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May. 8, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Local government leaders gathered at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica on Sunday, May 5, to host a street co-naming ceremony honoring the legacy of a founding member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. 

May. 8, 2024 By Tangerine Clarke

New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. who represents the 15^th Senate District in Queens, on Saturday, May 4 partnered with Community Board 9, to bring awareness and support the Autism and Developmental Disabilities and Resource Fair at the 2^nd Annual walk in Phil “Scooter Rizzuto Park/Smokey Oval, in Richmond Hill.

May. 7, 2024 By Anthony Medina

Mayor Eric Adams signed two pieces of legislation this month that will provide self-defense training and body armor to Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Paramedics in the FDNY.

May. 7, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

A fisherman discovered a human skull floating in Jamaica Bay off the coast of Queens early Tuesday morning.

May. 7, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Three local Republican candidates vying for various local and state government positions held a press conference in Jamaica on Monday to address the city’s current migrant crisis.

May. 7, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Several local small business owners have the chance to showcase their products at one of four retail kiosks in John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 8.

A Westchester man was arrested on May 1 and booked at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica for an unprovoked attack on an F train rider at the 169th Street subway station in Jamaica Hills last month.

Devon Pennant, 27, whose last known address was at the Croton Heights apartments on Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on May 2 on a complaint charging him with assault and harassment for an incident that occurred during the early morning hours of Friday, Apr. 12.

May. 6, 2024 By emarshall

May 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

May. 6, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann

The gym at the High School for Law Enforcement and Safety in St. Albans was buzzing with excitement as teenagers picked out their prom outfits from racks upon racks of free glamorous gowns and suits at the 10th annual NYPD “Prom Impact” event on Saturday, May 4. 

A New Jersey man is criminally charged with making terroristic threats and related crimes after he sent a chilling video to his estranged wife in which a firearm is visible as he made a menacing statement that he was going to shoot up JFK Airport, where she had just landed on Tuesday morning .

Darnell King, 39, of East 36th Street in Paterson, was arraigned Thursday in Queens Criminal Court on a 12-count complaint charging him with a slew of weapons possession crimes two days after he was tracked down and taken into custody at Resorts World New York City in South Ozone Park.