Queens

New York Police Officer Christopher Blom saved the life of a despairing Queens woman during Friday’s violent storm.

A man angry with teenagers who reportedly threw items at his car was captured on video emerging from his vehicle with a double-bladed, wrist-strapped weapon — quickly dubbed a “wolverine claw” online — in Whitestone, Queens, Wednesday afternoon.

The New York City Council announced on Thursday that it will no longer allow the “dehumanizing” and “offensive term” “alien” or “illegal immigrant” to describe individuals in the conduction of official city business.

The filthy, homeless-ridden New York City subway system is stumbling into the spotlight as the Chinese coronavirus crisis keeps New Yorkers mostly inside their homes and businesses closed.

An alleged robber dressed in all white jumped from a New York City hotel window during a potential drug deal gone bad, according to a video released by the police this week.

E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly shut down a small New York warehouse temporarily after learning that one of its workers tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.

Two gun-toting bandits allegedly fled with more than $270,000 in an armed robbery at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York, on Saturday evening.

The Elmhurst branch of the Queens Public Library in New York City announced on Friday that it would take down a Chinese government exhibit falsely depicting children in Tibet as happily learning the Tibetan language and living freely – a far cry from the repressive reality Beijing has imposed on the region.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was grilled by New Yorkers who said they are fed up with the rising crime rate in the city, blaming his policies of neighborhood jails, homeless shelters in communities, and the state’s new abolishment of bail for criminals deemed “non-violent.” 

An illegal alien has been indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting and murdering a 92-year-old Queens, New York, woman after he was released by police in the sanctuary state.

An elderly landlord has died after he was allegedly shoved down a flight of stairs by his tenant in Queens, New York, on Sunday. 

Authorities are searching for a man accused of spitting on a woman outside a New York City yeshiva in an alleged antisemitic act that took place on December 24.

A teenager was reportedly killed after subway surfing on top of a train in Queens, New York, Saturday night. 

A “large disturbance” broke out among hundreds of teenagers gathering at a Queens, New York, mall on Friday afternoon, with police saying many of the teens were acting in a disorderly fashion.

A suspect was arrested Thursday after he allegedly threatened a priest and punched a woman outside a church in Flushing, Queens, last month.

An elderly man is still recovering after two teenagers allegedly attacked him outside a library in Queens, New York, on October 10.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is facing backlash over his big rally in Queens over the weekend, with one community leader remarking that it seemed to be a “pretty white” event and others claiming that the Sanders campaign failed to properly reach out to the people of Queens.

An adoptive father in Buffalo, New York, is making a huge difference in the lives of five siblings.

A homeless man was arrested Thursday after alleging attacking a 7-year-old boy in Queens, according to the New York Police Department. 

A man is accused of posing as a construction worker to break into a woman’s home and rape her while her son remained tied up in another room.

Teachers at Maspeth High School in Queens, New York, say there is an unwritten “no-fail policy” at the high school prohibiting them from flunking their students — even if they don’t show up to class. As a result, the high school has enjoyed a 98 percent graduation rate, and was even awarded a National Blue Ribbon in 2018, an honor that one teacher described as laughable.

A Pakistani-born teenager was arrested Thursday in Queens, New York, for allegedly planning to carry out a knife and bomb attack for ISIS, reports said. 

A suspected gang member in a white BMW allegedly gunned down his rival in a drive-by shooting in Queens, according to a video of the incident.

A man is accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death before embracing her dead body at a New York City nail salon where she worked.

Video footage caught the moment a man doused two law enforcement officials in Woodhaven, Queens, with water on Tuesday.

A horrifying video released by the New York Police Department (NYPD) on Thursday showed two teenagers allegedly stomping on a victim’s head while on a New York City subway platform.

A New York City man from Queens was robbed and drugged by a woman who worked at a nightclub in Manhattan, police said.

A Washington, DC, man is accused of breaking into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s New York campaign office on Saturday evening, police said.

A 78-year-old woman was attacked and raped on Sunday in an abandoned house in Queens, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said.

A 29-year-old woman jumped out a window in a Queens apartment building Thursday night to flee from a man accused of sexually assaulting her.