May 25, 2023 By Czarinna Andres

The 2023 Queens LGBTQ+ Business Convening is set to bring together over 600 business professionals and entrepreneurs from across New York City at LaGuardia Community College on Wednesday, May 31. 

May. 25, 2023 By QNS News Team

Don’t miss these exciting events across Queens this weekend!

Queens Centers for Progress announced its founder Natalie Katz Rogers died peacefully in her Florida home on May 7 at the age of 103. Despite her age, she continued to be a champion for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and a role model and mentor for those who worked with her through the years.

New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) will play a key role in the future of artificial and natural intelligence after U.S. Rep. Grace Meng announced that the institution in Flushing Meadows Corona Park has been awarded nearly a half-million dollars in federal funding from the National Science Foundation over the next five years.

NYSCI will be part of a $20 million initiative led by Columbia University to establish an AI Institute for Artificial and Natural Intelligence (ARNI), an interdisciplinary center that will bring together several top research institutions to focus on a national priority: connecting the major progress made in AI systems to the revolution in understanding the brain.

May. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

The New York Mets hosted the Wheelchair Sports Federation for its annual softball game at the Citi Field parking lot Wednesday. In addition to the game, a softball clinic was held for more than 100 schoolchildren with disabilities. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Met and Mets alumni Todd Zeile.

May. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

Queens Rising will be coming to the Queens Night Market at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 3.

May 25, 2023 By Zach Gewelb

Police are searching for the crook who slashed a 39-year-old man in the face in Jackson Heights last month.

May 24, 2023 By Bill Parry

P.S.398Q will promote its Saving for College Program with NYC Kids RISE Friday morning transforming the 34th Avenue Open Street in front of the Jackson Heights school into a vibrant marketplace that will empower students and their families about financial education.

May. 24, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed

Following a historic three-day strike, Elmhurst Hospital resident physicians announced on Wednesday, May 24, that they have reached a tentative agreement with Mount Sinai after almost a year of negotiations. 

May. 24, 2023 By Ethan Marshall

City Harvest recently released its annual report examining the number of New York City children visiting food pantries. Titled “Tiny Hands, Hungry Bellies: The State of Child Food Insecurity in NYC,” the report gave cause for concern on the matter, particularly in Queens.