The Long Island City Partnership is attempting to expand further into LIC. Its expansion has raised questions about the role a public-private partnership should have in providing services typically provided by local government.
Read MoreAs part of the massive NY and NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study, the Army Corp of Engineers is considering a possible storm surge gate in the area around Newtown Creek in Western Queens. But some local groups believe the project may cause adverse issues.
Read MoreA growing number of elected officials are calling on freshman Democratic Assemblymember Juan Ardila to resign after two women accused him of sexual assault during a 2015 party shortly after he graduated from college.
Read MoreGuardian Angels founder and former mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa is backing a new Republican club in Astoria aiming to challenge progressive politicians in Western Queens.
Read MoreThe fight over Innovation QNS finally made its way to City Hall this week, as the City Council began mulling over whether it will approve or reject the largest proposed development in the history of Queens.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams said he’s in support the effort to build Innovation QNS, the largest redevelopment proposal in the history of Queens that is now facing serious hurdles after the local councilmember said she’d vote against the project last week.
Read MoreInnovation QNS, the largest proposed rezoning in the history of Queens, is in peril after City Councilmember Julie Won told her Council colleagues that she’s opposed to the project and urged them to shoot it down when – or if – it comes up for a vote in the coming weeks.
Read MoreNYCHA’s Woodside Houses residents say heat and hot water service interruptions are becoming more and more frequent as the colder months approach. The complex relies on mobile boilers, which were supposed to be replaced in April.
Read MoreInnovation QNS has finally found a supporter. The City Planning Commission voted to approve the project, which now heads to the City Council where a “concerned” Julie Won awaits.
Read More“For a development proposal this massive in scope, the commitments, or lack thereof, on affordability just weren’t good enough.”
Read MoreAnother blow to Innovation QNS. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards rejected efforts from developers to reshape five blocks in Astoria in an advisory recommendation this week.
Read MoreA waterfront clean-up nearly a decade in the making is almost complete.
Read MoreThe local Astoria community board denied developers’ request to reshape five-city blocks in the neighborhood, known as Innovation QNS, on Tuesday. The meeting was tense, as was the rally that saw supporters and opponents of the project clash face-to-face beforehand.
Read MoreThe first of many votes to come on the massive Innovation QNS project slated for Astoria did not go developers’ way Wednesday.
Read MoreThe first official public hearing on Innovation QNS, a massive, multi-block development slated for Astoria, brought out mixed opinions from local residents. While most said they were against the project, nearly just as many voiced their support.
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