An 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.
Read MoreQueens elected three new representatives to the City Council on Tuesday, while also sending all Council incumbents on the ballot back to the legislature for another four years.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams and city officials unveiled a comprehensive plan to overhaul one of the city’s most neglected and troubled neighborhoods on Tuesday, a little more than two months before he is set to leave office.
Read MoreRepublican leaders in Queens distanced themselves from a group of Young Republicans who regularly used racial slurs, and antisemitic, sexist and violent language in a leaked Telegram chat reported by POLITICO this week.
Read MoreIn a Zoom interview with the the Eagle this week, Sliwa said he firmly believes he has the ability to turn deep blue Queens red, and also discussed his campaign and his plans for New York City ahead of the November election.
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