This article was originally published by The CITY on Oct. 3, 2022 By Claudia Irizarry Aponte

Food delivery workers will soon have rest stops to call their own — including charging stations in what are now vacant newsstands, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday in City Hall Park next to one of the planned oases.

Oct. 3, 2022 By Christian Murray

The MTA is installing additional cameras on its bus fleet to ticket drivers who encroach on its bus lanes.

Oct. 3, 2022 By Czarinna Andres

A Connecticut man who drove drunk and killed a dirt bike rider on the Long Island Expressway last year has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison.

Oct. 3, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

A new family-run grocery store offering products sourced from Asia is set to open in the Court Square section of Long Island City Saturday.

Oct. 3, 2022 By Christian Murray

Stop & Shop supermarket will be shutting down its 48th Street location in Long Island City later this month, the company has confirmed.

Sept. 30, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

An Astoria man has been arrested and charged with murder for the brutal stabbing of an EMS lieutenant in the Ditmars section of the neighborhood Thursday afternoon.

Sept. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Three Queens Councilmembers are co-sponsoring a bill that would abolish the NYPD’s gang database.

Sept. 29, 2022 By Michael Dorgan – Updated at 5:55 p.m.

A first responder was fatally stabbed in the Ditmars section of Astoria Thursday afternoon — and police have apprehended her alleged attacker after he barricaded himself inside a nearby building.

Sept. 29, 2022 By Christian Murray

The NYC Department of Transportation and the MTA cut the ribbon on new bus lanes along 21st Street in Astoria Thursday.

Sept. 29, 2022 By Czarinna Andres

A 50-year-old man was punched multiple times in the face at a subway station in Long Island City during the early hours Wednesday morning, according to police.

Nearly half of New York City’s third through eighth graders passed their state reading tests last school year, while about 38% passed math, according to scores released by city officials Wednesday.

The scores are the first measure of how students across the five boroughs have fared in reading and math since the coronavirus pandemic upended in-person schooling and left many children grappling with isolation and grief. Though schools gave students other city-mandated assessments last year, officials have refused to publicly release the results.

Sept. 28, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

The Queens Post has obtained shocking video of a delivery driver on a scooter being struck by an alleged hit-and-run-driver in Long Island City Saturday.

Sept. 28, 2022 By Czarinna Andres

The police are looking for a man who allegedly swiped a 63-year-old woman’s wallet while at an Astoria church on Saturday and then assaulted her when he was confronted.

Sept. 28, 2022 By Christian Murray

The Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens continues to get funding for its upcoming Astoria development with State Sen. Mike Gianaris allocating $1 million in state funds toward a planetarium in the new clubhouse–and GrubHub donating $500,000 toward a teaching kitchen in the facility.

Sept. 27, 2022 By Christian Murray

Dozens of elected leaders—including many from Queens—are calling on the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to hold another public hearing before deciding whether to allow Con Edison to hike electricity and gas bills next year.

Sept. 26, 2022 By Michael Dorgan 

Police have released a shocking video of two suspects violently beating an 81-year-old man in Jackson Heights last week – before making off with the victim’s cell phone and $15 cash.

Sept. 25, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 145 units in a new building on the Halletts Point peninsula in Astoria – with rent starting at $665 per month.

Sept. 23, 2022 By Czarinna Andres

A tenant of a luxury apartment complex in Long Island City has filed a lawsuit alleging that a major development company hiked his rent by 58 percent—in violation of rent stabilization laws, the Commercial Observer reported.

Sept. 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Socrates Sculpture Park is one step closer to having its first permanent on-site building.

Sept. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

A video posted online showing an FDNY fire truck failing to maneuver a turn on 34^th Avenue in Jackson Heights has intensified the dispute between advocates and opponents of the avenue’s Open Streets initiative.

Sept. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Stars from some of Broadway’s current top musicals will take to the stage in a free special event in Astoria Friday.

Sept. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray

Two East Elmhurst men who had contracts to maintain housing shelters throughout the 5 boroughs have been busted for allegedly bilking the city out of millions of dollars by filing bogus invoices for work not done.

Sept. 22, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

It’s nearly tee-off time in LIC!

Sept. 21, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

The police have nabbed an alleged hit-and-run driver who was wanted for fatally striking a 5-year-old boy in East Elmhurst earlier this month.

Sept. 21, 2022 By Christian Murray and Czarinna Andres

The City Planning Commission voted in favor of the massive Innovation QNS project Wednesday, although the person that matters most on the future of the plan—Councilmember Julie Won—was far from impressed.