Six takeaways from Queens’ election results
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Here are six takeaways from Queens’ Election Day.
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Who – and what – is on the ballot in Queens?
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Queens’ voter guide for the Nov. 3, 2026 election.
Read MoreHochul and Blakeman make final push in Queens before Election Day
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Both Governor Kathy Hochul and her Republican challenger, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, made their final pitches to Queens voters over the weekend.
Read MoreMassive early voting turnout in Queens
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Queens voters turned out for the first two days of early voting in this year’s midterm elections in numbers that trounced recent years.
Read MoreVan Wyck construction is finally done, state says
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After years of headaches brought on by incessant bumper-to-bumper traffic, Queens residents may be able to look forward to smoother rides on the long-troubled and construction-plagued Van Wyck Expressway.
Read MoreQueens man among 16 arrested in auto insurance crackdown
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Sixteen people, including one man from Queens, were arrested as part of a statewide investigation into staged car accidents that the governor said resulted in more than half a million dollars in fraudulent insurance claims.
Read MoreJackson Heights to get first-ever local community center
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Jackson Heights will soon get its first-ever community center, officials announced this week.
Read MoreAdvocates say Hochul is failing to keep promise on prison commutations
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Two weeks after Governor Kathy Hochul pardoned six individuals but chose not to commute the sentences of any of the more than 1,000 New Yorkers who have applied, advocates stood outside her Midtown office on Tuesday and called on the governor not to let political pressure prevent her from keeping her promise to regularly use her clemency powers to release reformed individuals from prison.
Read MoreInterborough Express moves ahead as state prepares to release major environmental review
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The state is continuing to move ahead with its plan to build a 14-mile light rail connecting Queens and Brooklyn, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced this week that it was making major progress in the design and environmental review phase of the Interborough Express.
Read MoreGov backs away from sentence commutations while pardoning six New Yorkers
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Governor Kathy Hochul declined to commute the sentence of any of the more than 1,000 people in New York’s prisons who applied for clemency when she granted half a dozen pardons on Friday, angering advocates who say the governor has all but abandoned her promise to reform the state’s clemency process.
Read MoreLG pick Adrienne Adams campaigns in her native Southeast Queens
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Former community board chair and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams returned to her home turf in Southeast Queens on Thursday – now as a candidate for lieutenant governor.
Read MoreMen behind viral staged Queens car crash sentenced to prison
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The two Brooklyn men responsible for the staged Belt Parkway car crash that went viral last year are heading to prison after admitting they orchestrated a series of similar fake accidents as part of an insurance fraud scheme.
Read MoreState’s ban on ICE agreements goes into effect
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Federal agents can no longer use New York police or jails to help detain immigrants after two new laws banning local municipalities from cooperating with federal immigration agents went into effect.
Read MoreHouse Republicans go after Queens DA for refusal to hand over records
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The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is singling out Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz for her refusal to hand over documents related to prosecutions under sanctuary laws.
Read MoreState to help fund legal services for immigrant kids after Trump cuts program
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The state is putting up more than $7 million to pay for legal representation for unaccompanied children in immigration court after the Trump administration ended its contract with legal services providers, leaving 1,400 children in New York to represent themselves in deportation cases, officials announced on Wednesday.
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