Scooter wars: Speaker wants city to press ‘pause’ on scooter share program

Scooter wars: Speaker wants city to press ‘pause’ on scooter share program

Queens officials are calling for the city Department of Transportation to put a temporary “pause” on an electric scooter sharing program it recently rolled out in several Queens neighborhoods, which the officials claim has proven to be unsafe.

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Councilmembers call for a hit of pot enforcement

Councilmembers call for a hit of pot enforcement

In a rare show of unity, a bi-partisan group of city councilmembers, including several from Queens, penned a letter calling on the state to give the city more power to enforce illegal cannabis.

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Street named for late Queens assemblymember

Street named for late Queens assemblymember

Family, friends and former colleagues gathered on Sunday in Kew Gardens Hills to re-name a corner of Main Street in honor of late Assemblymember Michael Simanowitz, who passed away in 2017 at the age of 45.

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City Council takes on illegal smoke shops

City Council takes on illegal smoke shops

A new city law in response to the scourge of illegal smoke shops went into effect this summer, and on Monday, the Queens councilmember who sponsored it and other officials discussed how the new law will work. 

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Protestors clash over upcoming Creedmoor migrant shelter

Protestors clash over upcoming Creedmoor migrant shelter

A 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. 

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