Queens pols call on notorious landlord to pay up after 2023 fire

Queens pols call on notorious landlord to pay up after 2023 fire

Queens residents are calling on A&E Real Estate, which was named the worst landlord in the city earlier this year, to pay $6 million to cover damages they suffered in a fire that evicted them from their homes more than two years ago.

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Queens community board wants Adams to make good on precinct pledge

Queens community board wants Adams to make good on precinct pledge

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.

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Hochul approves Creedmoor redevelopment

Hochul approves Creedmoor redevelopment

Governor Kathy Hochul approved the state’s plan to redevelop a long-neglected site in Queens, kicking off what is expected to be over a decade of construction in the easternmost section of the borough, she announced Thursday morning.

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Council passes major LIC rezoning after having powers curtailed

Council passes major LIC rezoning after having powers curtailed

The city’s OneLIC neighborhood plan received unanimous final approval from the City Council on Wednesday in a vote that comes as the city at large turns pages on a mayoral administration and on how housing will be built in Queens and beyond.

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Community members feel left out after Creedmoor housing cuts

Community members feel left out after Creedmoor housing cuts

Members of a community advisory committee created to weigh in on the plan to redevelop the Creedmoor campus in Eastern Queens were left out of discussions that resulted in the slashing of units associated in the project.

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