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 MoreStorm rips roof, damages housing units at private Queens jail
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NYC’s only private jail is run by the prison contractor GEO Group.
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.”
Read MoreNonprofit Talk: Queens EDC drives relief during COVID crisis
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Rob MacKay is the director of public relations, marketing and tourism at the Queens Economic Development Corporation
Read MoreQueens grand juries are set to resume as in-person operations increase
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“We have been carefully planning for the resumption of grand jury operations in New York City.”
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 MoreNonprofit Talk: Serving people with HIV during latest public health crisis
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Sharen Duke is the executive director and CEO of Alliance for Positive Change.
Read MoreFederal judge dismisses public defender lawsuit to halt in-person criminal proceedings
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“This Court does not, and indeed cannot, dictate if, when, and how state criminal courts reopen.”
Read MoreQueens small businesses demand COVID aid with rent due once again
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“If businesses like mine close, I’m afraid they’ll be replaced by others that don’t have that same interest in caring for our neighbors.”
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