May 23, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

A new month-long initiative that aims to showcase the best of arts and culture in Queens will kick off in two weeks’ time.

May 23, 2022 By Christian Murray

The first step in the public review process for the massive Innovation QNS project in Astoria will take place Wednesday with a public hearing.

May 20, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

Elizabeth Lusskin, the longtime president of the Long Island City Partnership, is stepping down from the organization on May 24 to take on a new role at a state agency.

May 20, 2022 By Christian Murray

The city’s speed cameras are likely to be in operation 24/7 starting July 1—now that an agreement has been struck between state lawmakers and the mayor’s office.

This article was originally published by The CITY on May 19, 2022

The clock is ticking on the final days of a likely-to-expire tax break real estate developers rely on to build new apartments — and the rush is on to get foundations in the ground before June 15, when 421-a will end unless the state legislature passes an extension.

May 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

A local nonprofit wants to keep some of the borough’s underprivileged children in good health by promoting exercise via a new sport.

May 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

The average price for a gallon of regular gas broke the $5 mark in Queens today—for the first time ever.

May 19, 2022 By Czarinna Andres

The police are looking for a man who allegedly grabbed the buttocks of a woman at the Court Square subway station Wednesday.

May 18, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

A new business is opening in Long Island City that will merge two concepts–Indonesian beverages and Indonesian style clothing.

May 18, 2022 By Czarinna Andres

The NYPD is looking for four individuals who were involved in an assault of a subway conductor on the N line Tuesday and stole the keys to the train.

New York City has more vacant apartments overall than it did five years ago even as units with monthly rents under $1,500 have dried up, according to a new report that also shows maintenance issues are surging across the board.

The highly anticipated 2021 Housing and Vacancy Survey (HVS) arrived a year late on Tuesday, delayed by the pandemic. A 91-page summary analysis of the report from the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development paints a vivid picture of the rental landscape across the five boroughs, the places where renters live — and what they can afford.

May 17, 2022 By Christian Murray

The new state senate districts in western Queens have undergone significant change with both Astoria and Long Island City residents slated to be in entirely new districts—while the maps across the borough are much more compact.

May 17, 2022 By Christian Murray and Czarinna Andres

The Department of Education has reversed course and will allow Dr. Philip Composto, the current superintendent of District 30, the opportunity to keep his job.

May 16, 2022 By Christian Murray

The new congressional maps were released Monday and while Queens is likely to remain blue, many voters—particularly in the western portion of the borough—are likely to find themselves in new districts with new leaders to choose from.

May 16, 2022 By Christian Murray

Residents of Council District 22 voted to spend $500,000 on outdoor lighting at Astoria Houses and $275,000 on tech upgrades at local schools, along with two other projects, when they went to the polls last month to determine how $1 million of city capital should be spent in the district through a process called participatory budgeting.

May 16, 2022 By Christian Murray

The Department of Education is conducting a search for its school superintendents across the city and Dr. Philip Composto, the current superintendent of District 30, learned last week that he was not worthy enough to be part of the final interview process to retain his job.

May 13, 2022 By Czarinna Andres

Car aficionados will have several chances to see some classic cars in person this summer in northeast Queens.

May 12, 2022 By Christian Murray (updated)

The Department of Education has dumped Dr. Philip Composto, the longtime superintendent of school district 30, and elected officials and parents are up in arms.

May 12, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

An activist group that wants to keep a city-owned industrial building on Vernon Boulevard in public hands is holding a rally Saturday.

May 12, 2022 Op-Ed By Domenico Pinto, Founder of Ferrari Driving School

For years, Astoria has been a magnet for immigrants and other working class people trying to make it in New York.

May 12, 2022 By Christian Murray

The New York Assembly races will go ahead as planned on June 28, despite a legal challenge saying that the district maps needed to be redrawn and the primaries delayed.

May 11, 2022 By Czarinna Andres

A non-profit organization that focuses on violence prevention has opened a location near Woodside Houses.

May 11, 2022 By Christian Murray

The State Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits.

May 11, 2022 By Michael Dorgan

The FDNY pulled a man’s body from the East River by the Astoria Ferry Terminal Wednesday morning.

May 11, 2022 By Christian Murray

A fiery Astoria woman has been locked up for fatally pushing an 87-year-old woman to the ground in Manhattan in March.