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NYC holiday party was at risk of being canceled for first time in 20 years thanks to government incompetence: organizer
November 15, 2024 | 5:02pmMove over, Grinch.
Organ-transplant container falls out the back of rushing NYC medical supply truck
April 13, 2024 | 10:38amA package potentially transporting a human kidney fell out of the back of a medical supply truck in Sunnyside, Queens on Tuesday morning, according to a shocked user on the...
NYC tenant who displayed Hitler images in lobby now charged with writing 'Kill Hamas Condo Board' on building
December 21, 2023 | 6:56pmQueens building manager Neal Milano, 76, who allegedly terrorized tenants and displayed Nazi propaganda in the lobby has been charged with scrawling "Kill Hamas Condo Board" all over the property.
Contractor using illegal torch sparked massive NYC blaze that injured 14: FDNY
December 21, 2023 | 3:07pmThe fire erupted around noon Wednesday on the top floor of a six-story apartment building on 47th Avenue near 43rd Street in Sunnyside, officials said.
Brutal video shows man attacked by neighbors over NYC parking spot
March 20, 2023 | 10:04amThe pair, Daisy Barrera, 27, and Arturo Cuevas, 30, stabbed the 28-year-old victim and beat him with a baseball bat just before 4 p.m. Friday on 49th Street near 47th...
NYC man pistol-whipped, tied up and robbed in home invasion: cops
August 22, 2022 | 10:24amOne of the suspects went inside and struck the victim in the head with a gun, followed by the second intruder, who tied him up with zip ties, authorities said.
Biker fatally struck by car in Queens
September 11, 2021 | 1:50amA 31-year-old was riding a Kawasaki motorcyce when he died after being struck by a car and thrown from his ride in Queens on Friday evening, police said.
Steve Madden may ditch Queens headquarters over parking lot issue
March 27, 2021 | 6:16pmSteve Madden's shoe company is ready to walk away from its Queens headquarters — and take 400 workers with it — over a proposed affordable-housing development that will step on...
Queens man beaten, robbed of $10,000 in daytime attack
August 21, 2020 | 10:25amA pair of brutes beat and robbed a 23-year-old man of $10,000 in a broad daylight attack in Queens, police said Friday. Two assailants followed the man into 45-38 40...
Sunnyside visitors guide: The coolest places to eat, shop and play
September 27, 2019 | 4:57pmSunnyside is ready for prime time. That western Queens neighborhood is the setting for Kal Penn's new sitcom, airing Thursdays on NBC. In “Sunnyside,” the "Harold & Kumar" star plays...
Sorry, stoners — there are no White Castle cameos in 'Sunnyside'
September 25, 2019 | 9:59amKumar has had his fill of soggy burgers.
'An insult to Queens': Councilman demands city build new school for disabled kids
August 3, 2019 | 7:56pmInstead of wasting millions of dollars on a facelift for a 116-year-old Queens building unfit for disabled children, the city should build a new state-of-the-art school like it’s doing for...
Queens comedian is scaring 'afraid' preschoolers from going outside
February 16, 2019 | 6:12pmChristina Basquez allegedly drops F-bombs out her Sunnyside window and calls the kids at the preschool below “animals” in a bid to get them to “shut the f--k up”. The...
City moving forward with development plan for Sunnyside Yards
May 3, 2018 | 8:26pmThe city is moving ahead with a plan to develop part of the 180-acre Sunnyside Yards in Queens, despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s quick rejection of the idea when it was...
Dad charged in infant's death during 'spiritual ritual'
November 22, 2016 | 11:24pmThe father of a 5-month-old baby girl who died this summer during an alleged spiritual ritual, has been charged with murder in her death. Jorge Baque, 36, was arrested Tuesday...
De Blasio's Sunnyside home push defies Cuomo's wishes
February 21, 2015 | 12:31amCasting aside objections from Gov. Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio is plowing ahead with a plan to redevelop the Sunnyside rail yards in Queens as an affordable-housing mecca. On Friday —...
Cuomo shuts down de Blasio's 'game-changing' plan
February 3, 2015 | 4:21pmTwo hours after Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled what he described as a "game changer" in affordable housing — an ambitious plan to build an 11,250-unit development on top of active...
Masseuse slashed after refusing 'happy ending'
April 3, 2014 | 2:29amA massage customer was so angry he was denied a “happy ending” that he allegedly slashed the masseuse and fled in a stolen yellow taxi, law enforcement sources said Wednesday....
Queens man busted in drugs, weapon raid
March 20, 2014 | 6:31amA man in Queens was busted in possession of a mountain of drugs and an arsenal of guns, authorities said Wednesday. In a raid at 5 a.m. Tuesday at a...