Queens Rhodes Scholar Makes History
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Jin Kyu Park became the first ever undocumented American immigrant selected for the academic scholarship.
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My New Amazon Shopping Cart: Affordable Housing, Better Schools, Trains and Workers’ Rights
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“As reality sets in, we must ask whether this was the greatest giveaway since the Dutch stole Manhattan Island.”
Read MoreFor 20 Years, TEAK Reaches Queens Teens Threatened by Gun Violence
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Gun violence is on the rise in Queens this year, disproportionately affecting low income communities of color.
Read MoreAmazon's Would-Be Neighbors: Cynicism, Some Hope for Jobs
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats, have heralded the deal as good for everyone.
Read MoreCuomo Slams Media Over Criticism of Amazon’s LIC HQ2
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“Nothing in the Amazon transaction is new.”
Read MoreDubowski Barba Builds Bridges in Queens Legal Community
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Dubowski Barba serves as chair of the Young Lawyers Committee and co-chair of the Professional Development Committee at the QCBA.
Read MoreNYPD Barred From Assisting ICE With Arresting Immigrant Detainees
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The decision was based on the June 2017 arrest of Susai Francis in Nassau County, L.I. for DUI and driving an uninsured vehicle.
Read MoreAmazon's LIC Home in 'Opportunity Zone' for Trump Tax Break
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Median household income around Amazon's planned campus is $130,000 a year and poverty is half the city average.
Read MoreThe History of NYPD's GOAL Celebrated In Film
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The NYPD and GOAL premiered “The Journey: Gay Officers Action League” at Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn.
Read MoreProsecution, Defense Rest Their Cases on Trial Day 7
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The defense team has suggested that Vetrano may have encountered Lewis’ DNA somewhere else or that the DNA was accidentally introduced to the crime scene by another person, such as police officers or other first-responders
Read MoreLocal Leaders Slam Amazon, Mayor and Gov At LIC Rally
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Local elected officials joined community groups to denounce the e-commerce giant’s newest headquarters as “outrageous.”
Read MorePart II: Diverse Immigrant Communities Unite to Preserve TPS
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Immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) status live throughout the country.
Read MoreBP Katz Holds Public Hearings On Use Of Land Throughout Queens
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Additional proposed submissions are located in Astoria, New Hyde Park, Long Island City, East Elmhurst, Flushing, Howard Beach and Forest Hills.
Read MoreRidgewood Y Administrator Choreographs Jamaica Center Sellout
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Ross is a Queens native and the Director of Healthy Lifestyle as the Ridgewood Y. Photo courtesy of Kiara Ross.
By David Brand
Kiara Ross, a Queens native and administrator at the Ridgewood YMCA, sold out the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning for her first choreographed dance show Friday night.
The performance featured dozens of diverse dancers and took place at a fitting location; The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning was also the first place Ross ever performed when she was 5 years old.
“It was a dream of mine that became reality,” Ross said.
Ross, who has performed with stars like Rihanna and Kevin Lyttle, leads classes that incorporate African and West Indian dance styles at the Ridgewood Y, where she is Director of Healthy Lifestyles and a popular instructor.
Ross is also co-owner and director of the CarNYval Dancers, a West Indian dance company that performs and leads group workshops at events around the city.
LIC Leaders Sound Off On Amazon Arrival
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Amazon HQ2 is coming to Long Island City, but local leaders are telling CEO Jeff Bezos to buzz off.
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