Immigrant legal service providers call for funding boost
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A group of legal service providers rallied virtually Wednesday to urge the city to boost funding legal services for immigrant New Yorkers.
Read MoreJamaica community garden gets funds to help grow
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Paradise Community Garden in Jamaica is getting help from a nonprofit to continue their work in the Southeast Queens community.
Kew Gardens Hills mixed-use building garners mixed response
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Kew Gardens Hills is split on a new mixed-use building potentially coming to the neighborhood.
South Queens Women's March opens new office
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Members of the South Queens Women’s March celebrated the opening of their new office in Richmond Hill over the weekend.
Read MoreCOVID medical unit opens at Astoria Houses
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Residents of the Astoria Houses are getting additional access to free COVID-19 testing and vaccines.
Read MoreMoMI exhibit to explore impact of ‘The Walking Dead’
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The Museum of the Moving Image is partnering with AMC Networks for an exhibition devoted to the creation and impact of the hit show “The Walking Dead.”
Read MoreRight to Counsel supporters call for OCA to slow cases
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Elected officials, tenants and advocates rallied in Manhattan Wednesday and made the call to court officials to ease Housing Court caseloads as legal service providers struggle to meet needs under the expanded Right to Counsel laws.
Borough cabinet hears bus redesign proposal
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The Queens Borough Cabinet met Tuesday to hear a presentation on the Queens Bus Network redesign, the MTA's plan to engage riders and how previous comments were taken into account.
Gennaro calls for PSC to approve Canadian energy connection
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Local union leaders joined advocates and Councilmember James Gennaro to call for the approval of a project to bring hydropower from Canada to Queens .
Read MoreDowntown Jamaica to see BID consolidation
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Downtown Jamaica’s businesses are moving closer to more unified advocacy following a City Council hearing on the expansion of the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District.
Queensborough Community College opens Holocaust exhibit
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“If we want to inspire students to make change in our society, the only way we can do that is if we fully understand and appreciate history and see that it’s not some distant past.”
Read MoreCorona Plaza vendors unite
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Members of the newly formed Corona Plaza Vendors Association developed a map of their placements and established community agreements to take charge of the space they frequent.
Read MoreAiding survivors at the Queens Family Justice Center
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“A lot of people just talk and want a paycheck but I really feel the care, concern and love from the people I work with and that’s unusual; it’s wonderful.”
Read MoreLegal aid groups cut intake of Queens clients in Housing Court
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With the end of pandemic eviction moratoriums, the court ramping up caseloads to get back on track and Right to Counsel expanded citywide, legal service providers say they are hard pressed to meet demands — to the point where they are turning away tenants.
Rockaway women see improved health service access
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Rockaway representatives and hospital staff gathered in Rockaway Park for the opening of a new, state of the art women’s health center.
