Julie Won jumps into Queens congressional race
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Queens City Councilmember Julie Won filed to run in the already crowded race to replace Nydia Velázquez in New York’s 7th Congressional District on Monday.
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Queens reps blast ICE but won’t call for its abolition
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Two of Queens’ longest-serving members of Congress sharply criticized the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement on Thursday, but stopped short of joining fellow Democrats calling for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Read MoreQueens lawmaker elected mayor
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Zohran Mamdani’s unprecedented rise from Western Queens assemblymember to national political figure reached a new peak Tuesday night, when he was elected mayor of New York City in an election that drew a historic number of voters.
Read MoreA divided Queens votes in record numbers
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Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo may both have unprecedented ties to the World’s Borough, but there was no love lost between their respective supporters in Queens as voters cast their ballots in the mayoral race in massive numbers on Tuesday.
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Texas man arrested for making ‘terroristic threats’ against Mamdani
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A Texas man was charged in Queens with making terroristic threats after he allegedly made several menacing phone calls and wrote Islamophobic and exploitative-laced emails to Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, earlier this year.
Read MoreA Queens council candidate appears to be using AI campaign images – should it matter?
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A Queens City Council candidate has a number of images on their website that appear to be generated by AI. He’s not the first and he won’t be the last. What should voters know about the rise of AI in politics?
Read MoreWhere the candidates for District 21 stand on Roosevelt Avenue
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The candidates running to represent District 21 in the City Council recently told the Eagle what they thought about the bustling but troubled strip on Roosevelt Avenue.
Read MoreHow the two sides of the Van Wyck will decide the race for District 28
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The Van Wyck Expressway, which runs north-south through parts of Queens, is one of the borough’s most infamous and frustrating highways – it's also the dividing line in one of its most contentious City Council races.
Read MoreMajor Queens political players take sides in District 21 race
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There’s no single clear frontrunner in the race to represent one of the city’s most diverse Council districts – there’s three.
Read MoreRace for District 30 heats up after combative debate
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A combative campaign season is heating up in one of Queens’ only City Council districts with an open seat.
Read MoreQueens court upholds BOE’s decisions to kick candidates off ballot
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Queens Supreme Court on Sutphin Boulevard played host to a precession of political and legal formalities as rulings from the Board of Elections made the day prior on the fate of several Queens candidates were confirmed before a judge Tuesday.
Read MoreCohen casino bill begins to move through Senate
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A Senate committee played their cards close to their chest this week when they narrowly voted to advance a bill that would allow New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot.
Read More‘Off the ballot’: Queens races become clear after ballot objection rulings
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Far from their respective district’s boundaries, several candidates hoping to be elected in Queens had their campaigns brought to an early end by the Board of Elections on Monday.
Read MoreOffice politics: What happens when your office is running for office?
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In one Queens councilmember’s office, the term “office politics” has taken on a whole new meaning.
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