Speed between Queens and Manhattan increased during congestion pricing’s first year, data shows
/
Queens drivers heading into Manhattan are getting there faster and with less traffic, according to new data.
Read More
Advocates demand governor sign prison reforms into law
/
Advocates on Tuesday demanded the governor sign a package of bills meant to reform the state’s troubled prisons, a year after the killing of Robert Brooks put a spotlight on the worsening conditions behind bars.
Read MoreBattleground Queens: Mayoral candidates make last pitch to Queens voters amid early voting surge
/
All three mayoral candidates made their final pitches to Queens voters on Sunday as polls opened to historic early voting turnouts over the weekend.
Read MoreYoung, progressive Democrats file for Queens seats
/
Four previously unelected Democrats are filing to run for the legislature in 2026. Two are mounting challenges against longtime incumbents in districts where Zohran Mamdani won in the primary.
Read MoreState Legislature passes prison reforms, heads to Hochul’s desk
/
The New York State Legislature passed a package of prison reforms on the last day of the legislative session, sending the bills to the governor’s desk. However, the governor has not indicated if she plans to support the package or not.
Read MoreQueens Dems back Cuomo
/
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 MoreQueens electeds warn against City of Yes as milestone approaches
/
Elected officials primarily from Northeastern Queens gathered in Bayside this week and imagined a world where the mayor’s controversial City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal becomes a reality – and they don’t like how it looks.
Read MorePols rail against shared e-scooter program in Queens
/
Elected officials in Northeastern Queens railed against a relatively new city-backed program that brought shared electric scooters to their neighborhoods, many of which lack robust access to public transportation.
Read MoreCongestion pricing debate comes to a head at foot of Queensborough Bridge
/
The fight over Governor Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing pause came to a head at the foot of the Queensborough Bridge on Friday as a local Queens pol who has long been opposed to the now-delayed toll sparred with transit advocates and prevented a local city councilmember supportive of congestion pricing from making remarks to the press.
Read MoreQueens CB9 honors 50-year member Sylvia Hack
/
Queens Community Board 9 honored member Sylvia Hack for half a century of community service on Tuesday night.
Read MoreCongestion pricing plan greenlit by MTA
/
After years of debate over one of New York City’s most controversial political topics, the MTA officially passed its final congestion pricing plan on Wednesday morning.
Read MoreOne-fifth of Queens residents in NY prisons are 55 or older, data shows
/
Nearly a fifth of all Queens residents behind bars in New York are 55 years or older – and despite being convicted at a far younger age, have few opportunities to advocate for their release, according to new data shared with the Eagle.
Read MoreQueens pols file lawsuit against congestion pricing plan
/
Queens members of the City Council’s Common Sense Caucus and Queens Assemblymember David Weprin rallied in support of a new lawsuit filed against the plan to bring congestion pricing to Manhattan.
Read MoreQueens pols push One Fair Wage in Albany
/
On Monday, State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas rallied with advocates in Albany for her One Fair Wage bill, which would equally compensate tipped workers like restaurant staffers.
Read MoreHillcrest principal out following student riot last month
/
One month after a student protest over a pro-Israel teacher turned into a reported riot inside the halls of a Jamaica high school, the principal has resigned from his position.
Read More
