Queens baseball team is heading to the playoffs
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For the first time in six years, the only professional baseball team to ever call Queens home is heading to the playoffs.
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Mayor picks QueensWay over new subway for abandoned rail line in Queens – for now
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Should a rotting rail line snaking through Central and South Queens be resurrected as a park or a new subway line? Queens has its answer – for now.
Read MoreMets broadcasters lend charm and calm to 7 train
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If there are two places Queens residents love to be miserable, it’s on the train and it’s on the couch watching a New York Mets game. Now, you can listen to the calm and assured voices of Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez while doing both.
Read MoreAgain, man dies while under DOC watch on Rikers Island
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A detained man hanged himself inside a staff bathroom on Rikers Island on Wednesday morning, marking the 14th time this year an incarcerated person has died while under the watch of the officers and officials charged with running the city’s failing jail complex.
Read MoreCabán announces support for three-tower development in Astoria
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City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán expressed her support for a three-tower development planned for Astoria this week, likely ensuring its City Council approval.
Read MoreLawmakers say Rikers Island remains dangerous to detainees and staff alike, despite some improvements
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A group of lawmakers made an unannounced visit to Rikers Island this week and found that while conditions appear to be improving in some areas, others remain concerning, they said.
Read MoreCity Planning Commission to vote on Innovation QNS next week
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The City Planning Commission will vote next week on the controversial Innovation QNS development planned for Astoria.
Read MoreOutcry continues over impending Briarwood homeless shelter for seniors
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Despite a major change to its service population, an impending homeless shelter in Briarwood that will only be open to senior men still faces opposition from a group of residents.
Read MoreQueens pols call for end to city workers vax mandate
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New Yorkers and elected officials gathered on the steps of City Hall to demand the city eliminate the vaccine mandate for municipal workers and rehire those who were fired for not complying earlier this year.
Read MoreMan continues antisemitic rants at Queens College
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A man spotted spewing antisemitic and racist remarks through a bullhorn outside of Queens College last week has continued showing up to the college campus almost daily, despite being told by police multiple times to leave.
Read MoreQueens College gets designer fits
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Queens-raised Kith designer Ronnie Fieg announced that the fall release would highlight smaller local colleges in New York City.
Read MoreLawmakers call for ‘diverse’ pool of chief judge candidates
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The call for the Commission on Judicial Nomination to diversify the group of candidates for chief judge it will soon recommend to Gov. Kathy Hochul intensified after a group of nearly two dozen State Senators wrote to the commission this week.
Read MoreStarbucks sued after firing Queens union organizer
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The city is suing Starbucks over its alleged wrongful firing of a Queens barista who led a successful union effort at his Astoria branch.
Read MoreQueens remembers Hurricane Ida a year later
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Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams both celebrated the dedication of Queens residents who they said stepped up, showcasing the resilient spirit of New York.
Read MoreQueens tenant’s battles against eviction continues
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Queens resident Allilsa Fernandez returned to housing court this week in a renewed fight against her eviction.
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