Queens

Police in New York City are searching for a person they say stole hundreds of dollars worth of religious statues and other items from a catholic church in Queens earlier this month. According to the NYPD, police received a report that, on May 18, at around 5:30 p.m., an unknown person entered Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church on…

A Queens dog groomer was arrested and charged with animal abuse after a small dog died during a session in which the pup was hit with scissors and lifted up by the head, the district attorney said.

Two women were targeted within days of each other, getting violently punched in the head while riding the E train as it was approaching Queens Plaza station. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Authorities are still searching for three individuals who shot a 16-year-old girl in the head, a grave injury that ultimately killed her, two weeks ago, the NYPD said. Claudia Quatey, of Queens, was struck in the head on May 10 at around 8:29 p.m. on Lucas Street in St. Albans, when three unidentified individuals shot a firearm before running away….

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Doctors at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens are making their demands loud and clear: They want Mt. Sinai to pay them the same as their counterparts in Manhattan.

Doctors at Elmhurst Hospital are on strike since this morning demanding the same pay as doctors in Manhattan. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A Brooklyn man was convicted of murder in the cold case killing of a 31-year-old man found naked and bludgeoned in his Queens home in 2011, the local district attorney announced. Gerald Griffin, 46 and of Brooklyn, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, robbery in the first and second degrees,…

An 86-year-old Queens man has been charged with murdering his 78-year-old wife, who was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home this week, authorities say. Ovidio Porras also is accused of tampering with physical evidence and criminal contempt in the Wednesday death of Luz Porras. She was found in a first-floor stairwell in the Woodhaven home…

The only witness to a 1992 Queens murder described the killers as “two Black men.” Now the man convicted in the killing is out of prison and wants to clear his name. The first noticeable detail about him: He’s not Black. He says that’s just one of the grave mistakes that sent him to prison for more than two decades....

After spending nearly 22 years locked up in New York state penitentiaries, Efraim Diaz is on parole — and on a mission to clear his name.

A 14-year-old girl was killed when a speeding car slammed into the back of a UPS truck in Queens.

If you’re on the hunt for a new rental in the Big Apple, now might not be the best time to make the move.

NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

A 14-year-old girl was badly hurt after falling out of a moving party bus on a Queens highway Wednesday night, officials say. She had been leaning on the emergency door when it opened, and she fell out of the vehicle as it moved north on the Cross Island Parkway near Hempstead Avenue around 9 p.m., according to police. The NYPD…

A 14-year-old girl was badly hurt after falling out of a moving party bus on a Queens highway Wednesday night, officials say.

A 2-year-old boy died in a raging house fire in Queens overnight that saw flames leap from a top-floor window, authorities say. The NYPD identified the victim in the Jamaica house fire as Jason Eli. Fire officials responding to a call about the blaze on 106th Avenue around 11 p.m. Sunday encountered heavy flames. Video from the scene showed firefighters…

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The driver of an SUV was arrested for allegedly striking and killing a 7-year-old girl just steps from her home after failing to come to a complete stop at a Queens intersection, police said.

A rent hike is now one step closer to reality for millions of New Yorkers living in rent-stabilized apartments. A board approved increases during a heated meeting of the Rent Guidelines Board. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.