The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a vital New York City artery. But for years now it’s been crumbling, and there is no consensus about how to fix it. Our reporter Winnie Hu goes to the B.Q.E. to unpack things. Source: New…
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‘Everyone’s in Sync’: Phone Ban on NYC Dance Floors Is Getting Rave Reviews
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2025
In the TikTok era, people were filming rather than dancing. “I’d rather live in the moment and feel the joy,” one reveler said. Source: New York Times
Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?
By Gotham Rex on November 13, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul must decide by year’s end whether to sign a law that would mandate two-person crews on all trains, a practice critics say is costly and outdated. Source: New York Times
City Council Approves Plan That Could Bring 14,700 Homes to Queens
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2025
The New York plan would open up 54 blocks of Long Island City, which are mostly warehouses and parking lots, to housing. Source: New York Times
With a Mayor-Elect From Queens, Mamdani’s Borough Is Having a Moment
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2025
When Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as New York City’s 111th mayor, he will be the first with such an intimate connection to Queens. Source: New York Times
Mamdani was elected with a thinner résumé than his predecessors as mayor.
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2025
The mayor-elect’s rivals focused on his inexperience during the campaign. Voters appeared to put more weight on his vision. Source: New York Times
Mamdani and Cuomo Make Their Cases in Last Weekend Before Early Voting
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2025
As the New York City mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the candidates appeared at a forum at Queens College and at a soccer tournament in Coney Island. Source: New York Times
Georgia Man Charged With Raping Women in Queens in the 1990s
By Gotham Rex on October 17, 2025
New DNA testing linked Michael Benjamin, 57, to the assaults of five women between 1995 and 1997 in southeast Queens, according to the authorities. Source: New York Times
In Ashes of Amazon Fight, Tensions Emerge in Huge Bet on N.Y.C. Housing
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2025
Years ago, progressives defeated a plan to build headquarters for Amazon in Queens. Now a new kind of development is gaining their support. Source: New York Times
How Suzette Noble, a LaGuardia Airport CEO, Spends Her Day
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2025
Suzette Noble wakes up to the sound of airplanes taking off, then makes time for her children and cheesecake as she strolls around the airport all day. Source: New York Times
Margaret Markey, Who Championed Victims of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 83
By Gotham Rex on October 3, 2025
As a New York State assemblywoman, she began a campaign that finally bore fruit in 2019, when the Legislature extended the deadlines for victims to file claims. Source: New York Times
Texas Man Is Charged With Making Threats Against Mamdani
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee in New York City, received messages calling him a terrorist and telling him he was unwelcome in the U.S. Source: New York Times
Girl, 16, Struck and Killed by Driver of S.U.V. in Queens, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on September 13, 2025
The girl, identified as Jhoanny Gomez-Alvarez, was intentionally struck by the 38-year-old driver early Saturday morning after getting into an argument with him, a law enforcement official said. Source: New York Times
NYPD Used Excessive Force in Fatal Shooting of Queens Man, Board Says
By Gotham Rex on September 12, 2025
Win Rozario, 19, was having a mental health crisis when he called 911 seeking help. A police oversight board found that the officers who responded abused their authority. Source: New York Times
Man Is Arrested in Queens Stabbing Spree, Officials Say
By Gotham Rex on January 18, 2024
The man was charged with attempted murder after a citywide manhunt. The authorities said he randomly attacked people with a hunting knife. Source: New York Times