Queens Community Board 12 hosts bus redesign forum tonight
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The MTA stated in its proposed redesign plan that Jamaica especially suffers from traffic congestion, slowing down service and making bus arrivals unreliable.
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JFK flight sets trans-Atlantic speed record
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The plane reached a top speed of 825 miles per hour while over the North Atlantic, arriving in London in less than five hours.
Read MoreStop-and-frisk increased by 32 percent in Queens last year
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Roughly 90 percent of stops involved New Yorkers of color.
Read MoreReplacing fear with facts: Our future depends on a complete Census count
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“We have one chance to make over a decade of difference – let’s make it count!”
Read More51 years ago today, a blizzard paralyzed Queens
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For those who lived and worked in Queens at the time, it was a crippling nightmare.
Read MoreSuspected Flushing coronavirus patients test negative
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The unidentified patients, who had both recently traveled to mainland China, were being treated at hospitals in the neighborhood.
Read MoreFlushing community board set to vote on controversial rezoning
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The rezoning would allow for the reshaping of the Flushing waterfront.
Read MoreFive Queens commitments from de Blasio’s State of the City address
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From reopening communities centers to helping small business owners, Queens played a key role in the mayor’s annual address.
Read More‘Reform the reform’ — top Bronx judge calls for changes to state bail law
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“I think that while the goals of the legislature are laudable, the process in developing it was poorly thought out and therefore the product was lacking.”
Read MoreNYC Bar supports repeal of ‘walking while trans’ ban
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NYCBA joins a large coalition of activist organizations, lawmakers, and district attorneys from Brooklyn and Manhattan in supporting a repeal of the law.
Read MoreNYPD blames bail law for crime increase, even as murder and hate crimes plummet
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“One month of data cannot tell us anything meaningful about crime trends.”
Read MoreQueens Court begins effort to digitize centuries-old naturalization records
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“I want people to be able to see them before we come down one day and they’re just gone.”
Read More‘Queens Week of Service’ begins Monday
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The donation drive was organized by the Queens Borough President’s Office and the 14 community boards.
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Queens lawmaker wants big tech to pony up
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“I fully support tech companies simplifying our lives, and making our world better by using data responsibly, but consumers should get their fair share.”
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