Council Republicans split over minority leader vote
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A schism has opened up right down the middle of the City Council’s Republican conference over who should be their next minority leader.
Read MorePols want city to put brakes on QueensWay as QueensLink is studied
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Queens officials want the city to slow down construction of a linear park on an old elevated train line in the borough that could potentially stop the line from being reactivated for transit.
Read MoreQueens pols call on state to fund long-desired Far Rock trauma hospital
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Queens electeds and locals want the governor to help fund a potential new trauma center on the far-flung Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreQueens blasts City of Yes at Borough Hall hearing
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Queens locals and elected officials blasted the mayor’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan at a Borough Hall hearing on Thursday.
Read MoreCourt dismisses Floyd Bennett shelter case brought by Queens pol
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A Brooklyn judge this week tossed out an effort from Queens and South Brooklyn lawmakers to get the city and state to shut down its migrant tent shelter at Floyd Bennett Field.
Read MoreQueens councilmembers get committee appointments
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Leadership of the City Council on Thursday announced which councilmembers will be serving on which committees and which lawmakers will be in charge of them.
Read MoreLawsuit against Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter moved to federal court
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A lawsuit filed by a group of mostly Republican lawmakers and community leaders in opposition to a planned migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn will not be heard by a state judge but instead a federal one.
Read MoreQueens pols sue over plan to bring migrant shelter to Floyd Bennett Field
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An injunction has been filed by Queens and Brooklyn electeds and residents against a planned migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in South Brooklyn.
Read MoreQueens GOP picks judge nominations
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Scott Dunn and Gary Muraca were both selected on Saturday night to run with the GOP’s endorsement to fill the vacancies on the bench in the World’s Borough.
Read MoreQueens officials tour shoreline project in Howard Beach
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Local Howard Beach officials got a sneak peak this week at the start of a new city initiative aimed at raising shorelines citywide to prevent flooding during storms.
Read MoreCity scraps plan to bring migrant shelter to Aqueduct
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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 MoreDrowning on Rockaway Beach digs up water safety concerns
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A 14-year-old boy was killed over the weekend while swimming off of Rockaway Beach, the first drowning fatality off of the Queens’ shores this summer, which also comes after a dangerous summer season in 2022.
Read MoreCouncil hopefuls answer the Eagle’s questions
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Ahead of the primary, which falls on Tuesday, June 27, the Queens Daily Eagle sent a five-question survey to every candidate running for one of the borough’s 15 City Council seats.
Read MorePopular Rockaway street gets new look with first-of-its-kind porous concrete
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The $17 million project, which completely renovated the corridor that connects the Rockaway boardwalk to the Rockaway beach ferry stop, includes new roads, parking, a two-way bike lane and new porous pavement meant to help absorb stormwater, the first of its kind in New York City.
Read MoreQueens’ beaches open for summer
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New York City’s beaches opened to fanfare on Friday on Queens’ Rockaway peninsula where local leaders, residents and one giant bird rang in the start of summer season in the World’s Borough.
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