Off the side of a highway on Monday evening, protesters and local elected officials gathered to oppose plans to construct a tent shelter for asylum seekers at the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Queens. However, just before the demonstration was set to begin, officials learned that the plan had been scrapped.
Read MoreSome Queens bus riders are going to get a free ride starting in September as part of a new MTA pilot program included in the state’s budget and championed by Queens officials.
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 More“I’m running for attorney general to be a voice for the voiceless, a champion for marginalized communities and a symbol that a son of Haitian immigrants from Queens can rise to the highest levels of law and government.”
Read More“Our 145th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner will not take place.”
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