A Queens community board is calling on the Adams administration to make good on a pledge to explore bringing a new police precinct to Northern Queens before they leave office.
Read MoreEugene Kelty, Jr., a former firefighter who helped lead the evacuation of downtown Manhattan on 9/11 and who served as the longtime chair of Queens’ Community Board 7, died over the weekend after a battle with cancer. He was 70 years old.
Read MoreA section of Northeast Queens will soon see an increase in the number of police officers patrolling its streets, the city announced this week.
Read MoreCommunity Board 7, which includes Willets Point and other areas of Eastern and Northern Queens, voted 37 to 2 to approve the project, marking the first thumbs up on the city’s review process that will play out over the coming months and culminate with a vote in the City Council.
Read MoreCity Hall has committed to exploring the possibility of bringing a new police precinct to Northeast Queens.
Read MoreFormer Community Board 7 member John Choe was booted off the board on Monday.
Read More“I feel it's pretty much stacked against me and I don't feel I'm gonna get a fair hearing.”
Read More“This whole charade is a huge, huge embarrassment to the community board and I object vehemently to this entire process. It's absurd.”
Read MoreThe executive board of CB 7 voted unanimously to bring the action to the full board last month and notified Choe of the proceedings against him on May 26.
Read MoreCommission Chair Marisa Lago, one of the 11 members who voted in favor of the rezoning, said the land use application was “an important step forward for Flushing.”
Read More“We need actual affordable housing, and not only as a tradeoff for more luxury housing. There’s nobody who wants a Queens waterfront more than Flushing residents, but it shouldn't come at the cost of 2,000 luxury condos.”
Read MoreA residential rezoning of a piece of the Flushing Creek waterfront would pave the way for a large-scale development project for the area.
Read MoreThe project’s developers have released a statement asserting the public benefits of the plan.
Read MoreThe rezoning would pave the way for a partnership of developers to create a 13-tower, mixed-use complex of housing, hotels, offices and shops.
Read MoreThe rezoning would allow for the reshaping of the Flushing waterfront.
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