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Animal cruelty investigation underway after 40 dogs found in cramped Forest Hills apartment
Animal cruelty investigation underway after 40 dogs found in cramped Forest Hills apartment

May. 13, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

A pair of animal welfare non-profits rescued more than 40 dogs and puppies from a filthy and overcrowded Queens apartment last week, with several dogs found crammed behind furniture and hidden in cabinets.

Representatives from Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) retrieved over 40 Belgian Malinois from inside a Forest Hills apartment at 102-45 62 Rd. on Thursday, May 8.

An NYPD spokesperson said officers also attended the scene, adding that NYPD’s Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad is currently carrying out an investigation into the incident. No arrests have been made at this time.

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NY Hall of Science debuts CityWorks, its largest exhibition in over a decade

The New York Hall of Science in Corona opened its largest interactive exhibition in more than a decade on Saturday, May 3. The exhibition explores the often invisible inner workings of the built urban environment.

CityWorks is housed in a 6,000 square foot gallery, and the exhibit was created by a team of NYCSI exhibit developers, researchers, and educators over the past five years. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the intricate systems and engineering that enable cities to function, including how they break, evolve, and endure.

Twenty people indicted in Queens-based $4.6M vehicle theft ring after three-year probe: DA

Twenty individuals were indicted and variously charged in a wide-ranging scheme to steal cars in Queens, throughout New York City and its suburbs, following a three-year investigation by the Queens District Attorney’s Office, the NYPD, and the New York State Police dubbed “Operation Hellcat,” into the criminal enterprise based in Queens.

Some of the vehicles were stolen from owners’ driveways, some with the keys or key fobs inside. The stolen vehicles were often sold through advertisements on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. The defendants are charged in nine separate indictments for a total of 373 counts, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday.

‘Justice failed my brother’: Queens family denounces release of former FDNY firefighter charged in fatal DWI crash

The family of 23-year-old Justin Diaz expressed outrage that his accused killer, Michael Peña, was ordered released from Rikers Island on Friday, two weeks after he was remanded into custody without bail following his arraignment in Queens Supreme Court.

A Queens grand jury indicted Peña, a former FDNY firefighter from Oakland Gardens on manslaughter and DWI charges for a pre-dawn collision that killed Diaz on Northern Boulevard in East Elmhurst on February 26.