Inside Jackson Heights’ Drag Queen Story Hour
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“Does anyone know what a drag queen is?”
Read More‘Expedited removal’ policy could affect Queens residents
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Queens has the largest undocumented population of any borough in the city: around 184,000 people.
Read MoreCity announces $58.4 million bike safety plan. Here’s how it will affect Queens.
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Several Queens neighborhoods that the DOT has identified as “priority districts,” including Corona, East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, will receive protected bike lanes.
Read MoreHate crime suspect arrested in pepper spray assault on trans woman in Jackson Heights
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Despite support for the LGBTQIA+ community from residents and leaders, Queens has been the site of several alleged homophobic and transphobic hate crimes.
Read MoreCiti Bike roll out will soon reach these Queens neighborhoods
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“This expansion will help us build a more fair and equitable city for all New Yorkers. Even more communities will have access to this low-cost, sustainable mode of transportation.”
Read MoreTriboro transit line proposal sparks interest among councilmembers along the route
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“The Triboro could help fill in the gaps in City’s public transportation network and deliver a sorely needed transportation option to Queens residents.”
Read MoreNew York bans legal defense that discriminates against gay and trans people
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The bill signing took place as New Yorkers participated in the Pride march marking the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.
Read MoreOpinion: Climate crisis demands center stage at presidential debates
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“I can’t overstate how high the stakes are.”
Read MoreMan arrested for trespassing at Ocasio-Cortez's office
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The New York Police Department says officers responded to a call of a trespasser shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday at the building on 37th Avenue.
Read More‘Ants in an ant farm’ — Queens schools contend with chronic overcrowding
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The reasons for overcrowding are complex — a combination of demographic growth, housing development, shortsighted policy and other factors.
Read MoreStation desolation: Queens has NYC’s least-used subway stops
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It’s hard to imagine a quiet subway station in a borough of approximately 2.3 million.
Read MoreLatin King member gets decade in prison for brutal Jackson Heights beating
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The victim was left in the street bleeding from 11 stab wounds.
Read MoreAOC and Constantinides support a ‘renewable Rikers Island’
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“If you put solar panels on 25 percent of Rikers Island, we will be able to close every toxic power plant that has been opened in the last two decades in New York City.”
Read MoreWestern Queens leaders will host ‘renewable Rikers’ panel
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Astoria Councilmember Costa Constantinides announced the proposal during his state of the district address earlier this year.
Read MoreJackson Heights death ruled a homicide after nearly four months
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Rafael Huertas, 56, was surrounded by drug paraphernalia and covered with a plastic sheet, according to sources.
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