Terrace on The Park, located at 52-11 111th St. in Corona, and attendees are invited to celebrate the world’s borough’s diverse food culture. 

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.

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.

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 second degree and other related crimes murder in the fatal stabbing of 63-year-old Ronald Giacopelli.

Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village responded to a 911 call at 10:36 a.m. about a man in need of medical attention at Hazel House, a 52-bed licensed residential program operated by Transitional Services of New York, at 80-45 Winchester Blvd. Officers found Giacopelli lying face down in a pool of blood, unconscious and unresponsive, with multiple stab wounds to the back of his neck and lower back, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation. 

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 Jan. 15.

Jonathan Diaz, 37, of Hillside Avenue, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court a day after he was taken into custody after the multi-agency search of his premises, Queens District Attorney General Melinda Katz announced on Friday.