Ex-Espinal staffer announces bid for Queens Council seat
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He’s one of at least eight people considering a run in District 26.
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NYC has a new budget. What does it mean for Queens?
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Five Queens councilmembers voted no on the budget.
Read More‘It was like a horror movie’ — Staff and students criticize charter network’s rigid education model
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“Teachers would physically go around and hold children in the position they’re supposed to be sitting in.”
Read MoreQueensborough College names Dr. Christine Mangino next president
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Mangino, the provost at Hostos, will become the QCC’s sixth president.
Read MoreDe Blasio pledges to end solitary confinement in NYC jails
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“Decades of research show that solitary is ineffective, dangerous, and, too often, deadly.”
Read MoreInteractive map reveals lesser-known landmarks in Queens' LGBTQ rights movement
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“It goes well beyond the obvious neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and places in Manhattan.”
Read MoreNONPROFIT TALK: A century-old social justice organization continues to serve during historic pandemic
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Ann Toback is the chief executive officer of the Workers Circle.
Read MoreLetter: Government must intervene to prevent crippling homeless crisis
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Áine Duggan is president/CEO of The Partnership for the Homeless.
Read MoreTop Forest Hills cop says NYPD monitoring neonazi vandalism
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“I don't want any type of hate group coming in here to disturb an otherwise peaceful community.”
Read MoreTop parks advocate calls on city to open up pools, golf courses and cemeteries
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“They should continue looking at opening pools.”
Read MoreOPINION: A Tale of two New York City budgets
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The CUNY community is bracing for a harsher version of an annual reality: severe budget cuts.
Read MoreLocal leaders push permanent housing for Fresh Meadows hotel residents freed from Rikers
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Councilmembers Barry Grodenchik and Rory Lancman visited the hotel Wednesday.
Read MoreCommunity board calls for dining plazas on Austin Street and ‘Restaurant Row’
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‘This might be a moment to re-evaluate how our cities are working.’
Read MoreAubry takes commanding lead over Monserrate after in-person votes tallied
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The Assembly race has attracted statewide attention.
Read MoreJustice reformers push New York to ‘halt’ solitary confinement in statewide rallies
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Coordinated rallies took place from the Bronx to Buffalo.
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