Several elected officials from Queens say they’ve had enough of large, commercial trucks parking on the borough’s residential streets, and that they want the NYPD to start enforcing the illegal practice.
Read MoreNew York City is preparing for a potential influx of asylum seekers ahead of the expiration of Title 42.
Read MoreDepartment of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina said that he was unsure if the city would be able to close Rikers Island by 2027 as required by city law.
Read MoreA Queens judge heard arguments in a case brought by incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato against her Republican challenger, Thomas Sullivan, in the race to represent a portion of southern Queens and the Rockaway peninsula in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe largest rezoning in the history of Queens – dubbed Innovation QNS – was given the thumbs up on Tuesday by the City Council, clearing the final major hurdle in the half decade battle for the project’s approval.
Read MoreEight votes is all that separates incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato and Republican challenger Thomas Sullivan in the race for Assembly District 23.
Read MoreThe City Council Committee on Public Safety met to discuss the best ways to support violence interruption and crime prevention programs working under the city’s recently expanded Crisis Management System.
Read More“We need to intensify our efforts to improve the quality of our students’ education so they can properly learn, grow and thrive and that's exactly what we're doing in Queens.”
Read MoreThe New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice held a hearing to discuss the presence and prevalence of drugs in the city’s jails.
Read MoreThe historic Art Deco bathhouse in Jacob Riis Park is slated for a $50 million restoration, which will see improvements to the building and the addition of new recreational facilities.
Read MoreDepartment of Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina is requesting permission to reduce out of cell time for a group of detainees by seven hours.
Read MoreDomestic and partner violence impacts two out of every five women in the South Asian Indo-Caribbean community, and Queens organizations are working to create safe spaces for their recovery.
Read MoreLess than a week after a woman took her life in a shelter on Jamaica Avenue, city officials toured the Queens facility to try and get a sense of the conditions the migrant and others like her face upon their arrival to the five boroughs.
Read MoreNew Yorkers and elected officials gathered on the steps of City Hall to demand the city eliminate the vaccine mandate for municipal workers and rehire those who were fired for not complying earlier this year.
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