Suspects snatch iPhone, caught on tape fleeing Astoria scene

Jun. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly

A 25-year-old mother and her 11-month-old daughter were hospitalized Friday morning after being sprayed with an “unknown substance” during a dispute with an irate straphanger over a cellphone aboard the M train in Long Island City, according to police.

June 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

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The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force launched a probe into multiple death threats made against Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani after his district office at 24-08 32nd St. in Astoria received four expletive-filled phone voicemails, on various dates, making threatening anti-Muslim statements by an unknown individual, including a threat to blow up his car.

The calls were made from an untraceable number and labeled the mayoral candidate a “terrorist who is not welcome in New York or America” in a message phoned in on Wednesday morning.

June 20, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

The longtime owner of Katch, a popular gastropub in Astoria, says she may be forced to shut down within two months due to a sharp decline in revenue that she attributes to nearby construction blocking visibility of her business.

June 20, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Astoria‘s Tootles & French will host a variety of events over the next week to celebrate Pride month, including drag brunches, drag bingo and happy hour.

Jun. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Queens apartment rents continued to climb year-over-year, rising 2.63% between May 2024 and May 2025, even as the borough saw a slight dip in average rents from April to May 2025, according to the latest Queens Rental Market Report released by MNS Real Estate

The founder of the Queens Defenders and her husband have lawyered up after they were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the non-profit organization.

Former Queens Defenders executive director Lori Zeno, 64, surrendered Wednesday at the Brooklyn federal courthouse. Zeno was arraigned on an indictment charging her and Rashad Ruhani, 55, with wire fraud conspiracy, theft, money laundering conspiracy and other crimes.

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