The coyote has been safely captured, the NYPD Special Ops said.
Also: Three former Rikers officers pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining their salaries in a sick leave scheme.
Also: Hilton New York JFK Airport will shutter in the next three months. | A swastika was found graffitied at Fort Totten Park.
Also: A Queens teacher is accused of hitting an 8-year-old student in the face. | Kevin Hart will take the stage at Forest Hills Stadium.
Also: A Forest Hills CEO pleaded guilty after his company stole wages from cleaning workers. | A man impersonated a cop and robbed $400.
Also: The community board in Forest Hills wants to make Austin Street more pedestrian-friendly. | A man stole $900 from a Queens Popeyes.
Also: A man was found dead inside a parked SUV in Glendale, police said. | A public toilet pilot will be installed at an Astoria playground.
Also: The majority of New Yorkers think George Santos should resign, a new poll says. | A swimming center in Flushing reopened on Monday.
Also: A Forest Hills rabbi said that the doors at the neighborhood Jewish Center will remain open on 'Day of Hate.'
Also: A Bayside woman was killed in a deadly avalanche in Washington State. | JFK Airport's Terminal 6 is getting a makeover.
Also: A man was found dead inside a parked car near Citi Field. | Three men robbed a cell phone from a 7 train straphanger.
Also: Preliminary data shows the minke whale that was found washed ashore in Queens died from a vessel strike.
A necropsy determined the cause of death to be “blunt force trauma,” with preliminary evidence showing the whale died from a vessel strike.
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Also: A minke whale was found dead on the Rockaway shoreline. | A restaurant that sells American classics will open in Long Island City.
Parks was notified about 9 a.m. on Friday that the whale was found near Beach 29th Street.
Also: A J. Crew Factory will open at Bay Terrace Shopping Center. | A man accused of attempted rape in Long was arrested.
Also: The Wingate by Wyndham hotel in Long Island City will shelter asylum seekers. | Walgreens in Forest Hills will shutter next week.
Also: Nearly two dozen gang members were indicted after shootings in Astoria and Woodside. | Bayside High School is designing a biodome.
Also: An Astoria group relaunched their fundraiser for the neighborhood's food pantry. | Bay Terrace will host a winter festival.
Also: LaGuardia Community College received funding for its mental health project. | A Ridgewood man was arrested for assault.
Also: A delivery worker killed in Forest Hills last year will be honored in a Lunar New Year event. | More carshare parking spots.
Also: A Bayside church is hosting a murder mystery masquerade ball. | A man that sexually abused an intern in Jamaica was sentenced.
Also: A woman from Forest Hills impacted by Hurricane Ida in 2021 will join a Queens lawmaker at the State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Also: Rikers Island marks its first death in 2023. | A Facebook Marketplace transaction in Astoria goes awry after a vehicle robbery.
Also: A French, Filipino-inspired dessert shop will open in Little Neck. | The Queens justice system faces a shortage of court reporters.
“Court reporters are the backbone of the court system,” says the Queens District Attorney. Yet there's just one program teaching the skills.