Mayor Zohran Mamdani laid out a broad plan to address safety on New York’s streets on Tuesday, featuring some ideas that have been strongly supported and championed by Queens officials for some time.
Read MoreMore than a dozen Queens lawmakers signed on to a letter with around 100 other elected officials calling on federal Democrats to push for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Read MoreWhile democratic socialist members across the city celebrated on Tuesday night, the atmosphere was different inside State Senator Jessica Ramos’ Election Day watch party.
Read MoreHere’s a snapshot of election day in Queens, where dozens of candidates ran in contested primaries on Tuesday.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed three candidates running to represent Queens in Albany over the weekend, around half a year after he left the legislature for Gracie Mansion.
Read MoreNearly 100 people in the World’s Borough have submitted petitions to appear on the ballot in June’s primary elections for Assembly, State Senate and Congress.
Read MoreAs federal immigration agents continue their crackdown across the city and state, a new bill introduced by a Queens legislator seeks to streamline the process of keeping children of deported parents in the care of their family members.
Read MoreMore than half a million was raised by candidates in four of Queens’ most competitive races for the state legislature over the last two months, new campaign finance filings show.
Read MoreSpeed limits around schools in Queens and across the city will dip to 15 miles per hour in an effort to make traversing streets safer for New York’s students, the mayor announced from Flushing on Monday.
Read MoreAs budget negotiations heat up in Albany, a group of legal aid advocates are making a push for legislation that would expand attorney student loan forgiveness.
Read MoreMoney is already pouring into campaign coffers despite there being more than six months before most Queens voters head to the polls for the June primaries.
Read MoreThe Working Families Party is endorsing Jessica González-Rojas in her bid to unseat State Senator Jessica Ramos, who the WFP has previously supported.
Read MoreFormer State Senator Hiram Monserrate, who was expelled from the legislature and who later served prison time on public corruption charges, filed this week to run for the seat he once held.
Read MoreHeavily armed federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security were spotted in Jackson Heights on Thursday morning, and reportedly detained a woman who recently moved into the neighborhood before being berated by locals.
Read MoreAssemblymember Jessica González-Rojas received endorsements from Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velázquez on Monday as the race to replace her in the Assembly also heated up after over the weekend.
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