A 23-year-old Jamaica man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for a violent knife attack on a stranger outside a Jamaica Ave. in April 2015. Photo by Austin Kirk/Flickr
Read MoreNew York City recorded an all-time low unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, according to the newly released August employment report by the New York State Department of Labor. But hundreds of thousands of residents continue to struggle to pay rent or earn a living wage.
Read MoreShe was supposed to be filling prescriptions — now a Queens pharmacist may be filling a prison cell.
The Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District hosted its second annual Harvest Festival Saturday.
Read MoreA Jamaica man will spend more than three decades in prison after he was convicted on charges related to his exploitation of a 16-year-old Australian girl, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced on Friday
Read MoreLawmakers and community leaders celebrated the groundbreaking of a 100 percent affordable housing and mixed-use development at 92-23 168th Street in Jamaica.
Read MoreEverybody’s doing it — or at least it seems that way. And now New York could be the next state to legalize marijuana. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s marijuana listening tour makes a stop at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, located at 153-10 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Read MoreThe intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue was already regarded as one of the most dangerous places for pedestrians and on Thursday, it claimed another life.
Read MoreThe New York City Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform will hold a public hearing at York College in Jamaica on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 6:30pm.
Read MoreJury selection is slated for Oct. 29 in the case of Chanel Lewis, the man accused of raping and killing Howard Beach resident Karina Vetrano while she was jogging in 2016.
Read MoreAn analysis of New York Division of Criminal Justice Services data from 2014 through June 2018 by The Marshall Project reveals that, though turnstile arrests have dropped dramatically, a disproportionate amount of the people arrested for fare evasion — 89 percent — are black or Hispanic.
Read MoreBy David Brand
When Quincy Homere walked out of a courtroom in Queens County Criminal Court surrounded by law enforcement officers Wednesday, he had a message for four young people sitting in chairs in the hallway.
Read MoreThe constant roar of passing planes started in 2012 when a flight path usually used a handful of times a year became a permanent route.
Read MoreRonald “Ronnie G” Giallanzo, a Howard Beach loanshark and Bonnano family captain, will have to pay a $1.25 million penalty and sell his Howard Beach mansion as part of a sentence handed down in Brooklyn’s federal court Wednesday.
Read MoreNext month, a mobile legal center will pull up to Rockaway Beach Boulevard and provide free legal assistance to peninsula residents. It is one of the latest Queens stops for the innovative van.
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