Jun. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was sentenced to a decade in prison for a hate crime for punching out a Sikh man following a 2023 fender bender in Kew Gardens. The victim suffered a head injury and died five days later. Gilbert Augustin, 32, of 111th Avenue in Jamaica,…
Mar. 7, 2025 By QNS News Team The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has announced a long-term closure of Exit 1A from the northbound Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) to the eastbound Belt Parkway in Queens, beginning Monday, March 10, at 10 a.m. and continuing through Friday, Aug. 22, at 6 a.m., weather…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Bill Parry New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation (OSI) released its report on Wednesday into the death of Ervin Zacarias Antonio Agustin, a 23-year-old man from Valley Stream, LI, who died on May 19, 2024, following a motor vehicle collision involving an NYPD officer near Archer…
May. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD revealed the identity of the 22-year-old man who was struck and killed by one of its highway patrol vehicles on the Van Wyck Expressway in the early morning of Sunday, May 19.
Mar. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry
According to authorities, a Rosedale man was arrested and charged with driving while under the influence after fatally striking a Jamaica woman just blocks away from her home on Friday evening, March 3.