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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With concert season near, locals seek answers in suits against Forest Hills Stadium

With concert season near, locals seek answers in suits against Forest Hills Stadium

After a brief reprieve during the winter months, residents of Forest Hills Gardens say that with concerts set to soon return to Forest Hills Stadium so too will the noise and other irritants they are fighting to address in two separate, ongoing lawsuits.

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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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Local pols demand President Biden aid city during migrant crisis

Local pols demand President Biden aid city during migrant crisis

Less than a week after nearly 60 New York City elected officials penned a letter to President Joe Biden calling for increased federal support in dealing with the migrant crisis, several of them rallied outside City Hall on Monday calling for Biden’s backing. 

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Council grills Adams administration on air quality response

Council grills Adams administration on air quality response

Smoke from Canadian wildfires fell over the city, which gave the majority of the five boroughs, including Queens, a hazy, orange tint, and brought the worst air quality the city has seen since the metric began being recorded. To members of the New York City Council, just as confounding as the color of the skies was the Adams administration’s response to the emergency. And so, on Wednesday, city councilmembers grilled agency heads on the city’s response to the unprecedented event. 

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Queens doctors strike averted following midnight deal

Queens doctors strike averted following midnight deal

Resident doctors at Flushing and Jamaica Hospitals reached an eleventh hour deal with the hospital system, MediSys, late Sunday night, narrowly avoiding a strike that would have begun just seven hours later. 

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