Larvicides Aimed at Reducing Mosquitoes to be Sprayed in Marsh Areas in Central and Eastern Queens

Mar. 26, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Community Education Council 26 (CEC 26) has approved a resolution urging the city to site a specialized high school at a school currently under construction on 88th Avenue in Jamaica in order to address a major shortfall of specialized schools in the borough.

Mar. 26, 2025 By Dean Moses and QNS News Team

The case is being investigated by the 102nd Precinct. No arrests have been made as of yet.

Mar. 26, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

March 26, 2025 By Jay Devashetty

A convicted child rapist from Southeast Queens, who was paroled in January after serving 18 years in prison, is being held without bail after he was criminally charged with sexual abuse for assaulting and threatening to kill a 10-year-old girl he stalked in Woodhaven last week.

John Garrison, 53, of 224th Street in Cambria Heights, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Sunday on a five-count complaint charging him with sexual abuse in the first degree and other related crimes.

Mar. 26, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Give the gift of an unforgettable prom night for Queens high school students this March. 

A jury in Queens Supreme Court convicted a Hamptons drug dealer on Monday of possessing 2 kilos of deadly fentanyl that he was transporting from Suffolk County into Queens to sell the drugs for profit in 2022.

Dennis Carrol, 34, of Evergreen Road in Flanders, was found guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and other related crimes following a four-week trial. The jury reached a verdict after deliberating for approximately a day and a half.

Mar. 26, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Enjoy the new Spring plants and blooms by spending the afternoon in their peaceful and gorgeous garden, open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Mar. 26, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

As part of New York City’s Civics for All initiative, Council Member Linda Lee spent the week of March 10 engaging with students across Eastern Queens, encouraging them to take an active role in shaping their communities and government.

Police from the 103rd Precinct are looking for a gunman who opened fire inside a banquet hall in a hotel in Jamaica during the early morning hours of Sunday, March 16.

The suspect was involved in a dispute with an unidentified man inside a nightclub that operates inside the Hotel Liberty Inn & Suites-JFK at 144-20 Liberty Ave. just before 5 a.m. when he pulled out a firearm and discharged it multiple times, causing damage to the ceiling, police said. An NYPD spokesman could not say what the two men were arguing about before the gunfire erupted. No injuries were reported as a result of the shooting.

Mar. 25, 2025 By Colum Motherway

The New York State Senate has unanimously passed Senate Bill S. 2000, a significant step toward improving the early detection and treatment of lung cancer in New York.