After a four-decade campaign filled with starts, stops, delays and broken promises, Southeast Queens residents celebrated on Wednesday the opening of the new 116th Precinct in Rosedale.
Read MoreFor the third time in five years, the MTA said Tuesday that it has a final draft for a new Queens bus map.
Read MoreDuring a hearing before the City Council which seemingly pertained to anything on wheels, the Department of Transportation praised its e-scooter program in Queens, which has taken some heat from locals.
Read MoreThe mayor’s sweeping and controversial plan to address the city’s housing crisis known as the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity cleared its final and highest hurdle on Thursday when it was approved by the New York City Council.
Read MoreThe mayor’s sprawling and controversial plan to rework the city’s zoning laws in an effort to encourage more housing construction cleared a major hurdle Thursday after undergoing some significant changes.
Read MoreSome members of the City Council are still hanging onto hope that the city will decide to resurrect an old train line that they believe would change South Queens locals’ lives for the better, rather than build a park along the elevated tracks.
Read MoreDuring a City Council hearing on Monday, city officials said the 7 train is the “overwhelming” epicenter for incidents of subway surfing, a dangerous practice which has resulted in six deaths citywide this year.
Read MoreOn Thursday night, Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers and the MTA held a town hall in Rockaway to discuss the MTA’s long-slated and much needed repairs on the peninsula portion of the A line and to hear out local concerns. At the town hall, the councilmember and several other locals told the MTA it isn’t going far enough to accommodate riders during the stoppage.
Read MoreFamily members of the victims of the American Airlines Flight 587 crash gathered in Rockaway on Tuesday to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy that killed 265 people, which occurred 23 years ago.
Read MoreMore than a decade after Hurricane Sandy flooded the Rockaway peninsula, repairs to the remote community are still causing headaches.
Read MoreA new police precinct set to open in Southeast Queens has its first-ever commanding officer, but when he and his new cops will start patrolling remains a mystery as the project appears to be delayed once again.
Read MoreWill the mayor’s signature housing policy create too much housing or not enough? The City Council appeared to be divided on the answer on Monday as the legislature grilled members of the Adams administration on the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity.
Read MoreWhen Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial housing plan comes before the City Council for what is expected to be a marathon two-day hearing this week, it won’t get much of a warm reception from the delegation from Queens.
Read MoreQueens electeds and locals want the governor to help fund a potential new trauma center on the far-flung Rockaway peninsula.
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.
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