Maya Kaufman covers Astoria, Long Island City, Forest Hills and Bayside for Patch. She has written for The New York Times, Bloomberg News, the Miami Herald and CBSNews.com.
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A Queens resident is showing her appreciation for doctors fighting coronavirus in quintessential New York fashion: with bagels and coffee.
Queens is home to over a fifth of front-line workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and keeping the city running in the meantime, data show.
Queens community leaders are teaming up to deliver thousands of meals prepared by local businesses to medical workers across the borough.
The Astoria hospital is among seven Mount Sinai locations getting triage tents to handle the city's growing number of COVID-19 patients.
Two local businesses are lending Queens NYPD officers a clean hand, thanks to a donation of 5,000 small bottles of hand sanitizers.
Peter Petrassi, who worked in the MTA's Long Island City rail crew office, is the agency's first known fatal COVID-19 case.
An NYPD highway officer was arrested Thursday in Queens on child pornography charges, according to local prosecutors.
Patch breaks down the information you need to understand what's happened, what it means and what to expect.
Two people are dead in a suspected murder-suicide in Astoria early Thursday, according to the police.
Elmhurst Hospital is adding staff and transferring patients to cope with a deluge of COVID-19 cases that has pushed it way over capacity.
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens is relocating its youngest patients to make room for critically ill COVID-19 cases, the New York Post reports.
A member of the Crocheron School community self-reported that they tested positive for COVID-19, according to a letter obtained by Patch.
As health care workers sound the alarm about a shortage of supplies like masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbors step in to help.
A couple that attended mass at a Catholic church in Rego Park tested positive for COVID-19, the Diocese of Brooklyn said Wednesday.
Officials are prepping for a wave of COVID-19 cases that could overwhelm hospitals. At Elmhurst Hospital, the wave may have already arrived.
Forest Hills residents are stepping up to provide food, supplies and conversation to neighbors in need amid the coronavirus crisis.
A person was hit and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train near the Forest Hills station Tuesday morning, FDNY and MTA officials said.
The Queens Chamber of Commerce's new directory lists restaurants across the borough that are offering delivery and takeout.
State Sen. Michael Gianaris introduced a bill to aid tenants and small business owners who are struggling to make rent amid the pandemic.
New Yorkers can now take a trip to the Queens County Farm Museum from the comfort of their own homes, thanks to #barncam.
