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  1. October 13, 2026 A pickup driver who tested positive for cocaine and THC is charged with manslaughter for killing a 1-year-old in a stroller at Murray Street and 32nd Avenue.
  2. October 12, 2026 A 56-year-old man was stabbed once in the leg during an argument aboard a Q44-SBS near Main Street and 39th Avenue Sunday morning; a person of interest is in custody.
  3. October 12, 2026 A 10-story, 296-apartment building with 75 affordable units is proposed at 32-02 Linden Place, and needs a rezoning from manufacturing before it can rise.
  4. September 29, 2026 Francisco Lindor hit his 300th home run in the Mets' finale, becoming the first shortstop with 300 homers and 200 steals.
  5. September 28, 2026 The Mets finished 74-88 with a loss in Washington, though Francisco Lindor hit his 300th career homer on the way out.
  6. September 19, 2026 Flushing Commons Phase II broke ground with 156 apartments and a 63,000-square-foot YMCA.
  7. September 19, 2026 Juan Soto's three-run homer carried the Mets past the Phillies, 6-3.
  8. September 18, 2026 Phase two of Flushing Commons broke ground, bringing 156 condos and a 63,000-square-foot YMCA.
  9. September 5, 2026 A woman in her 50s handed $130,000 in cash, most of it from selling her Flushing home, to three strangers sent by a "pig butchering" scammer she had been texting for eight months.
  10. August 25, 2026 Council Member Phil Wong demanded City Hall shift hundreds of millions to DEP after his district flooded at least four times in a month, asking for more catch-basin cleaning and sewer capacity.
  11. August 23, 2026 Yelp ranked Citi Field the best stadium in the country for game-day food, crediting its 27 vendors.
  12. August 13, 2026 Landlord Pinnacle Group sold off 743 condo and co-op units for $128 million, some for under $175,000 apiece, unwinding a rent-stabilized-to-condo conversion business a 2019 state law made unprofitable.
  13. August 7, 2026 The Mets pounded out 18 hits to sweep the Guardians 13-6, with rookie lefty Jefry Yan, once out of baseball working construction, notching his first big-league strikeout.
  14. August 4, 2026 A Post investigation finds 77 senior daycares in a one-mile radius billed Medicaid $733 million since 2018, many with empty rooms during visits.
  15. July 31, 2026 A new poll finds 73% of Asian voters in Grace Meng's district oppose the Metropolitan Park casino, rising to 79% in Downtown Flushing itself.
  16. July 30, 2026 A&E Real Estate, the city's most-cited "worst landlord," faces a class action alleging it overcharged Queens rent-stabilized tenants by $5 million using bogus renovation claims.
  17. July 17, 2026 Gotham FC drew a New York-record 42,175 fans to Citi Field for the first NWSL match in city history, previewing the club's 2028 move to Queens.
  18. July 13, 2026 Permits were filed for a 13-story, 60-unit building near the Main Street 7 train, on a site where demolition just wrapped.

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