Queens Dems back Cuomo
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The Queens County Democratic Party and its chairman, Rep. Gregory Meeks, officially backed former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the race for New York City mayor over the weekend.
Read MoreDespite funding questions, MTA rolls on with the IBX
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While funding for the ambitious Interborough Borough Express is still in limbo, the MTA is going full throttle on the proposed Brooklyn-Queens connector.
Read More‘Quite confused’: SEQ left out of illegal truck parking pilot despite being plagued by the issue
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When the Department of Transportation last week announced a new pilot program to address illegal truck parking, a group of elected officials in Southeast Queens were not only shocked to hear that their neighborhoods weren’t included in the program, but that there was even a pilot in the works at all.
Read MoreQueens-led coalition files lawsuit against City of Yes
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A Queens-led coalition of lawmakers and civic groups on Wednesday sued Mayor Eric Adams in an effort to stop the implementation of the City of Yes, the city’s largest zoning overhaul in decades which stands to serve as a major marker of Adams’ time in office, should it stand.
Read MoreQueens Defenders faces uncertain future after city cuts major contract
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Queens Defenders, the World’s Borough’s largest public defender organization, is facing an uncertain future after the city said that it no longer trusted the firm to carry out the promise of a $32 million contract to provide criminal defense to low-income New Yorkers in Queens.
Read MoreQueens Defenders staff unionizes following controversial director’s ouster
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Paralegals, legal assistants and other support staffers at Queens Defenders have begun to unionize, an effort that began almost immediately after the organization’s longtime, controversial leader was booted from her post earlier this year.
Read MoreForest Hills Stadium concert season in doubt following NYPD decision
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The summer concert season at Queens Forest Hills Stadium was cast into doubt this week after the NYPD said they wouldn’t issue permits or police the streets around the controversial music venue this year.
Read MoreCuomo and Speaker Adams backed by split Southeast Queens coalition
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Former Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared to come away with a major endorsement victory over the weekend after a slate of Black elected officials from Southeast Queens encouraged their supporters to rank the Queens-raised Cuomo first on their Democratic mayoral primary ballots.
Read MoreDOT, City Hall give conflicting tales about delayed Queensboro Bridge pedestrian lane
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Conflicting stories told by the Department of Transportation and the mayor’s office have left a long-delayed plan to open separate bike and pedestrian paths along the dangerous Queensboro Bridge in limbo.
Read MoreDays after commission issues plan to close Rikers, mayor charts his own path – with few details
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Two days after a city-appointed commission unveiled a new plan to close Rikers Island, Mayor Eric Adams began to chart his own path regarding the dangerous jail complex’s future.
Read MoreWoman becomes fourth Rikers detainee to die in 2025
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A 55-year-old woman was allegedly found dead inside her cell on Rikers Island early Thursday morning, marking the fourth time in a month – and the second time in a week – that a Rikers detainee has died.
Read MoreMonserrate off ballot again – for now
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Supporters of Hiram Monserrate are appealing a February court decision which upheld a law specifically created to stop the former lawmaker from running for office because of his criminal history.
Read MoreComptroller, Queens electeds call on city to cut contract with indicted Fresh Meadows hotel operator
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Several local Queens electeds and City Comptroller Brad Lander are calling on the city not to renew a contract with a borough hotel linked to an alleged illegal kickback scheme.
Read MoreCity cannot shut Rikers by 2027, landmark report finds
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In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 deadline to shutter the deadly jail complex has become impossible for the city to meet.
Read MoreCity launches major plan to rezone Downtown Jamaica
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The city this week rolled out its ambitious plan to redevelop a major section of Downtown Jamaica, two years after it first began exploring the idea of overhauling the area that has been plagued by decades of disinvestment.
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