A 28-year-old Queens native was among the three service members killed by an Iranian missile last week.

More than a dozen Queens lawmakers signed on to a letter with around 100 other elected officials calling on federal Democrats to push for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The threat of a mass citywide public defender strike wreaking havoc on the city’s courthouses appeared to be averted on Tuesday after striking attorneys reached a deal on a new labor contract with the city’s second-largest public defender group.

Torrential downpours and consistent rainfall bore down on Queens over the weekend, flooding streets and blocking major highways even after the city has spent over a billion dollars in recent years on flood-mitigation efforts.

On Wednesday, a sold out crowd filled Citi Field in Flushing to watch soon-to-be Queens locals Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League play their first match in the World’s Borough.

Rikers Island’s power remediation manager issued his much-anticipated first report this week, detailing his plans to begin to curb the violence that has plagued the city’s jails for decades.

Over 500 attorneys and legal staff at the city’s second-largest public defender organization went on strike Thursday.

Patrick Martinez won the Democratic primary for Queens Assembly District 30 by a mere seven votes after an automatic recount was triggered in the paper-thin race between him and candidate Shamsul Haque.

Despite a boost in funding and resources for the state’s court system, Queens Criminal Court’s Supervising Judge Edwin Novillo says that large case volumes continue to be the greatest challenge for the court, and that more resources for additional judges, trial parts and technology capabilities are needed to efficiently process cases.

The NYPD is beefing up its presence around a Queens park where a teenager was shot and killed in April.

“Community-based alternatives to incarceration and post-release reentry programs are proving every day that public safety and decarceration are not competing goals.”

“Families are being presented with a false choice: Send your children to a brand-new, $92 million facility, or continue using an aging building that has been allowed to deteriorate.”

“With the mayoral elections coming up, it's important that we seek out representatives who will do right by their constituents and abolish Rikers once and for all. “

The Oklahoma-based Williams Transco company is proposing a pipeline through lower Hudson Harbor again. New York first rejected this pipeline in 2020, and now we must do it again. What’s good for a Tulsa gas company is terrible for Queens’ health and our wallets.

“For a corporate center that hosts more than a thousand employees every day — including staff at the Department of Corrections, Skanska, numerous firms and the headquarters of the Queens Chamber of Commerce — this change is more than an inconvenience. It is a step backward for our borough’s economy.”

“Metropolitan Park is a project that has been shaped by the people who live here. A steadfast partner of the community and Elmcor, Metropolitan Park has been intentional with its support for putting the community first. “