The first financial contribution filing deadline for the 2024 election cycle came on Tuesday, giving the public their first look at how much monetary support candidates in Queens have been able to drum up so far.
On Monday, State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas rallied with advocates in Albany for her One Fair Wage bill, which would equally compensate tipped workers like restaurant staffers.
Read MoreAstoria Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani recently introduced "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act,” a bill that would stop tax-exempt registered nonprofits in New York from helping to fund the State of Israel’s settlement activities in the West Bank, which have been deemed illegal by the United Nations. That legislation is now garnering condemnation from dozens of his legislative colleagues who have called it antisemetic.
Read MoreQueens officials and advocates rallied in Long Island City on Thursday, celebrating the inclusion of abortion access protections in the final state budget. HMH Part U, a proposal from Queens State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Queens Assemblymember Nily Rozic was included in the state budget and contains provisions for protecting abortion access in New York following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Read More“For the first time in American history, our daughters will have fewer rights than their mothers.”
Read MoreGovernor Andrew Cuomo, the second Queens-born executive to face an impeachment scandal in the past two years, announced his resignation Tuesday.
Read More“We have to make sure the future generations understand what’s at stake for our democracy.”
Read MoreMore than 100,000 children in the state have at least one incarcerated parent.
Read MorePolice are investigating an anti-Semitic attack in Hillcrest that vandalized the inside of a car with swastikas and anti-gay language early Monday morning.
Read MoreCheck out some of the stories that shaped the transit system serving 2.3 million Queens residents.
Read MoreThe bill would have eliminated the $500 fine and threat of confiscation that comes with riding an e-bike or e-scooter.
Read MoreThousands of food delivery workers — many of them low-income people of color — have had their electric bicycles and scooters confiscated by the NYPD.
Read MoreThe Queens signatories include both supporters and opponents of Amazon’s high-profile plan to build a corporate campus in Long Island City.
Read MoreRozic said the legislation “sends a strong message about hate not having a place in any of our communities.”
Read MoreQueens lawmakers have led the charge for veteran assistance reforms.
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