Jan. 2, 2025 By Athena Dawson Two community college students are achieving their dreams of higher education with a prestigious leadership program. Sabreen Qaisar and Tabia Tarannum are two first-generation college students who have been accepted to Kaplan Educational Foundation’s Kaplan Leadership Program (KLP). They are part of a cohort of 11 community college students…
Jan. 2, 2025 By Dean Moses and Rob Pozarycki Police in Jamaica are searching for the gunmen involved in a mass shooting outside a nightclub Wednesday night that left at least 10 people injured. The incident occurred around 11:20 p.m. on Jan. 1 outside the Amazura event hall, located at 91-12 144th Place, within…
Dec. 31, 2024 By Colum Motherway Union and community organizations from the New Yorkers for a Fair Economy coalition were given a reason to celebrate after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act into law on Sunday, Dec. 22. The legislation will go into effect on June 1, 2025, to reduce…
Dec. 31, 2024 QNS News team Time is running out for Queens residents to select their favorite businesses in the 2025 Best of the Boro awards. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. tonight, with winners earning the prestigious “Best of the Boro” title in hundreds of categories spanning dining, retail, healthcare, and more. Organized by…
Dec. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry One of the men who were shot in the head during a botched robbery on the night of Thursday, Dec. 19, in a suspected gambling den in Flushing has died, and the investigation is deemed a homicide, the NYPD announced on Monday. Yun Li, 37, of Franklin Avenue…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A new arts initiative in Queens has appointed a prominent leader from the borough’s cultural scene as its first executive director. Susan Agin, formerly the executive and artistic director of the Queensborough Performing Arts Center in Bayside, has been named the executive director of the Queens Culture &…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry The victim in a Queens cold case homicide has finally been identified more than three decades after her body was discovered in a grassy area along the Cross Island Expressway near Cambria Heights in August 1991, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday. Advanced DNA testing revealed the…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Council Member Sandra Ung partnered with a local nonprofit organization to provide relief to elderly victims of a benefits scam that left them without essential resources ahead of the holiday season. Ung partnered with the Met Council, a Jewish nonprofit organization dedicated to combating poverty, to deliver…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from five Queens precincts are looking for a pair of burglars who targeted independent mom-and-pop drugstores from Fresh Meadows to Astoria throughout December. The two men allegedly broke into three drugstores in three different neighborhoods in a half-hour during the morning of Sunday, Dec. 15. While one…
Dec. 27, 2024 QNS News Team The Annual Chanukah Celebration, widely recognized as the largest event of its kind in New York City, is set to return to Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows on Monday, Dec. 30. This year’s gathering is anticipated to be the biggest and most vibrant yet promising an unforgettable evening filled with…