Small business advocates continue 33-year fight for rent protections
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“Landlords are denying lease renewals and those are the reasons we are seeing good businesses getting pushed out.”
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Opinion: Abortion bans are a full-frontal assault on women. Here’s what we can do.
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‘It’s your body and your choice — Act like it.’
Read MoreDisability rights advocates allege ADA violations in lawsuit against MTA
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“The MTA’s actions clearly demonstrate that they value amenities like Wi-Fi over serving passengers with disabilities.”
Read MoreDromm celebrates LGBTQ pride and 50th anniversary of Stonewall
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Dromm, who represents Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, recognized three individuals at the event who have contributed to the LGBTQ rights movement.
Read MoreQueens to host town hall on gun violence
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Through the end of April, there were 43 reported shootings across Queens in 2019.
Read MoreQueens community board rejects city jails plan in unanimous vote
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‘This resolution is opposing very strongly this jail to be erected in Kew Gardens.’
Read MoreOpinion: So, what’s the plan for affordable housing at Willets Point?
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The 23-acre parcel of city-owned land has been dormant for more than a decade.
Read MoreCity shuts down Flushing Yeshiva amid measles outbreak, but lawyer says no students have been exposed
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“We recognize that they are trying to contain the epidemic.”
Read MoreQueens co-ops complain of fines after passage of greenhouse gas reduction law
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"Let's be clear: I don't want your money, I want your carbon.”
Read MoreState DOT responds to death of 7-year-old in Far Rockaway
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“The tragic incident in Rockaway, N.Y. is part of an ongoing investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.”
Read MoreQueens CB9 votes tomorrow on city jails plan
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“Let’s put it this way: The people in Kew Gardens on the board are all against it.”
Read MoreTarget misses mark with Astoria plan, community members say
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“We need to protect the good jobs that are here before our communities continue to be built like strip malls.”
Read MoreJudge denies motion to dismiss charge in Daniel Pantaleo disciplinary trial
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Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr, a civil rights activist, has called on the city to charge the other police officers involved in the chokehold death.
Read MoreOpinion: Passing Elder Parole Bill is a moral imperative
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“Sentencing someone to die in prison without any possibility for parole is morally wrong.”
Read MoreNYC jails violate city law by holding people hours after posting bail, report finds
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“Any amount of time a presumptively innocent individual needlessly spends in jail is too much time.”
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