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Sep. 20, 2024 By Ethan Marshall
Volunteers from Wells Fargo joined Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westchester County on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to help renovate a Jamaica home as part of an affordable housing project supported by the two organizations.
Nearly four tons of illegal cannabis and related products, valued at around $10 million, were seized, and two men were arrested during a raid at a Floral Park storage facility on Tuesday, Sept. 17.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the details on Thursday, following the execution of a search warrant that day. Awad Aziz, 31, and Muneer Kassim, 34, both of Brooklyn, were arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday night on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance after authorities discovered a smaller quantity of crystal meth and Psilocybin products during the raid.
Sep. 20, 2024 By Athena Dawson
Lawyers, scholars and students celebrated Constitution Day at Queens County Family Court on Tuesday, Sept. 17.
Sep. 19, 2024 By Czarinna Andres
Ready to roll the dice and take a tour of Queens, one property at a time? The world’s most famous board game is getting a local twist with the debut of MONOPOLY: Queens Edition.
Sep. 19, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan
A residential street in Bayside was closed on Monday evening to accommodate the substantial crowd of local residents, including some who traveled from southeast Queens to protest the City of Yes initiative.
Sep. 19, 2024 By Athena Dawson
The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) is hosting its third annual Jamaica Q 5K Walk/Run at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. The USTAF-certified 5K run is designed to unite the community through a day of fitness and physical activity.
Sep. 19, 2024 By Shane O’Brien
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said Wednesday he is confident that the MTA will get the $68.4 billion needed to fund the five-year capital plan unveiled the same day.
Sep. 19, 2024 By Czarinna Andres
Ahead of the 2024 general elections, a New York-based Democratic education and activist organization has launched a campaign focusing on dual residents to influence the outcome in critical swing districts—such as in Queens, Long Island and upstate.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested early Wednesday morning and booked at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica in connection to the fatal shooting of a Cambria Heights father of three in St. Albans on Monday afternoon.
The youngster, who was not identified because he is a juvenile, was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon for shooting William Alcindor, 66, as he was driving on Farmers Boulevard just before 5 p.m. on Monday.
Sep. 18, 2024 By Athena Dawson
Ghost car drivers are in for a scare. Mayor Eric Adams and other top city officials held a press conference at the Springfield Gardens Auto Pound on Wednesday, Sept. 18th, to announce the launch of a joint NYPD and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) task force to remove ghost cars from city streets.
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