Queens NY

In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded Black History Week and established it in February to acknowledge the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Black History Week became Black History Month 50 years later in 1976. For the past five years, NYS Assembly Member Maritza Davila, supported by fellow...

State Farm is suing a New York medical practice for more than $30 million, alleging a sweeping no-fault fraud scheme spanning over 90 clinics. The insurers - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company - filed the action on February 25, 2026, in the US District Court for...

Iowa’s child care assistance system is too stingy in who it covers and structurally broken in how it’s accessed. Free government-funded childcare beyond public school has long been dismissed as an unattainable goal, but New York City is moving to prove otherwise. Through a new program, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is...

An 8th-grader was speaking when the unthinkable happened.

Data shows New York’s total renewable energy share increased, driven by solar and wind.

Travelers has taken State National Insurance Company to federal court, alleging the carrier refused to honor additional insured obligations on a Bronx construction injury claim. The action, filed on February 24, 2026 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, shines a light on what happens...

Applicants must be New York State residents, and only one request may be submitted per applicant.

New York City Council Member Chi Ossé and the People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to use her power to temporarily keep owners fighting deed theft in their homes until broader protections are put into place. For now, Ossé wants Hochul to...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani toughened his rhetoric Wednesday about a large snowball fight in Washington Square Park where police officers were pelted with snow, as the NYPD searches for four suspects investigators say assaulted officers. Speaking a day after initially describing the melee as kids at a snowball fight,...

Robert Newman of Astoria, Queens, claimed the $1 million second prize on the New York Lottery’s Powerball game, according to officials. Newman matched the first five numbers drawn on Dec. 17, 2025. The winning numbers were: 25, 33, 53, 62, 66 and Powerball 17. Newman chose to receive his...