Money is already pouring into campaign coffers despite there being more than six months before most Queens voters head to the polls for the June primaries.
Read MoreChildren of immigrants and non-native English speakers often become their family’s translators growing up, a task they are often unequipped for when their parents are seeking precise clear instructions for their medical care.
Read MoreAnother round of federal cuts from the Trump administration are threatening projects meant to mitigate one of Queens’ most notable issues – flooding.
Read MoreSeveral local Queens electeds and City Comptroller Brad Lander are calling on the city not to renew a contract with a borough hotel linked to an alleged illegal kickback scheme.
Read MoreAll but one Queens Democratic incumbent appeared to somewhat easily withstand challenges from Republican candidates Tuesday night, preliminary vote totals from the Board of Election show.
Read MoreElected officials primarily from Northeastern Queens gathered in Bayside this week and imagined a world where the mayor’s controversial City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal becomes a reality – and they don’t like how it looks.
Read MoreThe 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.
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