South Asian communities in Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park continue redistricting fight

 South Asian communities in Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park continue redistricting fight

South Queens advocates are not giving up their calls for transparency and accountability in the redistricting process, months after the legislature approved lines that they say keep their communities divided. 

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Top state lawmaker tours Bayswater amid blistering heat wave

Top state lawmaker tours Bayswater amid blistering heat wave

As Queens and the city deal with the effects of an intense heatwave, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie toured Bayswater Point State Park on Friday alongside local Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato to discuss the future of the park and the effects of climate change on it and other areas in New York City. 


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Local pol’s Israel bill creates controversy in Queens

Local pol’s Israel bill creates controversy in Queens

Astoria 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. 

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