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Queens 4-year-old named as ambassador for annual Stop & Shop cancer awareness campaign

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NYPD honors school crossing guard who was killed at dangerous Queens intersection in October

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Queens native competing in ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions

Rosedale Jets and Rochdale Cheerleaders Collaboration perform for the crowd (1)

QNS

Queens DA office hosts Black History Month celebration in Jamaica

election

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Special election to replace George Santos likely to be affected by heaviest snow in two years

power

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30 Years of Celebrating Women: Power Women of Queens to take place Feb. 29

indiana jones

QNS

Filmmaker captures iconic Queens landmarks in second Indiana Jones adaptation

vallone

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Hundreds turn out to honor Paul Vallone at funeral service Friday, including Mayor Adams and dozens of city officials

Queens College

QNS

Queens College professor among 24 laid off in recent CUNY staff reductions, not surprised by decision

Clayton Patterson and his camera capturing Lower East Side history

Arts & Entertainment

Clayton Patterson, ‘the godfather of Lower East Side documentary,’ seeks an angel to help tell the neighborhood’s story

Posted on January 24, 2024

Joyce Randolph and The Honeymooners cast

Upper West Side’s Joyce Randolph, last surviving member of ‘The Honeymooners’ TV cast, dies at 99

Posted on January 14, 2024

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Senator Addabbo backs game-changing bill to close legal loophole on drug-impaired driving in New York

Queens

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Queens officials back residents’ call for a traffic study of Penelope Avenue in Middle Village to combat Waze-driven traffic woes

jamaica

QNS

Jamaica-based artist launches jazz-themed film based on own novel

Joseph Esposito, former NYPD Chief of Department, in 2013

Politics

Remembering Joseph Esposito: Former NYPD Chief of Department, Emergency Management boss dead at 73

Posted on January 9, 2024

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QNS

Queens mom seeks answers after disabled toddler’s wheelchair taken stolen from home

Rajkumar

QNS

AM Rajkumar proposes new bill to shutter illegal smoke shops across the city and state

Brooklyn father with first baby born in 2024

Brooklyn

New Year’s baby! Brooklyn couple welcomes first tot born at stroke of midnight

Posted on January 1, 2024

Philly couple gets engaged in Times Square

People

What a Christmas gift! A surprise engagement for Philly couple in Times Square

Posted on December 27, 2023

Greenwich Village vigil attendees holding candles for lost sex workers

Annual Greenwich Village vigil honoring sex workers killed in violence marks 20 years of remembrance

Posted on December 27, 2023

First responder brothers help Brooklyn man

Brooklyn

How two NYC first responder brothers changed the lives of Brooklyn father and his disabled son with a gift of accessibility

Posted on December 25, 2023

Police Commissioner Edward Caban in his office

People

EXCLUSIVE | Police Commissioner Edward Caban speaks with amNY about NYPD progress and personal experience

Posted on December 21, 2023

Mayor

QNS

Mayor Adams addresses prostitution, vending and illegal smoke shops at Corona town hall

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Several Queens civic groups come out in opposition to Creedmoor Plan, argue buildings are too large

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Hochul signs bill that requires prisons to offer Halal and Kosher food

Homeless for the holidays: East Village residents weep after construction kicks them to the curb

Posted on December 15, 2023

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Queens council member warns of overflowing trash cans at city parks due to Mayor’s budget cuts

Ernie Anastos on set

People

Good news: Legendary NYC anchor Ernie Anastos bringing positive stories, inspiring commentary to TV and radio in New York

Posted on December 13, 2023

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Fresh Meadows couple reminded of daughter’s traffic related death following death of Quintas Chen in Flushing

Brooklyn

‘They came in like angels’: Family praises NYPD mounted unit for saving son from oncoming Brooklyn traffic

Posted on December 10, 2023

Large group of people in Santa Claus costumes at SantaCon

Brace yourselves: SantaCon is returning to NYC this Saturday. Here’s what to expect

Posted on December 6, 2023

Lenny Kaye with guitar

Catching up with Lenny Kaye, longtime Patti Smith guitarist and ‘cultural historian’ of Village music

Posted on December 6, 2023

Norman Lear

TV

Norman Lear dead at 101: Renowned television producer created ‘All in the Family’ and other classic sitcoms while advocating democratic values

Posted on December 6, 2023

Politics

Sandra Day O’Connor dead at 93: First female Supreme Court justice was voice of moderate conservatism

Posted on December 1, 2023

Courts

For one New York sexual assault survivor, justice won does not lead to healing

Posted on December 1, 2023

Flushing

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Flushing community mourns loss off toddler killed by hit-and-run driver

Ashish Prashar

Brooklyn

Brooklyn hot coffee hate crime victim speaks out over painful attack | EXCLUSIVE

Posted on November 20, 2023

Lucas G. del Rosario, a high school senior at The IDEAL School in Manhattan. He is wearing his Boy Scouts uniform.

Caribbean Life

High school senior does good by serving others

Politics

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter dead at 96; advised and loved former President Carter for 77 years

Posted on November 19, 2023

QNS

QEDC director pens new novel

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NYC’s Rat Czar visits Ridgewood to help residents tackle the pesky rodents

People

Remembering Matthew Perry: ‘Friends’ star, 54, who overcame personal demons dies suddenly in apparent drowning

Posted on October 29, 2023

Paul Bears carry the caket of NYPD Crossing Guard Krystyna Naprawa

QNS

NYPD honors fallen school crossing guard Krystyna Naprawa at Howard Beach funeral

QNS

‘Rocky’ star Burt Young remembered as local hero in hometown Corona with tribute at Museum of the Moving Image

Queens

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Queens Power List event celebrates borough’s most influential figures

People

Britney Spears’ tell-all book ‘The Woman In Me’ unveils intimate secrets and personal Insights into public life

Posted on October 20, 2023

Nation

Ahead of 80th birthday, Billie Jean King continues to serve the cause for women’s sports equity

Posted on October 12, 2023

Indigenous Peoples Day celebration on Randall's Island

Indigenous Peoples Day: Randall’s Island plays host to celebration of Native American culture through song and dance

Posted on October 9, 2023

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Year-in-Review: Bronx takes bold steps toward future with housing reforms and Metro-North expansion

This Verizon telephone exchange building on Fairview Avenue in Ridgewood has been connecting callers around the community for generations.

Ringing up some Queens telephone history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Frequent flare-up: Firefighters battle blaze at Gobbler Auto Parts in East Flatbush

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

Year in review: What changed for LGBTQ rights in 2024