New Ditmars Boulevard theater may accelerate Astoria gentrification, residents say
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“Homeowners do not want their quality of life to change.”
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Lieutenant governor honors Richmond Hill business that employs the visually impaired
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Nearly 70 percent of working age individuals with severe vision impairments lack full time employment, according to the National Federation of the Blind.
Read MorePols honor late State Sen. José Peralta with street naming
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Peralta was the first Dominican-American elected to the New York Senate when he took office in 2010.
Read MoreLong Island man faces up to 126 years for supplying heroin used in two fatal ODs
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Justin Lum allegedly supplied heroin that led to the death of his 28-year-old girlfriend, Patricia Collado, as well as his 24-year-old friend, Calvin Brown.
Read MoreOpinion: Create more ‘specialized’ high schools to level the playing field
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“One high stakes test should not determine if a child goes to an elite high school or a mediocre one in his or her neighborhood.”
Read MoreHow one Guyanese singer made his mark in the World’s Borough
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Peter Dass rose to prominence in Guyana by participating in Mohammad Rafi-styled singing competitions, winning one such contest in 1981.
Read MoreChaotic Glendale shelter hearing elicits anti-homeless hate and discrimination
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“Put them in a separate area away from society.”
Read MoreActing Queens DA John Ryan will step down when next DA takes office
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“I don’t think it would be helpful for the next DA or for me to stay around.”
Read MoreJournalist's court challenge would reveal uncounted Queens DA primary ballots
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“They counted the votes in Florida after Bush v. Gore — and they should do it in Queens.”
Read MoreLetter to the editor: ‘There is nothing progressive’ about not closing Rikers
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And for Queens residents facing serious charges (to whom he does not seem to want to grant the presumption of innocence), who are remanded by a judge, does he propose they are left on a toxic penal colony? There is nothing progressive about that.
Read MoreWoman confronts AOC with cannibalism proposal at Corona town hall
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“I think your next campaign slogan has to be this: ‘We’ve got to start eating babies,’” a woman who claimed she was concerned about the climate crisis, told Ocasio-Cortez as she took questions from the audience in LeFrak City.
Read MoreNYC voter guides will now have sign language option
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Election Day will be on Nov. 5, where residents will be voting on offices like Queens District Attorney.
Read MoreAnti-gay subway attacker pleads guilty after fracturing woman’s spine
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The Manhattan man who hurled homophobic insults and fractured a 20-year-old woman’s spine after seeing her kiss a female friend on the cheek on a Queens E train pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault as a hate crime.
Read MoreTransgender woman’s death spurs new task force to look into NYC jail system
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Manhattan Councilmember Helen Rosenthal proposed the creation of the task force in June shortly after Layleen Polanco’s death, and it was passed in the same month.
Read MoreCM Richards announces bid for Queens BP
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Southeast Queens Councilmember Donovan Richards officially announced his candidacy for Queens borough president on Wednesday, throwing his hat into the ring for a position that could open up in a 2020 special election.
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