Federal legislators and local environmental justice leaders gathered Friday to discuss the future of green policies in Queens - and how they can best serve the communities most impacted by policies of the past.
City officials visited a nonprofit in the Queensbridge Houses Wednesday to pledge that community groups that contract with the city won’t have to jump through hoops to get paid any longer.
Following the meeting at police headquarters, the president traveled to Long Island City’s P.S. 111
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Read MoreWrongful conviction lawyers have submitted the case to the Queens DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit.
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