It's now up to lawmakers to set eviction policy, top New York judges say
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“Those are matters for the other two branches of government to deal with.”
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Mayor surprised by Fresh Meadows shelter-hotel info, despite letter from lawmakers
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“I don’t have knowledge of a single location with 100 former inmates.”
Read MoreQueens lawmakers press mayor to cancel tax lien sale during COVID pandemic
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“In the midst of a pandemic that has caused skyrocketing unemployment, the sale must be canceled.”
Read MoreSt. John’s senior strives for seat in City Council
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“Most people don’t think young people can lead, but we have been leading the social movement.”
Read More25,000-member NYC Bar urges city to guarantee WiFi in homeless shelters
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“Allowing the lack of access to remain unaddressed is unacceptable.”
Read MoreNYC raises roadways to limit flooding in Broad Channel
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The thin strip of land is surrounded by the rising tides of Jamaica Bay.
Read MoreNew York court system delays evictions until at least Oct. 1
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“Judges can hang their hats on this language and do what they want to do as human beings, which is not evict people right now.”
Read MoreIn NYC, working class communities of color still bear COVID’s economic impact: report
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“Excluded workers like me urgently need relief.”
Read MoreOut-of-state students return to St. John’s for two-week quarantine
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“We’re not watching on closed circuit cameras, this isn’t a police state.”
Read MoreMayor calls on state to institute lasting eviction moratorium
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“It should not be something that just has to be renewed all the time.”
Read MoreFlushing considers latest RKO Keith's development plan after 34 years of false starts
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“It has the aura of the pharaoh’s tomb, that it’s cursed.”
Read MoreCity 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.
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.
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