Nearly 69 percent of respondents to a new, “unscientific” survey from State Senator Jessica Ramos said they didn’t want a casino built in their neighborhood as Mets owner Steve Cohen continues his bid to bring one to Citi Field’s parking lot.
Read MoreYoung detainees on Rikers Island are being deprived of their right to take high school classes while behind bars, the Legal Aid Society alleged in a new filing in federal court this week.
Read MoreThere are few places more aptly suited for one to witness the celestial wonder of next week’s solar eclipse in New York City than at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Read MoreFive of the city's seven major crime categories dropped during the first quarter of this year, the mayor and top police officials announced from the NYPD’s Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday.
Read MoreTwo neighborhoods in Queens are home to a large percentage of the city’s migrant shelters and while locals say they are happy to help amid the crisis, they also want the city and other neighborhoods to step up.
Read MoreThe City Council this week said the city should set aside the money in its upcoming $109 billion budget to build a long-asked-for trauma center on the Rockaway peninsula, a healthcare need advocates have been calling for for nearly a decade.
Read MoreThough only a small fraction of eligible voters made their way to the polls on Tuesday for the all but predetermined presidential primary, one group of New Yorkers who may have wanted to make the election day trip was unable to.
Read MoreIn a rare show of unity, a bi-partisan group of city councilmembers, including several from Queens, penned a letter calling on the state to give the city more power to enforce illegal cannabis.
Read MoreThe City Council on Monday demanded the city’s upcoming budget include nearly $60 million in efforts aimed at providing programming and other services to New Yorkers in an effort to reduce recidivism.
Read MoreIn the wake of the police killing of an Ozone Park teen last week, communities in Queens are grappling with the 19 year old’s death and again asking questions about how the city should respond to its mental health crisis.
Read MoreThere were two sets of varying expectations resting on the shoulders of the New York Mets and their owner as the team kicked off its 2024 baseball season in Queens on Friday.
Read MoreThe State Senate this week passed a bill created in response to lobbying efforts in support of and against Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial pick for chief judge last year.
Read MoreThe Adams administration late Tuesday officially asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them by the City Council and the Legal Aid Society over the administration’s refusal to implement a law expanding eligibility for the city’s housing voucher program.
Read MoreAfter years of debate over one of New York City’s most controversial political topics, the MTA officially passed its final congestion pricing plan on Wednesday morning.
Read MoreOver half a dozen good government groups this week issued their support for a bill that would effectively boost the budget and power of the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct, the oversight agency that investigates ethics complaints made against New York’s judges.
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