Five of the 12 communities in New York City that have seen the least amount of new, affordable housing over the past half decade are in Queens – and are now being targeted by the Mamdani administration for fast-tracked housing projects, angering some local legislators.
Read MoreSeveral Queens lawmakers say the city needs to do more to bring emergency resources to the borough’s far-flung communities on the Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreThe World’s Borough has had its blue and white, flower-adorned flag unofficially representing the county since 1913. It’s a beautiful but rogue banner with no legal legitimacy behind it. But that may soon change.
Read MoreA Queens councilmember introduced legislation that she says would help notify New Yorkers when ambulances are delayed or unavailable.
Read MoreAn entirely different type of starting gun was fired at Aqueduct Racetrack this week as the state began soliciting public feedback about what to do with the massive plot of state-owned land when it becomes empty later this year.
Read MoreSeveral swastikas were found spraypainted in two Queens parks on Monday, a week after antisemitic graffiti was sprawled on a synagogue and a Jewish Center in the borough.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani took a step toward meeting a key campaign promise on Thursday, announcing the creation of an Office of Community Safety.
Read MoreQueens’ only two Republican elected officials are ditching the conservative-leaning Common Sense Caucus in the City Council after having a falling out with their fellow members.
Read MoreCity Council Speaker Julie Menin said Tuesday that the legislature’s ethics committee will expedite its inquiry into Islamophobic remarks made by City Councilmember Vickie Paladino, after the Queens Republican posted a fresh round of controversial comments online this week.
Read MoreA group of Queens electeds and civic leaders are suing Mayor Zohran Mamdani over a Freedom of Information Law request demanding he explain his reasoning for eliminating an Adams administration executive order regarding the definition of antisemitism.
Read MoreQueens may no longer be in possession of the City Council speaker’s office, but several members of Queens’ Council delegation were appointed to significant leadership roles by Speaker Julie Menin on Thursday.
Read MoreManhattan Councilmember Julie Menin was unanimously elected to be the next speaker of the City Council on Wednesday.
Read MoreA Queens City Councilmember sparked outrage over the weekend after she called for the “expulsion of Muslims from western nations” in a since-deleted Islamophobic social media post that prompted calls for her censure.
Read MoreA Staten Island judge threw out the Queens-resident led lawsuit against the city’s wide-reaching rezoning plan to address the housing crisis on Wednesday.
Read MoreFamilies of the victims of Flight 587, which went down in Queens 24 years ago this week, commemorated the anniversary of the crash in Rockaway on Wednesday.
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