The 69-year-old blind woman who was robbed at a Queens subway station last month is speaking out. Karen Eisenstadt told the Daily News, "Scum like that should not be out there stealing from anybody — not just from a handicapped person — but anybody. People should be able to walk around and not have this happen to them." more ›

A Queens woman is in critical condition after her husband allegedly stabbed her in the head several times with a meat cleaver. According to police, the attack happened around 5:45 a.m. today in the couple's Parsons Blvd. apartment. more ›

The police are asking for the public's help in finding two people who allegedly robbed a woman at a F train station in Queens last month. Wait, let's clarify that: They allegedly robbed a blind woman at a F train station. more ›

We were excited to go check out this Sunday's "Ultra-Orthodox Jews Against The Internet" rally, which we're putting in quotes here because that's not technically what it's about. The rabbinical group organizing the event says that contrary to initial reports, they're not trying to stop the Internet, but rather raise awareness about its dangers. Apparently it's a message people want to hear—not only did they sell out the 40,000 seat Citi Field, but the 20,000 seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, which was rented for overflow, is also sold out. (And only men allowed.) more ›

The Rockaway Beach food vendors are open for business starting tomorrow! more ›

Just before 4 a.m. on Mother's Day, Stephanie Taveras, a 21-year-old mother of two from Irvington, N.J, was riding in a white BMW when she was gunned down by unknown assailants driving a black SUV. “I had just met her,’’ 29-year-old driver Rafael Herrera tells the Post, explaining to the Daily News that he met Taveras on a street corner on Saturday night. After partying at his Glendale home, they went on an early morning booze run. more ›

We aced our semester of Inconspicuous Cocaine Transport (Automobile), mostly because of our award-winning thesis, "Keep The Michael Bolton Turned Up & The Speed Of The Car Down." The same might not be said of 34-year-old Silvestre Mahon, who was pulled over by two officers on foot in Queens yesterday for having too dark a tint on the windows of his 2007 Accord. The NYPD says in a press release that as the officers approached the vehicle, they smelled marijuana, and saw "in plain view" a gravity knife and what they believed to be crack cocaine and marijuana. A short search later, and they allegedly found what is likely to be two kilos of cocaine. more ›

A cyclist was struck and killed by a car near Citi Field yesterday evening. According to police, a man in his 40s was traveling westbound on Roosevelt Avenue and was hit by a Nissan sedan that was sharing the same lane, just west of 126th Street around 5:45 p.m. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver remained for questioning after the incident. Police say there is no criminality suspected at this time. more ›

According to the NYPD, all the victims called a phone number they got on a flyer, which was posted on a utility pole, and set up appointments to see vacant apartments. After the suspect showed them the apartment, he demanded a deposit to hold the apartment. The victims handed over cash and when they tried to call the suspect to arrange a move, the cell phone was disconnected. more ›

Police fatally shot a Queens man who had stabbed himself and his wife during a domestic dispute in Oakland Gardens last night. According to police, the incident happened around 8:30 p.m. Thursday night when the couple's 17-year-old daughter called 911 after finding her father Samuel Rivers cutting himself with the knife at their 223rd Place home. When cops arrived, they found Samuel and wife Sharon outside the home; Sharon was bleeding from her neck and chest, and was wailing, “I’m dying! I’m going to die!” more ›

Yesterday New York briefly turned its attention to the Hilton Garden Inn near JFK Airport when, a little after noon, a man at a meeting in the hotel's lobby suddenly shot one of his companions before shooting himself. Since then a little more information about the incident has come in, but really just enough to raises more questions: was the shooting mob related? What does Oprah have to do with this? And what will the tourists staying in the hotel have to say about their trip now? more ›

City Councilman Peter Koo, the Queens Republican-turned-Democrat, may be starting an international incident. He is considering whether to create a memorial to honor Asian "comfort women"—a touchy topic for the Japanese. more ›

Two men are dead near JFK airport today in an apparent murder-suicide. Details are still few and far between but it appears the pair were arguing in the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn in Queens around 12:30 p.m. when one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the other before shooting himself. more ›

Two teens were hospitalized with alcohol poisoning Saturday night after police broke up a raucous party in Breezy Point, the insular "privately owned cooperative" at the western edge of the Rockaway Peninsula. The parents who threw the party at their home were arrested and charged with 10 counts each of endangering a child under 17. Dozens of teens were reportedly drinking at the party—most of them lacrosse players from the prestigious Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn. Now the incident has shed unwanted light on Breezy Point, where residents pride themselves on their tight-knit community, which is mostly policed by a private security force. more ›

A Libyan war refugee has been arrested and charged with fatally stabbing an acquaintance inside his Astoria apartment. Police say that 35-year-old Wahid Elawame stabbed 28-year-old Mrwan Said (also of Queens) inside Elawame’s four-bedroom home on Steinway Street, near 28th Avenue, around 11:30 p.m. Friday. Two of Elawame's roommates jumped out of the window of the second floor apartment when the stabbing started; and according to the Post, the stabbing happened because Said didn't want to take part in an alleged plot to kill Elawame’s boss, Sammy Zebib, the Layali Beirut Cafe and Restaurant owner who had refused to give Elawame more work. more ›

A 77-year-old Holocaust survivor is claiming in a federal lawsuit that an NYPD officer punched him in the face during a traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway. In the court documents obtained by the Post, Miklos Muller admits that in November he ran a red light on Woodhaven Boulevard and was pulled over moments later on the LIE. “They flashed their lights and I pulled over to the side . . . One cop started screaming at me, ‘You almost killed me,’ and punched me through the open window," Muller says. more ›

A federal jury has found a Queens man guilty on all charges related to a 2009 plan for suicide attacks on the NYC subways, conspiring to join the Taliban and training with Al Qaeda. Adis Medunjanin now faces up to life in prison. more ›

Union jobs are coveted, because they offer the well-paying and usually secure positions—which is why hundreds of people have been camping out for the chance to apply for apprenticeships at Local Union 46, the metallic lathers and reinforcing ironworkers union. The first person in line outside the Queens shop got there last Sunday. more ›

JetBlue's fancy new Queens headquarters is just missing one thing: a massive illuminated sign letting everyone for miles around know about JetBlue. more ›

82-year-old Doris Gadpaille was crossing the street in Queens on the evening of April 15th when an SUV driver blew through a stop sign, ran her over, and left her in a bloodied pile in the middle of the road. She's lucky to be alive, but now she's more than a little outraged, because it seems the alleged driver is an off-duty NYPD detective. "If he’s a policeman, he should know better,” Gadpaille told CBS 2′s John Slattery. "That's not human. It's not." more ›

A Queens man appears to have shot his girlfriend in the back of the head last night before turning the gun on himself—a sad story made sadder by the fact the pair were then discovered by their two-year-old son. more ›

A 62-year-old bus driver in Queens has been arrested and charged with failure to exercise control of a minor after she allegedly left a 2-year-old girl alone in a parked school bus this morning. The girl is fine but the driver, Ana Garcia, has probably had better days. more ›

Yesterday at 5:10 p.m., Queens Narcotics detectives tried to pull over a 2009 Dodge Avenger with three men inside near 115th Street and 116th Road. According to the police, "The vehicle fled northbound on 149 Street and collided into a parked and unoccupied minivan in front of 116-41 149 Street. The suspects exited the vehicle and fled the location. One of the suspects was apprehended in the rear of 1334 Sutphin Boulevard by responding officers and taken to Jamaica Hospital for minor injuries." And inside the car, police found a fully loaded AR 15 rifle and two fully loaded 380 caliber firearms. more ›

Fasten your seatbelts for a hilarious new reality show about the harrowing world of Queens driving instructors and their bumbling students. The new A&E series Last Chance Driving School debuts Saturday night, and judging by the photos and the trailer, it looks wheely wild! According to A&E, the premiere episode stars "stay at home mom Jasmine," who "takes a highway driving lesson with Sven with disastrous consequences. Pete is pushed to the edge by first time driver Sharron—one of the worst drivers he's seen in his 37 years on the road! And things heat up back at the school when a female student flirts with Sven—much to Maria's annoyance!" more ›