NYPD fatally shoots man on Roosevelt Avenue
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Officers from the NYPD shot and killed a man on Roosevelt Avenue over the weekend, marking the second time police have fatally shot a person in Queens in a month.
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Electchester corner named after late lawmaker Nettie Mayersohn
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Several members of the New York State Senate, Assembly and City Council gathered Sunday morning in Eastern Queens to honor the late former Assemblymember and Queens community leader Nettie Mayersohn.
Read MoreQueens killer sentenced for shooting of 14-year-old that sparked gang war
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A Queens man was sentenced to three decades in prison on Wednesday for the mistaken murder of a teenager which subsequently sparked a gang feud that turned South Jamaica into a battlefield.
Read MoreQueens DA calls for slight budget boost
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The Queens district attorney on Wednesday appeared before the City Council to ask that the legislative body increase her office’s budget by around $5 million in the upcoming fiscal year.
Read More‘Whitestone Wolverine’ sentenced to 14 years in prison
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The Queens man who yelled racial slurs and attacked Black Lives Matter protestors with a bladed glove was sentenced in Queens court this week to nearly 15 years in prison.
Read MoreDriver cuffed after fatally hitting 8-year-old boy in East Elmhurst
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A 52-year-old man from Flushing is facing nearly half a decade in prison after cops say he fatally ran over an 8-year-old boy and injured the boy’s 10-year-old brother in East Elmhurst on Wednesday afternoon.
Read MoreQueens man sentenced for Far Rockaway point-blank shooting
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A Queens man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison this week for the murder of another man in Far Rockaway three and a half years ago, a sentence the victim’s widow says her husband’s killer “deserves.”
Read MoreStreet named for late Queens assemblymember
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Family, friends and former colleagues gathered on Sunday in Kew Gardens Hills to re-name a corner of Main Street in honor of late Assemblymember Michael Simanowitz, who passed away in 2017 at the age of 45.
Read MoreAdvocates call on gov to sign wrongful convictions bill into law
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New Yorkers who claim to have been wrongly convicted may have to wait at least another year before new avenues for them to challenge their convictions open up.
Read MorePolice bust alleged Queens family drug cartel
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Eleven people were arranged on drug charges across three counties this week, including Queens, as part of a wild family business – peddling cocaine and fentanyl-laced heroin around the greater New York area.
Read MoreMaspeth man charged for fatally running over 3-year-old in Flushing
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The 20-year-old from Maspeth accused of fatally running over a 3-year-old in Flushing last week was arraigned on a 14-count indictment in Queens Criminal Court on Thursday.
Read MoreQueens election results: Incumbents cruise to victory
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Queens incumbents cruised to victory Tuesday following a sleepy general election in the World’s Borough where few races were contentious and even fewer competitive.
Read MoreQueens sees low election day turnout
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Queens voters went to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday.
Read MoreKatz holds massive financial lead over DA challengers as election approaches
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In about a month, Queens voters will head to the polls and cast their vote in the borough’s race for district attorney for either the Democratic incumbent, her Republican challenger or a third party candidate mounting a run after losing in the primary.
Read MoreFormerly incarcerated man to lead major criminal justice nonprofit
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Stanley Richards, who several years ago became the first formerly incarcerated man to serve as a top executive in the city’s Department of Correction, was this week named the next president and CEO of the Fortune Society.
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