Pheffer Amato will not seek reelection
/
Queens Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato will not seek reelection for her Southeast Queens seat next year, she announced on Monday.
Read More
Resorts World casino expansion approved by local committee
/
Resorts World’s plan to put the nation’s largest casino in Southeast Queens cleared a major hurdle on Thursday following unanimous approval from the community advisory committee tasked with reviewing it.
Read MoreOdds improve for Queens’ casino bidders
/
The odds keep getting better for the two Queens bidders hoping to score one of the three downstate casino licenses to be handed out by the state’s Gaming Commission at the end of the year.
Read MoreCommunity all in on Resorts World casino plan
/
Of the more than 40 speakers who testified before the community advisory committee for the Resorts World casino project on Wednesday, every single one spoke in favor of the Queens gaming company’s $5.5 billion proposal to become the largest casino in the United States.
Read MoreRockaway to get its first-ever public pool
/
The Rockaway peninsula will soon get its first-ever public pool after Queens Borough President Donovan Richards infused the project with $26 million, the largest single capital allocation of his tenure.
Read MoreResorts World details new casino pitch, but plays some cards close to the chest
/
Resorts World New York City unveiled a slew of new details about its plans to transform its South Queens “racino” into what would be the largest casino in the United States last week.
Read MoreHolding all the cards: Fate of Queens’ casino bidders rests with newly-appointed committees
/
The local committees charged with reviewing bids from each of the developers hoping to snag one of the three downstate casino licenses up for grabs began to be formed this week, including the committees set to evaluate the two separate casino bids in Queens.
Read MoreMamdani got Queens’ support on election day – can he now get it from his Queens colleagues?
/
Queens Assemblymember and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani may have convinced the majority of voting New Yorkers to back him in the primary elections – but convincing his fellow Queens electeds to back him has proven a different story.
Read MoreQueens’ beaches open for summer despite gloomy weather
/
Despite the gloomy, rainy weather on Friday, local elected officials and community members celebrated Queens’ annual beach opening on Beach 17th Street and the boardwalk in Far Rockaway.
Read More‘Hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach’ on the revived A train
/
Following a 17-week outage, the A train to the Rockaways is up and running again less than a week before peninsula’s beaches open for the summer.
Read MoreCity finds place to build long-desired Rockaway hospital
/
Though a number of major questions remain about the city’s early efforts to bring a long-desired level one trauma hospital to the Rockaway peninsula, the city recently checked off a big to-do off their list – figuring out where it will be built.
Read MoreOpinion: Taking the steps to help the staffing problem within the NYPD
/
“The staffing crisis within the NYPD is real.”
Read MoreQueens Dem incumbents sweep
/
All 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 MoreRepublicans spend big in state races in Queens
/
Republican candidates challenging Queens Democratic state lawmakers in November’s general election are spending big, new campaign finance filings show.
Read MoreAfter years of delays, Far Rock gets new library
/
Queens Public Library reopened their branch in Far Rockaway on Tuesday, a two-floor structure that is the culmination of six years of construction and years of advocacy from locals and the elected officials.
Read More
