Fire breaks out at Jackson Heights co-op building

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

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Jun. 19, 2025 By Dean Moses

Police are searching for five men who brutally attacked an employee outside a Jackson Heights nightclub earlier this month.

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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.

June 19, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for a trio of muggers who targeted a man as he walked on 37th Avenue near Junction Boulevard in Corona late last month and remain 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.

A Southeast Queens man was sentenced to a decade in prison for a hate crime for punching out a Sikh man following a 2023 fender bender in Kew Gardens. The victim suffered a head injury and died five days later.

Gilbert Augustin, 32, of 111th Avenue in Jamaica, pleaded guilty on June 2 to assault as a hate crime after he derided 66-year-old Jasmer Singh as “turban man” and repeatedly punched him, knocking him to the ground where his head struck the pavement.

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.

Jun. 18, 2025 By Czarinna Andres

Queens, your veggies are calling.