Queens to host free fan World Cup watch party
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Initially announced as a paid event in December, the Queens Fan Zone at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will be free to enter for World Cup fans.
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Recruitment flyers for controversial Jewish group spotted in Queens
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Flyers calling for recruits to join a far-right Jewish group once dubbed a terrorist organization by the FBI were recently spotted in Queens, plastered to a parking meter across the street from the office of the borough’s top cop.
Read MoreRockaway breaks ground on massive Arverne East housing project
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Officials broke ground on a new Queens housing development on Friday at a site nearly the size of similar housing projects at Creedmoor and Willets Point combined.
Read MoreFire tears through historic Astoria church
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A five-alarm fire tore through a historic church in Astoria on Thursday night.
Read MoreCandidates and their lawyers head to Queens court to fight over ballot petitions
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Queens judges on Thursday heard allegations of fraud, the use of AI in court filings and objections to thousands upon thousands of signatures on ballot petitions from Queens voters.
Read MoreCity’s public defenders join national protest, call for more funding
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The city’s largest criminal legal aid organizations joined a national protest on Thursday, warning the constitutional right to counsel is being “systematically dismantled” as public defenders across the country struggle to keep up with mounting cases.
Read MoreConstruction of new Brooklyn jail hits milestone as Rikers closure moves forward
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The final beam was placed Wednesday atop the $3 billion Brooklyn borough-based jail, which will one day be the first facility to be completed as part of New York City’s long-delayed plan to close Rikers Island.
Read MoreSt. John’s faces unfair labor practice charge after cutting ties with unions
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St. John’s University is facing a new allegation from two faculty unions the school cut ties with earlier this year, escalating a labor conflict the university has already faced repeated criticism for.
Read MoreAstoria community board approves controversial street plan
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Queens Community Board 1 voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to support a controversial redesign of a busy Astoria strip.
Read MoreCommunity mourns 15-year-old killed in Queens park
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Hundreds gathered in Roy Wilkins Park on Monday evening to mourn the death of 15-year-old Jaden Pierre, who was shot and killed in the park just days earlier.
Read MoreNew leadership meets again at Rikers Island
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City Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers’ first visit to Rikers Island came shortly after her election in 2021, when the jails were in an acute state of crisis.
Read MoreResorts World to open city’s first full-fledged casino next week
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The city’s first full-fledged casino will open next week at Resorts World in Southeast Queens, the result of a multi-year application and approval process that will soon lead to two casinos opening in the borough and a third on its doorstep.
Read MoreImmigration legal groups stretched thin in Queens
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Before last year, Immigration Law & Justice New York regularly offered free law clinics out of Queens churches to help immigrants find legal assistance.
Read MoreOfficials decry wild Maspeth street takeover as police seek suspects
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Police are looking for eight suspects allegedly involved in a raucous street takeover in Maspeth on Saturday night that has a local official up in arms.
Read MoreGotti grandson sentenced for using Queens company to commit COVID-19 relief fraud
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The grandson of infamous mob boss John Gotti was sentenced to a little more than a year in federal prison on Monday for using his Queens auto parts company to bilk a COVID-19 loan program out of more than $1 million.
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