City will house homeless in hotels until COVID crisis subsides, Mayor says
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The discovery of an effective vaccine will “be the watershed moment,” de Blasio said.
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City shuts down popular Flushing mall over COVID violations
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“We closed the mall after we found that the owners were putting the public at risk.”
Read MoreQueens Housing Court trials will resume in September
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“The limited resumption of in-person” trials “has become necessary.”
Read MoreEx-Bronx prosecutor, community activist vies for Western Queens council seat
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“A lot of what I saw there led me to want to run.”
Read More57,000 Queens households lost power during Tuesday's tropical storm
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The outages complicate life for people stuck at home.
Read MoreTo honor John Lewis, revitalize the Voting Rights Act and pass the HEROES Act
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Rene Hill is chair of Queens Community Board 12.
Read MoreAnti-homeless protest planned outside Fresh Meadows shelter-hotel
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The protest will take place Thursday.
Read MoreQueens tenants, lawyers and judges confront uncertain end of eviction moratorium
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“We try to make things appropriate for the situation we’re dealing with and I have no idea what the situation will be.”
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Federal judge orders state to count absentee ballots without postmarks
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The count will “provide clarity in the face of unexpected and constitutionally significant chaos, and strengthen voters’ faith in the franchise.”
Read MoreQueens pols press city on Fresh Meadows shelter-hotel as neighbors plan protest
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“We take with the utmost seriousness our responsibility to represent local residents, give voice to their concerns, and ensure public safety.”
Read MoreQueens College students persevere in spite of COVID's toll: A professor's perspective
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‘They phoned into class from hospital rooms, from backrooms at grocery stores where they were working as essential workers.”
Read MoreNew York extends deadline for rent relief program
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Mailed applications must be postmarked by Aug. 6.
Read MoreNYC submits school reopening plan, with quarantines for COVID-exposed staff and students
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“A huge amount of effort has gone in to getting our schools ready.”
Read MoreMovement grows to rename Astoria’s Powhatan Democratic Club
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“It’s not much different than the racist statues and the racist sports team names.”
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