Opinion: Legal assistance for immigrants is a moral imperative and an economic opportunity

Opinion: Legal assistance for immigrants is a moral imperative and an economic opportunity

“Hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in our state face the terrifying prospect of deportation and forced family separation, simply because they do not have access to legal representation in a complex and often unforgiving immigration system.”

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Local pols want G train restored to former Queens glory

Local pols want G train restored to former Queens glory

Several Queens and Brooklyn elected officials are calling on the MTA to consider running the G train along its former route, deeper into Queens, now that the transit authority has announced plans to do work on the line that will likely cause major service disruptions.

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Queens officials defend food vendors in Corona Plaza

Queens officials defend food vendors in Corona Plaza

A Queens locale known for its vibrancy and culture was the site of a late night city crackdown on illegal vendors last week, done with little notice to the vendors or local elected officials, who held a rally on Wednesday protesting what they said was heavy-handed enforcement from the city. 

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Queens voters think outside the box in race for district attorney

Queens voters think outside the box in race for district attorney

Not all of the 64,000 Queens voters who cast a ballot in the recent Democratic primary race for Queens district attorney bubbled in a vote for incumbent DA Melinda Katz or challengers George Grasso or Devian Daniels. Instead, a small portion of the Queens electorate chose to write-in a candidate for the borough’s top prosecutor. 

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‘Their loss is not forgotten’: Officials pitch bill to fund futures for kids who lost parents to COVID

‘Their loss is not forgotten’: Officials pitch bill to fund futures for kids who lost parents to COVID

As the federal government’s emergency COVID-19 declaration came to end on Thursday, a group of families, doctors and lawmakers gathered in the Queens neighborhood that was once the epicenter of the pandemic and called on New Yorkers not to forget them, or the loved ones they lost.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ agitators protest Jackson Heights block party

Anti-LGBTQ+ agitators protest Jackson Heights block party

A block party celebrating Queens’ LGBTQ+ community was interrupted Saturday by a group of anti-LGBTQ+ agitators in Jackson Heights. But despite several tense moments, organizers of the event say the protesters did little but bring the party’s participants closer together.

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‘People are going to go hungry': La Jornada continues search for new home following NYCHA eviction

‘People are going to go hungry': La Jornada continues search for new home following NYCHA eviction

Officials continue the search for a new home for La Jornada, a major food pantry in Western Queens that was evicted from its headquarters in a Flushing NYCHA complex at the end of last month.

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‘It’s going to be very ugly’: Major Queens food pantry faces eviction

‘It’s going to be very ugly’: Major Queens food pantry faces eviction

La Jornada, a food pantry in Flushing that serves over 10,000 families in Northwest Queens, is being evicted from its NYCHA headquarters by the public housing authority at the end of the month. The mayor offered to help find the nonprofit a new space but with two weeks remaining, one has yet to be found.

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