Queens pols want ICE out of Bulova Corporate Center lot
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Queens officials want an East Elmhurst office complex to stop immigration agents from using its parking lot as a staging area.
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New schools open in Queens this week, but overcrowding problems remain
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Three new schools are set to welcome Western Queens students this week – but local education advocates say they’ll only make a marginal difference in addressing overcrowding in the borough’s schools.
Read MoreICE spotted making arrests near Woodside playground, angering officials
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Even after federal immigration officials said they had finished large-scale sweeps across the city, reports of federal agents conducting arrests near a Woodside playground continued to pour in throughout the week, angering local officials.
Read More‘Not going to compromise’: Claire Valdez on her primary victory and hopes for the House
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Most had expected election night to be a long haul for sophomore Assemblymember Claire Valdez, who was running in a competitive four-way race to succeed a revered New York lawmaker.
Read MoreLIC community leaders question Mamdani-backed housing development
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The Mamdani administration announced a plan to build 1,000 homes on a vacant city-owned lot in Long Island City earlier this week – but some community leaders say the project won’t go far enough to make Queens' most expensive neighborhood more affordable.
Read MoreQueens pols call on Dem leadership to push to abolish ICE
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More 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 MoreQueens voter turnout drops from last year’s highs but Mamdani effect lingers
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Here’s a snapshot of election day in Queens, where dozens of candidates ran in contested primaries on Tuesday.
Read MoreGianaris endorses across Queens – but stays silent about his own successor
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Queens State Senator Michael Gianaris may be retiring at the end of the year, but that hasn’t stopped him from endorsing those he hopes will become future members of the legislature – except when it comes to the race to fill his own seat.
Read MoreQueens officials press MTA to pay attention to poor conditions to transit in Woodside
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Elected officials in Western Queens want the MTA to turn its attention to their properties in the area, which have been plagued by delayed construction, poor conditions and illegal dumping.
Read MoreNY7 candidates mostly support Sunnyside Yard plan – even if Trump is involved
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All four Democratic candidates seeking to represent parts of Western Queens and Northern Brooklyn in Washington say they support the idea of funding a massive redevelopment of Sunnyside Yard with federal money – but are wary of who they may have to do business with in order to get the project over the finish line.
Read MoreNearly 100 candidates file petitions to run in Queens
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Nearly 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 MoreQueens residents still in the dark on Sunnyside Yard
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Long Island City residents say they are still in the dark about Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump’s $21 billion plan to build over ten thousand homes atop Sunnyside Yard, a proposal that caught many by surprise when it was announced in February.
Read More‘Trump Yard’: Locals worry they’ll be cut out of Mamdani, Trump Sunnyside Yard housing plan
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Western Queens locals are wary of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to collaborate with President Donald Trump to build 12,000 units of housing in the World’s Borough, where the mayor once lived and where the president was raised.
Read MoreQueens pols call on notorious landlord to pay up after 2023 fire
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Queens residents are calling on A&E Real Estate, which was named the worst landlord in the city earlier this year, to pay $6 million to cover damages they suffered in a fire that evicted them from their homes more than two years ago.
Read MoreJulie Won jumps into Queens congressional race
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Queens City Councilmember Julie Won filed to run in the already crowded race to replace Nydia Velázquez in New York’s 7th Congressional District on Monday.
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