Astoria digs out following modest storm

Jun. 24, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Queens voters selected nominees for three Civil Court judgeships in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election, with Sheridan C. Chu, Eve Cho Guillergan, and Juliette-Noor Haji holding strong leads in their respective races, according to unofficial results from the New York City Board of Elections.

June 24, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and Queens Post News Team

The first “Tikkun Community Cookout” of the season transformed a stretch of 31st Avenue in Astoria into a bustling open-air festival on Saturday, June 21, offering free barbecue, live music, a public movie screening and vital public health outreach.

Jun. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Queens voters took to the polls to cast their votes in the crucial Democratic Mayoral primary amid sweltering conditions Tuesday.

Jun. 24, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Queens lawmakers are celebrating the passage of a long-sought bill that would provide a full real property tax exemption for veterans with a 100% service-connected disability—a significant measure aimed at easing the financial burdens of some of New York’s most severely injured service members.

June 24, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

A Queens priest has been permanently removed from all ministerial duties following an investigation by the Diocese of Brooklyn into an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor dating back to the 1980s.

Jun. 24, 2025 By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team

Community leaders, cancer survivors and elected officials gathered Sunday at Queensborough Community College to celebrate National Rose Month with an emotional ceremony that honored local women whose stories of survival and service reflect the rose’s symbolic strength and beauty.

June 24, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Queens grand jury indicted a Staten Island man on charges of murder, manslaughter, unlawful fleeing a police officer, leaving the scene of an incident, and other related crimes for allegedly leading police on a car chase and fatally striking a 36-year-old Astoria woman in October 2024.

Jun. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien and Emily Swanson

Eighteen months after a five-alarm fire gutted a Queens apartment building, dozens of displaced tenants remain locked out of their homes — and now, state lawmakers are proposing legislation to hold landlords accountable for prolonged repair delays across New York City.

Jun. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Dozens of local residents staged a protest outside a planned mental health center for youth in East Elmhurst last week amid concerns over community safety and potential future uses for the site.

Jun. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses

The family of Win Rozario, the Ozone Park teenager who was fatally shot by police during a mental health crisis last year, filed a federal lawsuit against the city on Monday.