The NYPD is Searching for an Adult Male who Allegedly Punched a Young Girl in the Face  By Dan Gesslein   Queens Voice   December 4, 2025  QUEENS LOCAL NEWS - Cops are searching for the grown man who sucker punched a teenage girl as she was walking down the street in Fresh Meadows.  Cops are investigating an apparently random attack that took place on November 26. At around 11 am, a 14-year-old girl was walking near 184th Street and the Horace Harding Expressway when an unknown man approached her. Without warning, he punched the girl in the face and then took off, running westbound along the expressway. Cops say the teen suffered only minor injuries and did not need to be hospitalized, but the sudden and unprovoked nature of the attack has prompted a full investigation. The suspect is described as a male who was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, a blue jacket, gray pants, and gray sneakers. The NYPD is asking anyone who recognizes the man—...

VIDEO: Man Punched Woman He Thought was Gay By Dan Gesslein   Queens Voice   December 3, 2025 QUEENS LOCAL NEWS - The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted in connection with a hate crime assault that took place on a Q83 bus in Queens late last month. Police have released images of the individual and hope someone recognizes him. According to investigators, the incident happened on September 30, 2025, around 10:38 p.m. The 22-year-old victim was riding an eastbound Q83 bus near Farmers Boulevard and 113th Avenue when a man sat down next to her. Police say he began making comments about her sexual orientation before the situation escalated. Moments later, the man reportedly punched the woman in the face multiple times, leaving her with a laceration. After the attack, he fled the bus on foot, heading east on Farmers Boulevard. The victim declined medical treatment at the scene but later went to Long Island Jewish Valley Stream on her own...

Cops Looking for 2 Men in Connection to an Assault on 50-Year-old Man  Queens Voice   December 2, 2025  QUEENS LOCAL NEWS - Cops are looking for two men who ran up to a 50 year old, started arguing and then started a violent beat down for no apparent reason. Police say nothing was taken and they are looking into whether the attack was random.  According to police, the incident happened early Sunday morning, November 23, just before 1 a.m. A 50-year-old man was near 141st Street and 11th Avenue when two unidentified men approached him. What started as a verbal dispute quickly escalated, and the pair began punching and kicking the victim repeatedly. The man was left with lacerations and bruising across his body.  EMS arrived and took him to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital , where he was reported to be in stable condition.  Meanwhile, the two attackers fled the scene in a white Chevy Silverado , heading south on the Whitestone E...

NYPD Release Photo of Suspect in Knifepoint Robbery Queens Voice  December 2, 2025  QUEENS LOCAL NEWS - A Queens mugger had an interesting demand of his victim when he held a knife to the man: give me food. Cops are looking for a man, they say, robbed a man of food at knife point.  At around noon on November 22, a 50-year-old man was approached by a stranger while walking near Rockaway Boulevard and Digby Place . The man came up to him and pulled out knife. Then the robber demanded food.  Without hesitation, the stranger took food from a nearby box and fled the scene, heading southbound on Digby Place. Cops said the mugger only made off with food and no money or other possessions from the victim.  The suspect is described as a male, last seen wearing a black baseball cap, a dark gray hooded jacket, black jeans, and black sneakers. While the police have not provided further details about his age or race, they’re hoping someone might recognize...

Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center Dramatically Reverses the Outlook of Lung Cancer Through Novel Screening, Early Intervention, Precision Care and Community Engagement   Queens Voice   December 2, 2025 Queens LOCAL NEWS - Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) is proud to announce that for the first time in decades, more people in its community are being diagnosed with stage I, versus stage IV lung cancer.  The five-year survival rate for stage I or II lung cancer is more than 65%, compared to just 8% for later-stage III and IV disease, according to the American Lung Association . MECCC clinicians are now finding cancers when they are most treatable and curable thanks to enhanced screening, novel care, access to clinical trials, and community education. For several decades, the Bronx has experienced higher-than-average lung cancer mortality rates compared with other New York City boroughs, primarily due to Bron...