Queens CB9 honors 50-year member Sylvia Hack
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Queens Community Board 9 honored member Sylvia Hack for half a century of community service on Tuesday night.
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120-year-old Queens-BK bridge gets step closer to replacement
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After years of complaints, an over 100-year-old bridge connecting Queens and Brooklyn came one step closer to being replaced this week – but questions over the project’s total cost remain.
Read MoreWith nowhere else to turn, Ardila appears to form partnership with disgraced former pol
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A year after sexual misconduct allegations made Western Queens lawmaker Juan Ardila persona non grata in Albany, the freshman lawmaker has teamed up with a disgraced former elected official who himself knows all too well the struggle of attempting to come back from scandal.
Read MoreSummonses skyrocket under Adams administration, report finds
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Criminal and civil court summonses in New York City skyrocketed since Mayor Eric Adams took office and disproportionately affected on Black, brown and underserved communities in Queens and other boroughs, according to two new reports.
Read MoreQueens takes in the solar eclipse
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Queens residents got a rare celestial view on Monday afternoon as around 90 percent of the borough’s view of the sun was covered by the moon.
Read MoreCourts revamp bail law training for judges
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New York’s judges will now have access to revamped trainings aimed at ensuring the judiciary is up to speed on the state’s bail laws, court officials announced last week.
Read MoreDid you feel it?: Earthquake shakes up a quiet Friday morning in NYC
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Friday got off to a shaky start in Queens and throughout the Northeast when a 4.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled through the region shortly after 10 a.m.
Read MoreRamos' 'unscientific’ survey shows opposition to Cohen casino proposal
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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 MoreCity fails to offer school to young detainees on Rikers, LAS says
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Young 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 MoreQueens museum with cosmic history to host eclipse watch party
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There 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 MoreCrime in city dropped during first quarter of 2024
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Five 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 More‘Overburdened’: Two neighborhoods in Queens bear brunt of new asylum seeker shelters
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Two 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 MoreCould a trauma center finally be coming to Rockaway?: Council calls for city budget to include funds to build trauma center on far-flung peninsula
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The 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 MoreOn election day, advocates say detainees need better ballot access on Rikers
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Though 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 MoreCouncilmembers call for a hit of pot enforcement
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In 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.
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