Queens NY

Move over Rockefeller! Upstate New York is lighting up the holidays with Rochester’s Keg Tree at the Genesee Brew House.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York City subway crime is at a 16-year low, with ridership up nearly eight percent. Enhanced police presence and safety measures, funded by an additional $77 million, have contributed to the decline in crime. The state plans to continue these efforts in...

Severe thunderstorms threatened more than 13 million people on the East Coast on Friday with strong winds, hail, and lightning.

Assemblyman Charles D. Fall has introduced legislation that would create a tax credit for restaurants that donate meals to address food insecurity while supporting local small businesses. Fall announced the proposal at Lebanese Eatery on Port Richmond Avenue in Staten Island, alongside nonprofit organization Rethink...

With New York City consistently topping the charts as one of the world’s most expensive places to live, the words “affordable housing” are absolute music to our ears. Lately, it feels like the city is finally turning up the volume. From the recent Rego Park lottery starting at $545/month to the Willets Point project...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Residents may want to set the shovels aside and grab their umbrellas, as a wet and windy Friday morning is expected, with the worst conditions coinciding with the early morning commute. Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center, said the...

This article originally appeared at Your Local Epidemiologist New York. Sign up for the YLE NY newsletter here. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. How beautiful was New York this weekend with the snow?! I hope you all enjoyed it, stayed...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan , a tireless advocate of religious liberty, Catholic education, the unborn and the poor, has become the steady and strong yet ever-beaming face of the American church — despite some very tumultuous times. He fearlessly speaks the truth in an appealing way, often punctuated with a guffaw; if...

The flu continues to spread at alarming rates across New York State. But some parts are dealing with it more than others.

Thousands of home health aides across New York will receive long-overdue pay after a major settlement announced by Attorney General Letitia James. James said Americare, a New York City–based home care agency, agreed to return nearly $45 million in unpaid wages to workers and pay an additional $10 million to the...