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The NYPD said the man had a samurai sword when cops tased him, but body-cam video shows he was unarmed, according to a news report.
A drive-in movie festival is launching next month in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
New York Assembly Member Aravella Simotas on Wednesday conceded to challenger Zohran Mamdani, a first-time candidate for elected office.
Two armed, unlicensed bounty hunters were arrested Tuesday in Astoria by a team of sheriffs patrolling the neighborhood.
Three men exchanged gunfire early Sunday in Astoria in a drive-by shooting caught on surveillance video.
Former City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley ended her bid for the Queens borough presidency and endorsed Donovan Richards, the frontrunner.
The 38-year-old woman was walking along 35th Street when she was attacked Monday night, according to police.
The state suspended Brik Bar and M.I.A. Restaurant & Lounge's liquor licenses for flouting regulations meant to curb COVID-19's spread.
The clients include one who claims to have never received a dime from a $90,000 personal injury settlement.
Con Edison is asking some residents of central Queens to conserve energy as workers repair equipment on Tuesday amid a days-long heat wave.
Honking drivers rolled past the police stations in Kew Gardens and Forest Hills on Sunday for a car cavalcade in support of the NYPD.
A man used a stolen dolly to wheel an estimated $20,000 worth of power tools and furniture out of a Long Island City work site.
Bogopa, which owns the supermarket chain Food Bazaar, made a bid to buy Fairway's Douglaston location as it sits on the brink of closing.
The building will have 34 apartments and more than 16,000 feet of commercial space on the ground floor.
The mayor is pledging to crack down on the crowded, late-night parties that have been filling Steinway Street.
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As one of their own faces eviction, Queensbridge residents and activists are stepping up the fight to get NYCHA to make much-needed repairs.
There are two vacant spots on the CEC for District 30, which covers a swath of western Queens.
There is one vacant spot on the CEC for District 28, which runs from Forest Hills down to Jamaica.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's program turning streets into outdoor dining destinations is coming to Forest Hills starting this weekend.
