Category: Queens

The New York Mets have announced “A Celebration of Queens Culture,” a groundbreaking event set for August 13th and 14th at Citi Field. This initiative marks a departure from the team’s traditional approach to heritage celebrations, offering a multi-day experience that aims to inclusively honor the borough’s diversity. Historically, the Mets have dedicated individual nights…

The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, is set to arrive in Jamaica next week. Hailed as the largest peace torch relay in history, the event will mark the commencement of its extensive four-month journey across North America. The Peace Run involves participants from various countries passing a flaming torch hand-to-hand, traversing cities and states as…

Google Street view of The Ceili House, located at 69-56 Grand Avenue. A Queens bartender’s boyfriend allegedly stabbed her to death at her workplace over the weekend, then turned the knife on herself, because she planned on returning to her native Ireland, police reported Wednesday. Authorities believe 41-year-old Irish native Sarah McNally was the victim…

The number of vehicle thefts across Queens went up during the 28-day period from March 4 through March 31, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. At the same time, burglaries throughout the borough declined. Over the course of the 28-day period,…

File photo File photo by Lloyd Mitchell A coalition of legal and licensed cannabis dispensary owners have come together to urge New York State officials to take swift legislative action against unlicensed weed shops. The dispensary owners have joined forces and penned a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, State Sen. Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and…

The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the NYPD-involved shooting of a 19-year-old man inside his Ozone Park home last week. Photo by Dean Moses The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) launched a probe Tuesday into the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Win Rozario during an encounter with NYPD officers inside his Ozone…

In a rally held in Manhattan, Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar joined fellow legislators, civic leaders and fellow advocates to help see the SMOKEOUT Act pass. Photo courtesy the office of Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar An ‘Operation Smokeout’ campaign spearheaded by Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar has brought multiple rallies across the city to advocate for passage of the “SMOKEOUT…

Beech Hills co-op owners in Douglaston gathered on Monday morning to hear how northeast Queens lawmakers are working to shield them from bearing the brunt of the cost of the city’s ambitious climate law.  Local Law 97 went into effect in 2019 with the goal of net zero carbon emissions from NYC buildings by 2050,…

The scene in Far Rockaway, Queens where Police Officer Jonathan Diller (inset) was gunned down on March 25, 2024. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell/Inset courtesy of NYPD The two prime suspects in the deadly Queens shooting of Police Officer Jonathan Diller on Monday night have lengthy rap sheets to their name. Police sources identified the pair…