City Council releases interactive public parks map
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Have some fun in the sun!
Read MoreThe mayor wants New Yorkers to take a paid vacation
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The Paid Time Off measure would be the first like it in the country, and would especially impact the 900,000 New Yorkers currently without any paid personal time, de Blasio said.
Read MoreMillions of dollars pour into campaigns for Queens DA
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Big money donors include an Academy Award-winning actor, a former U.S. senator, an attorney defending Harvey Weinstein and REBNY.
Read MoreState lawmakers discuss how to address sexual harassment in #MeToo era
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Lawmakers have been exploring changes to the laws around sexual harassment, including at a hearing on the issue in February, the first of its kind in 27 years.
Read MoreTop NYC officials split on gravity knife bill
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People of color are disproportionately charged with possession of a gravity knife, though the knives are common tools carried by chefs, carpenters and other laborers.
Read MoreAG James headlines Queens’ CUNY commencement speakers
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From LIC to Flushing, Queens’ CUNY schools host an array of commencement speakers.
Read MoreSoutheast Queens leaders to screen marijuana legalization doc
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Leroy Comrie and Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman host a screening of the Netflix Documentary “Grass is Greener.”
Read MoreCrosswalks may soon become ‘no texting’ zones
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Fines for breaking the law would range from $25 for a first-time offense to $250 for multiple violations in a short time span.
Read MoreNY Appeals court rules that farmworkers have right to organize
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‘This is a victory for farmworkers, as we have finally had our day in court.’
Read MoreQueens DA seeks $1.5M to adhere to new discovery law
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‘The statute will require a massive retooling of our discovery procedures requiring us to process all of these materials on cases.’
Read MoreThreats to budget push library leaders to act
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Cuts to funding would include reducing programming, cuts to weekend hours, smaller collections and delayed revitalization projects.
Read MoreQueens transit advocates rally for bus cameras to catch bad drivers
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“Riders have worked tirelessly to win bus lanes. But it will all come to nothing if those lanes are blocked and the rules go unenforced.”
Read MoreLawmakers keep focus on massage worker’s death in Cabán endorsement
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“This isn’t a crack in the justice system that [Yang Song] happened to fall through.”
Read MoreMayor’s executive order will focus city ads in local news outlets
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De Blasio announced the executive order at City Hall before a crowd of reporters and publishers from local news outlets, including the Queens Daily Eagle.
Read MoreDe Blasio says city will shrink planned jails
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De Blasio told reporters that the city would revise the size of the proposed jails, including a 270-foot-tall facility behind the Criminal Courthouse in Kew Gardens.
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