Queens

Queens church, near hub of New York coronavirus outbreak, mourns beloved priest this Easter
Posted on 16 April 2020(CNN)Easter this year will not be the same for St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother parish in Qu ...

Coronavirus count: Queens leads NYC with 32,749 confirmed cases and nearly 2,000 deaths
Posted on 16 April 2020More than 100,000 New Yorkers have been sickened with coronavirus since the first case wa ...

Why Queens May Have Emerged as New York City's Coronavirus Epicenter
Posted on 05 April 2020Queens is not the most populous borough, and it is far from the most densely populated. That ...

Coronavirus in NYC: Queens has more than 20,000 cases as city’s death toll surges past 2,200
Posted on 05 April 2020On the same day that Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated that New York State was nearing the grim ...

Sanders seeks spark from Ocasio-Cortez at Queens rally
Posted on 21 November 2019Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is seeking to bounce back in the Democratic presidential primary w ...

The windowless basement apartments of Queens
Posted on 21 November 2019The New York Times has produced an interactive photo essay profiling New York City residents in ...

Shuttered Catholic school could be the site of new Success Academy middle school in Queens
Posted on 21 November 2019The city has finally found a home for a Success Academy middle school in Queens — two ye ...

Remembering the Mafia’s heyday in Queens
Posted on 21 November 2019It was a time of defining change in Queens. The early post-war years saw the borough devel ...

Queens Criminal Court implements therapeutic approach to veterans’ misdemeanors
Posted on 21 November 2019Two days after Veterans Day, the Queens County Criminal Court took a concrete step toward addres ...

Queens artist unveils new borough-centric murals at Fresh Meadows shopping center
Posted on 21 November 2019For the second year in a row, a Queens artist will grace Fresh Meadows with his whimsical artw ...

Queens councilman reveals ambitious climate plan to protect Queens from next big storm
Posted on 21 November 2019It’s been seven years since Superstorm Sandy battered Queens’ coastal communities and kill ...

Queens 4th Grader Grills Mayor de Blasio About MTA, Homelessness
Posted on 21 November 2019"Why is the MTA never on time most of the time?" A 4th grader from Queens asked Mayor Bill de Bla ...

Melinda Katz Declares Victory In Queens District Attorney Race
Posted on 21 November 2019QUEENS, NY — Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has declared victory in the race to serve a ...

More than 5,400 people have voted early in Queens
Posted on 21 November 2019More than 5,440 Queens residents cast ballots in the first four days of the state’s early voting ...

Queens Misdemeanor Veterans Treatment Court celebrates official opening
Posted on 21 November 2019Legal leaders from around the state and county will visit Queens Criminal Court today to mark the ...

Queens honors innovative court program for veterans in need
Posted on 21 November 2019A court system bagpipe corps filled the Queens Criminal Courthouse with powerful military standa ...