Council Members Joann Ariola (L) Vickie Paladino (C) and Robert Holden (R) have signed onto a lawsuit with leaders of the New York state Republican Party arguing a new city law that allows legal noncitizens to vote in local elections is unconstitutional (Photos via Facebook)

Aug. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a long-haired gunman who allegedly opened fire on a rooftop in the South Jamaica Houses NYCHA complex during the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 5.

Aug. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced it will be spraying pesticides in an effort to eliminate more mosquitoes and reduce the risk of people catching the West Nile virus on Monday, Aug. 11, across several parts of Queens.

Aug. 6, 2025 By Athena Dawson

Hundreds of people enjoyed a night of food, activities and music alongside the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct at Rufus King Park on Tuesday, Aug. 5 in celebration of National Night Out Against Crime, an annual community-building event that promotes police-community partnerships across the nation. 

Aug. 6, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Permits have been filed to expand a 2-story building at 145-33 167th St. in South Jamaica into a 4-story building with nine residential units.

Aug. 4, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Queens Public Library will offer seven-day service at five new locations after the City Council secured a $2 million investment to expand weekend library services across the New York in the city’s FY 26 budget.

Aug. 4, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

With the 35th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York coming to Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Aug. 9-10, the organizers of the highly anticipated event held an Awakening Ceremony on Wednesday, July 30, at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park.

A Springfield Gardens teenager was sentenced to 1 ⅓ to four years in prison for causing the death of another teen who was a passenger in the BMW he was driving in 2023 when he was just 16 years old.

Aug. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry

A southeast Queens man is facing 25 years to life in prison after he was convicted by a jury of murder, assault and other related charges for a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a mom on Mother’s Day 2022 on a South Jamaica dead-end street.

Aug. 1, 2025 By Athena Dawson

AT&T has launched a new Connected Learning Center (CLC) inside the YMCA of Greater New York’s Jamaica branch. 

Jul. 31, 2025 By Ethan Marshall & Zachary Gewelb

Thursday’s thunderstorm has resulted in heavy flooding across New York City, including in northeast Queens, where first responders rescued at least two people who were temporarily stranded in their vehicles.