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Jun. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

Queens apartment rents continued to climb year-over-year, rising 2.63% between May 2024 and May 2025, even as the borough saw a slight dip in average rents from April to May 2025, according to the latest Queens Rental Market Report released by MNS Real Estate

The founder of the Queens Defenders and her husband have lawyered up after they were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the non-profit organization.

Former Queens Defenders executive director Lori Zeno, 64, surrendered Wednesday at the Brooklyn federal courthouse. Zeno was arraigned on an indictment charging her and Rashad Ruhani, 55, with wire fraud conspiracy, theft, money laundering conspiracy and other crimes.

Jun. 19, 2025 By jmilitello

June 19, 2025 By Jessica Militello

June 19, 2025 By Shane O’Brien

Community Boards 1 and 2 have both voted to support the city’s OneLIC Neighborhood Plan—with conditions— and described the vote as a “hard-fought endorsement of a more equitable Long Island City.”

Jun. 19, 2025 By emarshall

June 19, 2025 By Ethan Marshall

June 19, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are looking for a thief who targeted an R train rider at the Steinway Street subway station late last month and remains at large.

Jun. 19, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, who represents parts of western Queens, successfully passed two major bills designed to regulate the growing use of artificial intelligence in public and private systems.

Jun. 19, 2025 By Jessica Militello

Citi Field will celebrate the contributions of women in sports, culture, and beyond with its annual Women’s Night on Monday, June 23, as the New York Mets take on the Atlanta Braves.

June 19, 2025 By Rob Basch for Hunters Point Parks Conservancy

Last week, the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD) released the Request for Proposal (RFP) for Parcel E in Hunters Point South. Parcel E is a 69,500 square foot city-owned lot between 2nd Street, Center Boulevard, 55th and 56th Avenue.

Jun. 18, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

A coalition of elected officials and labor leaders is calling on the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to immediately terminate all contracts with Griffin’s Landscaping, a city contractor whose owner, Glenn Griffin, was recently sentenced to two years in federal prison for bribery and illegal dumping as part of a $2.4 million environmental crime scheme.