Category: Queens

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards speaks at the Black History Month Celebration at Queens Borough Hall. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and the African American Heritage Month Committee closed out Black History Month with the annual Black History Month Celebration at Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall on Tuesday,…

Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park unveiled a $5 billion proposal on Feb. 29 to transform the Queens gaming venue into a global entertainment destination, with the addition of a 7,000-seat concert center, 50 acres of new park space, 3,000 units of workforce housing, and public transit connections.  The casino’s proposal for the multi-billion…

A former NYPD police officer from Bellerose was charged in an indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court for swindling investors out of millions that he used for luxury car rentals and travel, according to federal prosecutors. QNS/File QNS/File A former city cop from Bellerose was arrested by federal agents on Wednesday and indicted for conspiracy…

Vincent Ricciardo, Long Island mob boss was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court for shaking down a Queens-based construction union for years. US DOJ An aging captain in the Colombo crime family was sentenced Wednesday to more than four years in federal prison for shaking down a high ranking official in a Queens-based construction union. Vincent…

Cops are looking for three suspects in an East Elmhurst home invasion early Monday morning. Via Getty Images The NYPD is looking for three men who allegedly robbed an East Elmhurst man of tens of thousands of dollars during a home invasion early Monday morning. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded to…

Rep.Meeks, Lt. Gov. and Guests Photo provided by the office of Rep. Meeks The United States Postal Service held an unveiling ceremony for a stamp of the late civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis in Saint Albans on Monday, Feb 27. The ceremony, held at the Robert Ross Family Life Center on Linden Boulevard,…

Council Member Robert Holden is chairperson of the council’s Committee on Veterans. Photo by John McCarten/ NYC Council Council Member Robert Holden, co-signed by 36 of his council colleagues, penned a letter to Mayor Eric Adams last week calling on the Department of Education to open up its school facilities for after-school and recreational purposes.…

Queens City Council Members are seeking a ban on electronic bikes and scooters across city parks. Photo courtesy of DOT Eastern Queens Council Member Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) recently introduced legislation to ban the use of electric powered bikes and scooters across city parks.  The move comes amid a NYC Parks Electric Micromobility Pilot program currently…

Moe and Ahmad Parwana recently brought their Mexican Halal fusion food truck to Bayside, their hometown. Photo by Iryna Shkurhan While messing around in the kitchen of a Mexican restaurant one day, two Afghani brothers from Queens wondered if a taco with middle eastern flavors and elements could work harmoniously.  They heated up a tortilla…

Joshy Ford, 4, who is an ambassador for the Stop & Shop/Memorial Sloan Kettering child cancer campaign, with his parents Joshua and Vanessa Ford in Fresh Meadows The Ford Family A 4-year-old Fresh Meadows boy who survived cancer has been named as an ambassador for an annual cancer campaign conducted by Stop & Shop and…