Opinion: What does a climate-just future for Queens look like?

Opinion: What does a climate-just future for Queens look like?

“As lifelong New Yorkers and environmental professionals, we are sounding the alarm. Queens Future’s proposal is greenwashing. The so-called “Metropolitan Park” is not a park—it’s a sprawling casino development dressed in the language of sustainability.”

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Queens senator agrees to back Cohen’s casino at Citi Field

Queens senator agrees to back Cohen’s casino at Citi Field

A Queens lawmaker over the weekend said he’d introduce a bill that would allow New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot in exchange for a longshot promise to build a pedestrian bridge over Flushing Creek.

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MTA’s new Queens bus map far from perfect, residents say

MTA’s new Queens bus map far from perfect, residents say

Around three years after the MTA decided to ditch their first attempt at redesigning Queens’ complex bus map after it was almost universally panned, their latest attempt, which they shared with riders at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday night, hasn’t necessarily won everyone over.

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Queens pols want better buses in budget

Queens pols want better buses in budget

As the city gets closer to the implementation of congestion pricing later this year, a group of elected officials – including many from Queens – want to see money in the state’s budget for better, faster and more reliable buses in the five boroughs.

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Gov signs anti-human trafficking bills into law in Queens

Gov signs anti-human trafficking bills into law in Queens

The governor was in Queens on Wednesday to announce a number of new initiatives to fight human trafficking throughout the state. From inside the Glow Cultural Center in Downtown Flushing, Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills aimed at decreasing instances of human trafficking, which she called one of the “most enduring forms…of exploitation.”

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Gov’s charter school plan draws ire from Queens pols

Gov’s charter school plan draws ire from Queens pols

“I don't begrudge any organizations or anybody from setting up their private schools, my concern is when those private schools want public dollars, and that's exactly what's happening here,” Queens State Senator John Liu said of Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to increase the number of charter schools in New York.

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