Forest Hill stockbroker convicted for bogus currency trading scheme
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Jason Ari Amada posed as an experienced foreign currency trader and stole more than $489,000 from clients who had invested in his venture.
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Queens DA-elect Katz names transition team
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Katz, the current Queens Borough President, filled out the team with several defense attorneys, nonprofit leaders and activists.
Read MoreCollege enrollment among NYC students hits record high
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A total of 48,782 students who graduated high school in 2018 enrolled in college afterward.
Read MoreNYC pols to Albany: Legalize It
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Advocates and lawmakers are reigniting the effort to remove weed from the penal code and end the racial disparities in marijuana arrests.
Read MoreQueens judge appointed to state ethics committee
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Buggs is the lone Queens judge on the committee and replaces Queens Supreme Court Justice David Eliot.
Read MoreTwo years on, state record sealing law has underwhelming impact in NYC
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Advocates blame the results on the law’s limited scope and a lack of awareness of the measure.
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Real estate firm alleges city taxes ‘squeezed’ hotel out of business
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GCP Realty II is suing the New York City Department of Finance, claiming that the department allegedly overvalued a now-shuttered East Elmhurst hotel.
Read MoreLeaders call on SE Queens to submit their Census forms after dismal 2010 showing
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Analysts predict that New York could lose up to two seats in Congress based on population estimates.
Read MoreImmigrant rights advocates outline 2020 legislative priorities
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The platform explicitly supports 10 bills that will be under consideration in the upcoming legislative session.
Read MoreInside City Harvest’s massive Thanksgiving operation
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Thanksgiving starts early at City Harvest.
Read MoreTwice disgraced Queens pol is running for state Assembly
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Hiram Monserrate filed his campaign for Assembly District 35 with the Board of Elections on Tuesday.
Read MoreTenants’ rights coalition hosts ‘right to counsel’ town hall in Queens
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There is a right to attorney for all low-income tenants facing an eviction in housing court.
Read MoreThree fresh tracks, courtesy of Queens’ new party king
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Allow us to honor Queens’ new party king.
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