‘Can’t rehabilitate Rikers’: Borough prez stands by jail closure plan after tour

‘Can’t rehabilitate Rikers’: Borough prez stands by jail closure plan after tour

Despite seeing improvements during a recent visit to Rikers Island, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards says he believes no amount of refurbishment will be enough to justify keeping the troubled jail complex open – and that a federal takeover of the jail should remain on the table. 


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Despite residents’ complaints, concerts at Forest Hills Stadium will go on, judge rules

Despite residents’ complaints, concerts at Forest Hills Stadium will go on, judge rules

It is likely the concert season at Forest Hills Stadium will start on time this year, after a Queens judge ruled against a group of locals hoping to at least delay the start of concert season while the court considers their allegations that the venue has lowered quality of life in the residential neighborhood.

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Willets Point soccer stadium approved by Council

Willets Point soccer stadium approved by Council

Decades of the city’s failed attempts to develop a long-polluted corner of Queens appeared to come to an end on Thursday as the City Council overwhelmingly voted to approve a plan to bring affordable housing and the city’s first soccer stadium to Willets Point.

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