The city broke ground on a $7.4 million renovation of the Hollis branch of the Queens Public Library, months after the project was threatened by the mayor’s proposed cuts to the library system’s budget.
Read MoreEric Adams became the first New York City mayor in modern history to be criminally charged while in office on Thursday.
Read MoreLocal Eastern Queens electeds and community members criticized the Adams administration on Monday for considering additional beds for the migrant shelter located near the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.
Read MoreThe City Council on Tuesday voted to override the mayor’s veto of a bill aimed at increasing transparency in the NYPD and a bill to ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails, putting to an end a weeks-long public debate riddled with accusations from both councilmembers, Mayor Eric Adams and his allies that the other side purposely were spreading half-truths or outright lies.
Read MoreLeadership of the City Council on Thursday announced which councilmembers will be serving on which committees and which lawmakers will be in charge of them.
Read MoreQueens incumbents cruised to victory Tuesday following a sleepy general election in the World’s Borough where few races were contentious and even fewer competitive.
Read MoreSeveral years after being at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, Elmhurst Hospital this week was on the receiving end of a $17.5 million investment from several members of the City Council.
Read MoreIn just under a month, Queens voters will head to the polls to cast votes in their local City Council elections.
Read MoreAs the ongoing migrant crisis in New York City intensifies with no signs of slowing down, as has the rift between various sects of city electeds with different strategies for fighting it, splintering Mayor Eric Adams’ hopes of a united front.
Creedmoor shelter migrants share their experiences so far, from conditions to work authorization.
Read MoreA new city law in response to the scourge of illegal smoke shops went into effect this summer, and on Monday, the Queens councilmember who sponsored it and other officials discussed how the new law will work.
Read MoreA chaotic scene in Eastern Queens broke out after a small group of Queens residents urging a more welcoming attitude toward asylum seekers clashed with a much larger group of people protesting an upcoming 1,000-bed tent shelter for migrants at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Campus.
Read MoreA controversial Queens affordable housing development was approved by the City Council on Thursday after being changed at the last minute from offering 100 percent affordable rental units to 100 percent home ownership units, addressing concerns raised by the local councilmember.
Read MoreDespite pushback from a number of Eastern Queens officials, the city says it is moving forward with a plan to bring a 1,000-bed shelter for adult male asylum seekers to the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in the coming months.
Read MoreDespite another day of local pushback from Queens officials over the city's plan to bring migrant shelters to two sites in the borough, the mayor says all options to house asylum seekers arriving to the city are “still on the table.”
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