Innovation QNS begins city’s review process
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The developers behind Innovation QNS, a massive, multi-block development planned in Astoria, moved this week to officially subject the project to the city’s review process.
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Adams launches push for green buildings in Queens
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Mayor Eric Adams visited a co-op in Forest Hills on Friday to celebrate Earth Day with the launch of a new campaign to promote clean energy swaps in buildings.
Read MoreHome care advocates let down by budget
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Despite seeing pay increases in the state budget, home care workers need a larger wage increase in order to stave off the growing labor shortage, lawmakers and advocates say.
Read MoreBP assembles environmental group to lead Queens’ climate efforts
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards assembled his own Queens version of the Planeteers Thursday to announce the first-ever advisory board focused solely on equipping the borough for the climate crisis.
Read MoreInnovation QNS town hall gets tense
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Emotions flared Wednesday night at a town hall listening session organized by the developers behind the massive Innovation QNS project in Astoria.
Read MoreHandyman arrested for murder of Forest Hills mom
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The man believed to be responsible for the gruesome stabbing death of a Forest Hills mother over the weekend was arrested by the NYPD on Thursday.
Read MoreImmigrant legal service providers call for funding boost
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A group of legal service providers rallied virtually Wednesday to urge the city to boost funding legal services for immigrant New Yorkers.
Read MoreJamaica community garden gets funds to help grow
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Paradise Community Garden in Jamaica is getting help from a nonprofit to continue their work in the Southeast Queens community.
Western Queens community board says DHS failing shelter residents and neighbors
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A community board in Western Queens is calling on the city to live up to its promise to its residents, both housed and unhoused, to provide safe and consistent shelter to all in the district.
Read MoreU.S. attorney threatens federal takeover of Rikers
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The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York threatened a federal takeover of Rikers Island in a letter to a federal judge Tuesday.
Read MoreSouth Queens Women's March opens new office
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Members of the South Queens Women’s March celebrated the opening of their new office in Richmond Hill over the weekend.
Read MoreMeet the Mets, old and new
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A trip to the past and a look at the future – New York Mets fans were wedged between the glory of the franchise’s history and the prospect of an exciting season to come Friday, the Queens team’s home opener.
Read MoreGun diversion program launches in Queens Criminal Court
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A new program in Queens Criminal Court gives a number of young people charged with gun possession a chance to clear their record and access services to treat the root causes of violence.
Read MoreCOVID medical unit opens at Astoria Houses
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Residents of the Astoria Houses are getting additional access to free COVID-19 testing and vaccines.
Read MoreMoMI exhibit to explore impact of ‘The Walking Dead’
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The Museum of the Moving Image is partnering with AMC Networks for an exhibition devoted to the creation and impact of the hit show “The Walking Dead.”
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