Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced his bid to succeed retiring Representative Nydia Velázquez in Congress on Thursday, making him the first major candidate to throw their hat in the ring to represent the Queens and Brooklyn district.
Read MoreRepresentative Nydia Velázquez announced Thursday night she will retire next year, opening up a new primary for a congressional seat in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreFollowing the deaths of two men in courthouse holding cells earlier this year, the City Council is considering a bill that would require the city to build health clinics in all of its criminal courthouses.
Read MoreAt the height of the pandemic, around 2,500 restaurants’ outdoor dining structures dotted Queens streets.
Read MoreA City Council bill discussed Friday would define the procedures the DOC and Correctional Health Services – the branch of the city’s hospital system that provides medical care on Rikers Island – should take to notify an incarcerated person’s emergency contacts when that person is seriously injured, hospitalized or attempts suicide.
Read MoreThough only a small fraction of eligible voters made their way to the polls on Tuesday for the all but predetermined presidential primary, one group of New Yorkers who may have wanted to make the election day trip was unable to.
Read MoreA group of city councilmembers introduced Tuesday a plan to lower Rikers Island’s population over the next several years ahead of its legally mandated closure in 2027.
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