A broad coalition of Queens councilmembers signaled their support for Councilmember Julie Menin’s bid for speaker as the moderate Manhattan representative declared an early victory in the race 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 MoreThe city’s plans to transform large swaths of two of Queens’ most bustling neighborhoods both cleared Council votes on Wednesday, setting the stage for the rezoning of nearly 300 blocks of the World’s Borough to encourage the construction of nearly 27,000 new homes.
Read MoreThe plan to rezone a large swath of bustling Downtown Jamaica cleared two crucial City Council committee votes on Thursday with nearly 500 fewer housing units than initially planned and significantly more in community benefit funds to help meet the demands of local councilmembers.
Read MoreThe city’s Department of Investigation is looking into the recent spate of deaths of New Yorkers while in the NYPD’s custody, police officials said during a City Council hearing on Monday.
Read MoreA pair of South Queens councilmembers said on Tuesday during a City Council hearing that they want more out of the city’s massive plan to rezone Downtown Jamaica.
Read MoreIllegal truck parking has long been a thorn in the side of Queens residents – but relief may finally be on the way.
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 MoreStarting on Monday, lawyers for a handful of Queens City Council hopefuls will appear before a judge in Queens Supreme Civil Court to argue their client should stay on the ballot for the upcoming primary election – or that someone else should be kicked off of it.
Read MoreThe Queens County Democratic Party and its chairman, Rep. Gregory Meeks, officially backed former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the race for New York City mayor over the weekend.
Read MoreWhen the Department of Transportation last week announced a new pilot program to address illegal truck parking, a group of elected officials in Southeast Queens were not only shocked to hear that their neighborhoods weren’t included in the program, but that there was even a pilot in the works at all.
Read MoreFormer Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared to come away with a major endorsement victory over the weekend after a slate of Black elected officials from Southeast Queens encouraged their supporters to rank the Queens-raised Cuomo first on their Democratic mayoral primary ballots.
Read MoreAn interim deal has been reached between the Parks Department and a Black led nonprofit at Roy Wilkins Park that will allow the organization more freedom with programming and events within the Southeast Queens open space.
Read MoreAn city councilmember in Jamaica wants the mayor to create a task force to address quality-of-life issues in the Southeast Queens neighborhood as it undergoes a major redevelopment plan.
Read MoreTensions over who is to blame for the troubling conditions at a Southeast Queens park and community center came to a head Monday night when Queens Borough President Donovan Richards got into a shouting match with a local organizer.
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