Jan. 12, 2022 Op-Ed By Diana Limongi

As a parent of two children and a childcare advocate, I know all too well that families all over Queens and across New York State are having difficulty finding affordable, quality child care in their communities.

Jan. 12, 2022 By Allie Griffin

New York City Restaurant Week returns next Tuesday with deals at local eateries across the city including more than 20 in Queens.

Jan. 12, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Nearly $325,000 in funding to support senior services in Queens has been restored, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced Monday.

Jan. 12, 2022 By Allie Griffin

Queens Council Member Vickie Paladino, who came under fire Tuesday for comparing the city’s vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany, has apologized for her remarks.

Jan. 12, 2022 By Christian Murray

The NYPD 108 Precinct is calling on residents to sign up to be part of its volunteer auxiliary program.

Jan. 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Three Queens Council Members have joined a Republican-led lawsuit that aims to block a new city law that allows legal noncitizens to vote in local elections.

Jan. 11, 2022 By Christian Murray

Two hydro-electric companies that will be delivering clean energy to a substation in Astoria in 2025 have come together to donate $1.25 million to the Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens.

Jan. 11, 2022 By Christian Murray

A Queens resident has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shoving a man onto the subway tracks at the 21^st Street-Queensbridge F station in Long Island City last year.

Jan. 11, 2022 By Christian Murray

The police have arrested the well-known rapper Chucky73 for allegedly taking part in a party that shut down the Kosciuszko Bridge in November.

City Hall expanded supervised release to create an alternative to Rikers Island and ensure defendants show up for trial. The number being rearrested far exceeds projections.

High-flight-risk criminal defendants are being rearrested on felony charges at a much higher rate than city officials projected after being freed without bail under an alternative-to-jail program, newly released state stats show.

Jan. 10, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Two million Queens residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Borough President Donovan Richards announced Saturday.

Jan. 10, 2022 By Allie Griffin

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards joined three other borough presidents in a joint call Friday demanding the state and state legislature extend the eviction moratorium.

Jan. 10, 2022 By Christian Murray

The police are looking for a knife-wielding man who followed a woman into her Sunnyside apartment building Saturday night and then robbed her.

Jan. 10, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Green card holders and residents who are authorized to work now have the right to vote in local elections.

Jan. 10, 2022 By Allie Griffin

New Yorkers have more time to try their hand at grabbing an affordable apartment inside a luxury tower on the Long Island City waterfront.

Jan. 10, 2022 By Allie Griffin

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced Sunday.

Jan. 7, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Drinks-to-go will be making a comeback.

Jan. 4, 2022 By Allie Griffin

A new, Woodside-based youth organization has launched with the goal of engaging and empowering young people in western Queens.

Jan. 7, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

New York City was blanketed by a large snowstorm early Friday with parts of Queens being hit the hardest.

Jan. 7, 2022 By Allie Griffin

More than two dozen city and state lawmakers are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to offer a temporary remote learning option for students at the city’s public schools—amid a record-breaking surge of COVID-19 cases.

Jan. 7, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

A new hookah lounge has opened in Astoria.

Jan. 6, 2022 By Allie Griffin

A Queens-based cookie chain is opening a location in Forest Hills next week.

Jan. 6, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

The founder of a Long Island City-based non-profit that provides services to the families of incarcerated women— and the women themselves—has left her leadership position.

Jan. 5, 2022 By Christian Murray

Jimmy Van Bramer, whose term in the city council ended Friday, started work Monday as a member of the executive team at the Girl Scouts of Greater New York.

Jan. 5, 2022 By Allie Griffin

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced during her “State of the State” address Wednesday an ambitious new project to connect Queens and Brooklyn via a largely unused railway.

Jan. 5, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

A GoFundMe page has been launched for a Woodside man who was struck by a subway train last month and left with horrific injuries.

Jan. 5, 2022 By Allie Griffin

Southeast Queens Council Member Adrienne Adams was officially sworn in as New York City’s first Black council speaker Wednesday.