‘Trump Yard’: Locals worry they’ll be cut out of Mamdani, Trump Sunnyside Yard housing plan

‘Trump Yard’: Locals worry they’ll be cut out of Mamdani, Trump Sunnyside Yard housing plan

Western Queens locals are wary of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to collaborate with President Donald Trump to build 12,000 units of housing in the World’s Borough, where the mayor once lived and where the president was raised.

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Northern Queens locals want Mamdani to fulfill Adams’ precinct promise

Northern Queens locals want Mamdani to fulfill Adams’ precinct promise

Locals in Northern Queens are once again calling for the city to meet their demands for a new police precinct in their community after it went unmentioned in the mayor’s preliminary budget released earlier this month.

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Menin speeds up ethics review as Paladino doubles down on anti-Muslim posts

Menin speeds up ethics review as Paladino doubles down on anti-Muslim posts

City Council Speaker Julie Menin said Tuesday that the legislature’s ethics committee will expedite its inquiry into Islamophobic remarks made by City Councilmember Vickie Paladino, after the Queens Republican posted a fresh round of controversial comments online this week.

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Queens community boards ask for funding amid city budget crunch

Queens community boards ask for funding amid city budget crunch

Queens’ 14 community boards made their annual funding pitch to the borough president during a public hearing on Monday – but the city’s fiscal outlook may make getting additional dollars to the local boards more difficult.

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Another progressive vs socialist race brews in Queens as Raga throws hat into Senate race

Another progressive vs socialist race brews in Queens as Raga throws hat into Senate race

Queens Assemblymember Steven Raga threw his hat into the race to replace Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris in the State Senate, setting up a battle between the progressive lawmaker and Democratic Socialists of America-backed Aber Kawas.

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Queens pols call on notorious landlord to pay up after 2023 fire

Queens pols call on notorious landlord to pay up after 2023 fire

Queens residents are calling on A&E Real Estate, which was named the worst landlord in the city earlier this year, to pay $6 million to cover damages they suffered in a fire that evicted them from their homes more than two years ago.

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