Queens tenants air grievances at ‘rental ripoff’ hearing
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Queens residents told the city how they feel about their landlords at the Mamdani’s first “rental ripoff” hearing in the World’s Borough.
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‘Trump Yard’: Locals worry they’ll be cut out of Mamdani, Trump Sunnyside Yard housing plan
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Western Queens locals are wary of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to collaborate with President Donald Trump to build 12,000 units of housing in the World’s Borough, where the mayor once lived and where the president was raised.
Read MoreQueens pols call on notorious landlord to pay up after 2023 fire
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Queens residents are calling on A&E Real Estate, which was named the worst landlord in the city earlier this year, to pay $6 million to cover damages they suffered in a fire that evicted them from their homes more than two years ago.
Read MoreResidents clash with co-op board after Queens building loses heat during extreme cold
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Residents of a Queens cooperative residential building were subject to extreme cold and flooding after a pipe burst during the winter storm, leading to a fight between residents and co-op board members over how to solve the problem.
Read MoreCity to install new heating system at Queens NYCHA complex amid cold snap
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the installment of a new heating system for a Queens NYCHA complex on Wednesday as a historic cold snap continues to freeze the city.
Read MoreResidents push back on Far Rockaway development in flood zone
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“The road around there can become like a river,” said Felicia Johnson. “I’m concerned.”
Read MoreCity reaches $2.1 million settlement with A&E Real Estate
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A prominent real estate company that has racked up thousands of housing violations in rent-stabilized apartments, including dozens in Queens, reached a settlement with the city on Friday, promising to fix dangerous living conditions in its buildings and stop harassing their tenants.
Read MoreBorough prez says ‘yes’ to City of Yes – with conditions
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Queens Borough Donovan Richards told the Adams administration on Monday that he tentatively supports their controversial citywide rezoning plan, which was rejected by more than two-thirds of the borough’s community boards.
Read MoreOpinion: Supporting accessory homes will help homeowners like me
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"The ability to add an accessory home, like a basement apartment, can be a lifeline for people like me and my family. It would be an essential source of income that can make the difference between being able to stay in your home or losing your home."
Read MoreHorse racing to housing: Council speaker proposes new housing project at Aqueduct Racetrack
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As part of her State of the City speech, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams proposed building a new neighborhood on the 172-acre site currently occupied by Aqueduct Racetrack.
Read MoreDisabled migrants struggle to find accommodations in NYC
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Several disabled migrants and their families have faced hurdles in their attempts to get the city to provide them with the accommodations they need to live a healthy life.
Read MoreNYCFC officially begins city review of Willets Point stadium plans
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The city, a group of developers and the New York City Football Club officially kicked off their bid to bring New York City’s first-ever soccer stadium to Queens this week.
Read MoreCity not likely to use Aqueduct to house migrants
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The potential migrant shelter at Aqueduct Racetrack at Resorts World Casino, which was floated by city officials as a possibility along with the Creedmoor site in mid-July, no longer seems like a viable option for shelter, city officials confirmed to the Eagle this week.
Read MoreCity to build migrant shelter at Creedmoor
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Despite pushback from a number of Eastern Queens officials, the city says it is moving forward with a plan to bring a 1,000-bed shelter for adult male asylum seekers to the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in the coming months.
Read More‘National model to national embarrassment’: BPs call on city to fully fund Right to Counsel
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Four of the city’s five borough presidents, including Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, said in an open letter this week that the city must do more to fund its Right to Counsel program.
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