City gets power to padlock illicit pot shops
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After months of calls for more power in policing illegal smoke shops, city officials finally got their wish by way of the state budget.
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Mayor defends poor conditions at Floyd Bennett Field shelter
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Mayor Eric Adams seemingly had one message for migrants who decided to leave a newly-opened shelter on the border of Queens shortly after arriving over the weekend – I warned you.
Read MoreMigrant crisis widens political rifts in Queens and beyond
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As the ongoing migrant crisis in New York City intensifies with no signs of slowing down, as has the rift between various sects of city electeds with different strategies for fighting it, splintering Mayor Eric Adams’ hopes of a united front.
Queens rallies for QueensLink at City Hall
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Nearly a year after the mayor announced that his administration was choosing to build a park over a 3.5 mile strip of abandoned rail that cuts through Central and South Queens, a group of supporters hoping to revive the rail line rallied at City Hall on Wednesday.
Read MoreRockaway street named for fallen firefighter
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A lifelong resident of the Rockaways in Queens, Tim Klein died last April fighting a blaze in Canarsie and was remembered on Wednesday as members of the community and the FDNY renamed Rockaway’s main commercial block, Beach 129th Street and Newport Avenue, in his honor.
Feds sign off on plan to bring migrant shelter to Floyd Bennett Field
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Governor Kathy Hochul said on Monday that she and the Biden administration had struck a deal to house more than 2,000 asylum seekers at a historic former naval air station just north of the Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreCity Council takes on illegal smoke shops
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A new city law in response to the scourge of illegal smoke shops went into effect this summer, and on Monday, the Queens councilmember who sponsored it and other officials discussed how the new law will work.
Read MoreQueens lawmakers call Rikers 'cheerful' days before judge to consider federal takeover
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Queens City Councilmember Robert Holden this week said Rikers Island had a “great atmosphere” after taking a tour of the jail complex where over two dozen people have died in the last two years.
Read MoreOpinion: We need more police, not less
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“Crime is up, and yet some in our city want to further handcuff our police – the one group in the city that’s been proven to keep us safe,” City Councilmember Joann Ariola writes in this op-ed.
Read MoreAdams ends vax mandate for city workers
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Almost three years removed from the onset of the COVID pandemic, Mayor Eric Adams pulled back the vaccination requirement for city workers this week, repealing a measure put in place by his mayoral predecessor in the fall of 2021.
Read MoreCandidates begin raising cash in Queens Council races
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Take a look at who has started raising money in the upcoming Queens City Council races.
Read MoreQueens GOP heavyweight calls on Santos to step down
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George Santos, the freshman congressman representing Nassau County and parts of Northeastern Queens, has few friends these days. Now, his circle is only getting smaller.
Read MoreCity to appeal strike down of non-citizen voting law
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A decision from a Staten Island judge that struck down a New York City law to expand the franchise by hundreds of thousands of people will be challenged by attorneys for the city, according to court documents filed on Friday.
Read MoreJudge strikes down NYC immigrant voting law
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A Staten Island judge ruled Monday that a recently passed New York City law to expand the franchise by hundreds of thousands of people is unconstitutional.
Read MoreHolden bill aims to bring back solitary
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City Councilmember Robert Holden recently introduced a bill that aims to bring back punitive segregation for young adults who commit repeated violent acts in the city’s jails.
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