Queens

Four Bayside High School students pose for portraits outside

Campaign 2025

For New Voters at the Alma Mater of Adams and Adams, the Mayoral Primary Is Mostly an Afterthought

March 6, 2025, 2:50 p.m.March 7, 2025, 2:06 p.m.

The face-off between the two former classmates at Bayside High School, Eric Adams and Adrienne Adams, barely ed among graduating seniors.

NYCHA

Electric Heat Pumps Get Warm Reviews at Queens Public Housing Development

Feb. 27, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 4:47 p.m.

Woodside Houses residents say the eco-friendly alternatives to steam radiators have served them well through the winter.

Former Exodus Transitional Community CEO Julio Medina walks out of Brooklyn Federal Court after being arraigned on corruption charges.

Crime

Feds Charge Exodus Founder and Adams Fundraiser With COVID Hotel Corruption Scheme

Feb. 13, 2025, 1:34 p.m.Feb. 13, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Julio Medina, the founder of Exodus Transitional Community, allegedly received millions in kickbacks and bribes for steering business to firms run by Weihong Hu, a fundraiser for mayors Adams and de Blasio.

Vacant lots and damaged homes dotted the Edgemere section of the Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the peninsula.

Climate Change

NYC Is in Store for an LA-Level Housing Loss Calamity in Floods, Report Predicts

Feb. 4, 2025, 7:55 a.m.Feb. 4, 2025, 7:55 a.m.

Some 19,000 homes could be wiped out in the next 15 years in high tides and storms supercharged by climate change, destruction suring the toll of Hurricane Sandy.

A feral kitty catches some sun next to the Rikers Island Cat Rescue trailer.

animals

Meet the Cats Who Roam Rikers Island

Jan. 10, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 10, 2025, 9:10 a.m.

And the retired Corrections officer who cares for them.

Thousands of fans packed into the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan to watch the Liberty’s championship parade.

New York City

The Year in Photos: Moments That Captivated New York City in 2024

Ben Fractenberg Dec. 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 24, 2024, 12:44 p.m.

New Yorkers witnessed political upheaval, campus protests and a mayor facing federal prosecution, alongside the triumph of the NY Liberty and a once-in-a-generation solar eclipse.

Dragon boat racers train in Flushing Bay.

Sports

As Parks Shutters a Flushing Bay Pier, Hundreds of Dragon Boaters Scramble to Stay Together

Dec. 23, 2024, 12:07 p.m.Dec. 23, 2024, 6:18 p.m.

Boaters have connected to their Chinese heritage and have even married teammates and given birth to a new generation of competitors. But the sport's future in NYC now hinges on a delicate web of political relationships.

Demonstrators with "Amazong is UNFAIR" signs stand in front of a large inflatable balloon of a pig wearing a suit and smoking a cigar.

Labor

Two Arrested at Amazon Teamsters Strike in Queens, Part of Pre-Holiday Multi-City Walkout

Dec. 19, 2024, 3:41 p.m.Dec. 19, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Drivers are striking for better wages, improved on-the-job safety and job security. Amazon claims their concerns are other companies’ business.

The Rev. Al Cockfield, center, ed other faith leaders at City Hall to announce a new program with Mayor Eric Adams to help house migrants.

Adams World: Investigated

Prosecutors Probe Dealings Between Pastor Close to Adams and Hotel Developer Who Got Help

Nov. 27, 2024, 5:38 p.m.Dec. 2, 2024, 10:04 a.m.

Simultaneous FBI raids on mayoral fundraisers Al Cockfield and Weihong Hu follow an investigation by THE CITY, The Guardian and Documented into their Department of Buildings interventions.

Chinese dissident Yuxiu Zhou stands for a portrait outside the Flushing public library.

Immigration

They Escaped Chinese Government Repression. Now They’re Imploring Trump to Let Them Stay in America

Nov. 19, 2024, 11:30 a.m.Nov. 19, 2024, 4:45 p.m.

Hundreds of dissidents with pending asylum applications are g on to a love letter to “this land of hope and love” they’ll send the president-elect on Inauguration Day.

Queens

For New Voters at the Alma Mater of Adams and Adams, the Mayoral Primary Is Mostly an Afterthought

Electric Heat Pumps Get Warm Reviews at Queens Public Housing Development

Feds Charge Exodus Founder and Adams Fundraiser With COVID Hotel Corruption Scheme

NYC Is in Store for an LA-Level Housing Loss Calamity in Floods, Report Predicts

Meet the Cats Who Roam Rikers Island

The Year in Photos: Moments That Captivated New York City in 2024

As Parks Shutters a Flushing Bay Pier, Hundreds of Dragon Boaters Scramble to Stay Together

Two Arrested at Amazon Teamsters Strike in Queens, Part of Pre-Holiday Multi-City Walkout

Prosecutors Probe Dealings Between Pastor Close to Adams and Hotel Developer Who Got Help

They Escaped Chinese Government Repression. Now They’re Imploring Trump to Let Them Stay in America

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