Officials broke ground on a new Queens housing development on Friday at a site nearly the size of similar housing projects at Creedmoor and Willets Point combined.

A five-alarm fire tore through a historic church in Astoria on Thursday night.

Queens judges on Thursday heard allegations of fraud, the use of AI in court filings and objections to thousands upon thousands of signatures on ballot petitions from Queens voters.

The city’s largest criminal legal aid organizations joined a national protest on Thursday, warning the constitutional right to counsel is being “systematically dismantled” as public defenders across the country struggle to keep up with mounting cases.

The final beam was placed Wednesday atop the $3 billion Brooklyn borough-based jail, which will one day be the first facility to be completed as part of New York City’s long-delayed plan to close Rikers Island.

St. John’s University is facing a new allegation from two faculty unions the school cut ties with earlier this year, escalating a labor conflict the university has already faced repeated criticism for.

Queens Community Board 1 voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to support a controversial redesign of a busy Astoria strip.

Hundreds gathered in Roy Wilkins Park on Monday evening to mourn the death of 15-year-old Jaden Pierre, who was shot and killed in the park just days earlier.

City Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers’ first visit to Rikers Island came shortly after her election in 2021, when the jails were in an acute state of crisis.

The city’s first full-fledged casino will open next week at Resorts World in Southeast Queens, the result of a multi-year application and approval process that will soon lead to two casinos opening in the borough and a third on its doorstep.

“Families are being presented with a false choice: Send your children to a brand-new, $92 million facility, or continue using an aging building that has been allowed to deteriorate.”

“With the mayoral elections coming up, it's important that we seek out representatives who will do right by their constituents and abolish Rikers once and for all. “

The Oklahoma-based Williams Transco company is proposing a pipeline through lower Hudson Harbor again. New York first rejected this pipeline in 2020, and now we must do it again. What’s good for a Tulsa gas company is terrible for Queens’ health and our wallets.

“For a corporate center that hosts more than a thousand employees every day — including staff at the Department of Corrections, Skanska, numerous firms and the headquarters of the Queens Chamber of Commerce — this change is more than an inconvenience. It is a step backward for our borough’s economy.”

“Metropolitan Park is a project that has been shaped by the people who live here. A steadfast partner of the community and Elmcor, Metropolitan Park has been intentional with its support for putting the community first. “

A LaGuardia Community College STEM grant program was cut by the Trump Administration and the professor is calling for it to be reinstated.