A new state law allows local taxing jurisdictions to give surviving spouses of officers killed on duty up to a 50% exemption on their primary‑home property taxes. Adoption is up to towns, counties and school districts.

A Corona, Queens man got shot in a Pennsylvania suburb — and accidentally handed police the keys to two sex trafficking operations that had been quietly running women from NYC for years.

Surveillance images were released after a Feb. 8 attack at 40‑18 Main St in Flushing; police are asking the public for tips.

Queens DA Melinda Katz renewed a call for tips in the 2005 Rockaway Beach cold case after an unidentified boy was found wrapped in a limited‑edition Disney blanket. Authorities say even small leads can help.

A Queens man was sentenced to more than two decades after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the 2023 strangling of his East Elmhurst landlady.

A 66-year-old driver was struck in East Elmhurst after handing his phone to a stranger; NYPD Crime Stoppers released images and is seeking tips.

A $330M Queens estate fight has become an appellate test of the borough’s Surrogate’s Court, with filings accusing a judge of using a secret docket and gag orders.

Guardians of Flushing Bay, Riverkeeper and Save the Sound sued to vacate DEP’s negative declaration for seasonal chlorination of Flushing Creek and are demanding a full EIS.

A Glen Oaks couple says a mother delivered alone in a Katz Women’s triage bathroom on Feb. 14 and is demanding answers and staff retraining.

NRG has completed the purchase of the Ravenswood Generating Station, shifting control of New York City’s largest fossil fuel plant and raising fresh questions about its planned conversion to renewables.

A Jamaica resident was indicted after prosecutors say he struck and killed a scooter rider in Astoria. The case returns to Queens Supreme Court on March 26.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's call to increase property taxes amid a $5.4 billion budget shortfall meets strong opposition from Queens homeowners and city officials.

A Queens judge denied a motion to vacate Chanel Lewis' 2019 conviction in the 2016 Howard Beach killing; the defense says it will appeal. The ruling keeps the life sentence in place while questions about DNA phenotyping persist.