Queens pols call on state to fund long-desired Far Rock trauma hospital
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Queens electeds and locals want the governor to help fund a potential new trauma center on the far-flung Rockaway peninsula.
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After years of delays, Far Rock gets new library
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Queens Public Library reopened their branch in Far Rockaway on Tuesday, a two-floor structure that is the culmination of six years of construction and years of advocacy from locals and the elected officials.
Read MoreCity partially funds longshot Rockaway trauma hospital proposal
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When Mayor Eric Adams announced the city had made a budget agreement last Friday, he chose to highlight one specific budget note in one specific Queens neighborhood; the Rockaway peninsula trauma center.
Read MoreQueens man sentenced for Far Rockaway point-blank shooting
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A Queens man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison this week for the murder of another man in Far Rockaway three and a half years ago, a sentence the victim’s widow says her husband’s killer “deserves.”
Read MoreSouth Queens electeds want troubled contractor off Rockway project
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A group of South Queens elected officials are calling on the city to pull a private contractor from an affordable housing project in Rockaway after the company failed to notify the city of an injury that occurred on the construction site last year.
Read MoreFive dead, three injured in bloody Far Rock stabbing
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A violent and bloody stabbing spree in Far Rockaway on Sunday left the perpetrator and four others dead and three people, including two cops, injured.
Read MoreNo charges for cop who fatally shot Far Rockaway man
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The State Attorney General’s Office said last week that the NYPD officer who fatally shot a man in Far Rockaway last December during a foot pursuit will not face charges.
Read MoreMan sentenced to 19-years for shooting of off-duty cop
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Chad Collie, the 20-year-old found responsible for the wounding of an off-duty rookie NYPD officer last year, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced this week.
Read MoreQPL Far Rockaway reopens teen library
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Queens Public Library reopened the Far Rockaway Teen Library on Monday, after its closure during the earliest days of the pandemic.
New city program pays businesses to get people vaccinated
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“It is more important than ever to ensure everyone gets vaccinated so they can protect themselves, their loved ones and their neighbors.”
Read MoreSt. John’s Episcopal begins vaccinating staff, 9 months after treating Queens’ first COVID case
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'“They deserve this vaccine, and I hope it brings them comfort to know that they are protected.”
Read MoreRichards sworn in as Queens borough president
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“It is what we are as a borough and he has shown already, in just the few days he’s been the borough president, that he understands the meaning of one Queens.”
Read MoreRockaway Community Justice Center offers a second chance for low-level offenders
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“A low-level offense should not equal a life sentence for our young people. Unfortunately that’s what’s happened too often in communities of color in the Rockaways, with young people locked out of employment, housing, job opportunities.”
Read MoreDe Blasio apologizes for approach to COVID spike in Orthodox Jewish communities
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“I certainly got very frustrated at times when I saw large groups of people still out without masks, but I think more dialogue would have been better.”
Read MoreCentral Queens small businesses fear new shutdown after months of COVID losses
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“You're punishing the businesses, and by punishing the businesses you’re punishing the city itself. You're hurting renters and owners and everyone except the people who you should be”
