Dec. 6, 2021 By Allie Griffin

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday a major expansion of the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Dec. 3, 2021 By Christian Murray

Police are looking for a man who threatened to shoot a security guard at the Chase Bank branch in Rego Park Thursday—before stealing an undisclosed amount of cash.

Dec. 3, 2021 By Allie Griffin

Two cases of the COVID-19 variant known as Omicron have been detected in Queens, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday.

Dec. 3, 2021 By Max Parrot

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Transportation Commissioner Hank Gutman released a draft proposal for a “streets master plan” Wednesday that is aimed at guiding bus, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure over the next five years.

Dec. 1, 2021 By Christian Murray

A Connecticut man who allegedly drove drunk and killed a dirt bike rider on the Long Island Expressway in September has been indicted on vehicular manslaughter charges.

Nov. 29, 2021 By Michael Dorgan

Police are looking for two men wanted for carrying out up to a dozen bank robberies throughout western Queens over the past month.

Nov. 29, 2021 By Christian Murray

The police are looking for a man who allegedly punched a 64-year-old woman in the head while onboard an M train in Ridgewood and stole her handbag.

Nov. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin

New York City is on track to allow noncitizens the right to vote in local elections.

Nov. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin

The owner of “Queens’ oldest gay bar” has purchased the Jackson Heights building that the bar is housed in.

Nov. 24, 2021 By Michael Dorgan

A Ridgewood man has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for making online threats to kill Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Chuck Schumer and other leading Democrats.

Nov. 22, 2021 By Christian Murray

An 86-year-old priest has been removed from the ministry following an investigation conducted by the Brooklyn Diocese that determined that a claim of child molestation against him dating back to the 1970s was credible.

Nov. 22, 2021 By Allie Griffin

A group of “anarchists” shattered car windows, tore down American flags and scrawled expletives on property in Middle Village Friday night, local officials and police said.

Nov. 21, 2021 By Christian Murray

A motorcyclist is dead after he lost control of his bike in Ridgewood Friday and hit the pavement, according to police.

Nov. 19, 2021 By Allie Griffin

Queens officials largely condemned a jury’s “not guilty” verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial Friday.

Nov. 17, 2021 Staff Report

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced grant funding Wednesday to 28 community-based organizations for the implementation of her Office’s Community Youth Development and Crime Prevention Project (CYDCPP).

Nov. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin

The Queens borough president has launched a new initiative to educate high schoolers about city government and the importance of civic engagement.

Nov. 16, 2021 By Allie Griffin

A group of Queens politicians and lawmakers are calling on the Queens district attorney to drop all charges against a man who was arrested for murder when he was 15-years-old and is now facing a retrial after his 2018 conviction was overturned last year.

Nov. 15, 2021 By Christian Murray

Most New York City adults will now be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot.

Nov. 15, 2021 By Michael Dorgan

Vehicles that illegally encroach onto a bus lane along a section of Merrick Boulevard in southeast Queens will be hit with fines starting later this month, the Dept. of Transportation announced Monday.

From Sunset Park in Brooklyn to Elmhurst and Flushing in Queens, frustrations over Democratic stances on schools and crime helped mobilize votes for Republican Curtis Sliwa for mayor and conservative Council candidates.

After casting his ballot in the early morning on Election Day, Ray Huang made more than a dozen trips to poll sites in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.

Nov. 11, 2021 By Max Parrott

An Israeli jazz bassist-turned-developer Omer Avital and his business partner Yoav Adereth have asked the city for permission to build two small-scale apartment buildings in a manufacturing area of Ridgewood.

Nov. 11, 2021 By Christian Murray

Elected officials and community leaders cut the ribbon on a new commemorative plaza at a long-forgotten Flushing graveyard where more than 1,000 people, most of whom were African American or Native American, were laid to rest in the 1800s—before the city took over the site in 1914 to build a playground.

Nov. 10, 2021 By Allie Griffin

The city has completed its goal to construct 50 soccer pitches throughout the five boroughs in five years, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.

Nearly 1 in 10 New York City public school students were homeless last school year, a staggering rate that has barely budged for several years.

About 101,000 students lived in unstable, or temporary, housing in the 2020-2021 school year, according to an analysis of state data released Monday by Advocates for Children. That’s a larger number of children than the entire school district of Denver.

Nov. 8, 2021 By Allie Griffin

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz will dismiss 60 cases Monday that relied on the police work of three NYPD detectives convicted of various crimes—including perjury.