Valdez to run for Congress, setting up NY-7 showdown
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Queens Assemblymember Claire Valdez launched a campaign to succeed Nydia Velázquez in Congress on Thursday.
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Brooklyn BP launches NY7 bid while Queens candidates wait in the wings
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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced his bid to succeed retiring Representative Nydia Velázquez in Congress on Thursday, making him the first major candidate to throw their hat in the ring to represent the Queens and Brooklyn district.
Read MoreVelázquez to retire, opening up a new race in Queens
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Representative Nydia Velázquez announced Thursday night she will retire next year, opening up a new primary for a congressional seat in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreCity leaders call for immediate action against evictions and to ensure Right to Counsel
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“We are sounding the alarm today in the face of what could be an avalanche of evictions to crash over tenants in this city on a scale that we’ve never seen.”
Read MoreNYC councilmembers, advocates challenge Parks over Big Reuse eviction
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“It is outrageous that you're pitting one community against another.”
Read MoreCompost coalition fights to stop eviction of Queens organization
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“The city and Parks walking away from community composting is disgraceful and sickening.”
Read MorePandemic fuels sexual harassment against women in food service, report finds
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“Service workers are facing a clear crisis, unable to protect themselves or enforce the safety protocols needed to protect the public.”
Read MoreCouncilmembers press Flushing Waterfront developers on lack of affordable housing
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“Why should we not expect a level of affordable housing? Over 70,000 people are living in homeless shelters and you’re talking about nonsensical [regulations] and saying you don’t need to do affordable housing.”
Read MoreAdvocates urge NYC to house homeless in hotels during COVID pandemic
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Advocates say the city’s more than 100,000 vacant hotel rooms can play a vital role in helping limit the spread of the virus and promote social distancing among homeless New Yorkers.
Read MoreTwo Queens councilmembers earn failing grades on annual environmental scorecard
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A pair of Queens councilmembers earned failing grades on an annual environmental report card published Tuesday by the New York League of Conservation Voters.
Read MoreQueens lawmakers question gang database tactics in letter to NYPD Inspector General
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The NYPD credits the database for helping facilitate large-scale raids and driving down gang-related violence.
Read MoreFifteen Queens lawmakers say they’re ‘watching’ Amazon warehouse working conditions
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The Queens signatories include both supporters and opponents of Amazon’s high-profile plan to build a corporate campus in Long Island City.
Read MoreNew commercial waste law could spare SE Queens from truck-clogged streets
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The law puts restrictions on the more than 90 largely unregulated companies that truck millions of tons of trash per year to stations in Southeast Queens.
Read MoreNYC pols to Albany: Legalize It
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Advocates and lawmakers are reigniting the effort to remove weed from the penal code and end the racial disparities in marijuana arrests.
Read MoreCouncilmember denounces churro vendor arrest
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Councilmember Antonio Reynoso, transit advocates and immigrants’ rights groups have denounced the arrest of a churro vendor at the Myrtle-Wyckoff subway station.
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