“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 More“It is outrageous that you're pitting one community against another.”
Read More“The city and Parks walking away from community composting is disgraceful and sickening.”
Read More“Service workers are facing a clear crisis, unable to protect themselves or enforce the safety protocols needed to protect the public.”
Read More“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 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 MoreA pair of Queens councilmembers earned failing grades on an annual environmental report card published Tuesday by the New York League of Conservation Voters.
Read MoreThe NYPD credits the database for helping facilitate large-scale raids and driving down gang-related violence.
Read MoreThe Queens signatories include both supporters and opponents of Amazon’s high-profile plan to build a corporate campus in Long Island City.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreAdvocates and lawmakers are reigniting the effort to remove weed from the penal code and end the racial disparities in marijuana arrests.
Read MoreCouncilmember Antonio Reynoso, transit advocates and immigrants’ rights groups have denounced the arrest of a churro vendor at the Myrtle-Wyckoff subway station.
Read MoreThe issue is particularly acute in Southeast Queens neighborhoods, where waste transfer stations are located.
Read MoreSix Queens councilmembers called for the expulsion of their Bronx counterpart Andy King for ethics violations and serial harassment during a contentious council meeting Monday.
Read MoreMany private trucks dump their stinky cargo at transfer stations in Southeast Queens, the South Bronx and Northern Brooklyn.
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