The city will keep open one of its largest and most controversial migrant shelters as it moves to close over a dozen other shelters throughout Queens and the other four boroughs.
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 MoreThis year, State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, who took office in 1999 following the death of her husband, the former holder of the office, is being challenged by Republican education activist Yiatin Chu, who may pose a legitimate electoral threat to the longtime elected in the 11th District.
Read MoreRepublican candidates challenging Queens Democratic state lawmakers in November’s general election are spending big, new campaign finance filings show.
Read MoreA Queens judge last month upheld a ruling from a lower court that may have an impact in a potentially tight race for an Eastern Queens State Senate seat.
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 MoreA meeting in Queens was the second overall meeting of Mayor Eric Adams’ recently-convened Charter Revision Commission, but the first planned to take public input. But one thing was largely missing for the Wednesday meeting at Queens Borough Hall – the public.
Read MoreTenants in three Queens neighborhoods are suing the state after it greenlit rent increases requested by their landlord, who the tenants say inflated the costs of building improvements to justify the allegedly unfair rent hikes.
Read MoreLocal Eastern Queens electeds and community members criticized the Adams administration on Monday for considering additional beds for the migrant shelter located near the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.
Read MoreA chaotic scene in Eastern Queens broke out after a small group of Queens residents urging a more welcoming attitude toward asylum seekers clashed with a much larger group of people protesting an upcoming 1,000-bed tent shelter for migrants at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Campus.
Read MoreThe area near Creedmoor Psychiatric Center became the site of two rallies on Thursday, as locals and elected officials protested the city’s plan to bring a massive tent shelter for asylum seekers to the long-abandoned campus.
Read MoreDespite another day of local pushback from Queens officials over the city's plan to bring migrant shelters to two sites in the borough, the mayor says all options to house asylum seekers arriving to the city are “still on the table.”
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul took steps to protect New Yorkers against hate crimes this week, allocating $51 million of state funds into safety and security, and also signed a bill from a number of Queens electeds into law.
Read MoreYour state senator thinks they know where the best pizza in Queens is – are they right?
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