Queens trails NYC in Raise the Age as DA challenges prolong the removal process
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“In Queens, the low number of removals, relates to the People’s refusal to consent which delays the case significantly.”
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Exhibit details Queens College’s long history of student dissent
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Learn about how Students for a Democratic Society protested the military and corporate presence on Queens College’s campus.
Read MoreAstoria educator arrested at LaGuardia for soliciting sex from child
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He had been communicating with the person — actually an investigator posing as a child — online.
Read MoreHow some of the world’s best pianos were built in Queens
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Despite Astoria’s ever-changing landscape, music still plays through the neighborhood.
Read MoreWant to play a set? Head to Fresh Meadows
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Fresh Meadows has the most public courts of any neighborhood in Queens.
Read MoreSunnyside parents weigh in on proposal to end gifted and talented programs
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“We should be increasing opportunity for our students, not taking it away.”
Read MoreKobe Bryant visits U.S. Open kids’ program
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Bryant played several sports with the kids, including basketball and tennis.
Read MoreProgressive organizers demand city fund social services before building billion-dollar jails
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VOCAL-NY sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio Wednesday outlining their demand for significant investments in housing, education, healthcare and services for young people.
Read MoreFDNY adds 22 names to memorial wall to those who died from 9/11-related illness
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The FDNY members, who range from doctors and paramedics to captains and battalion chiefs, will have their names permanently added to the wall.
Read MoreGrave robbers: leaders of Middle Village cemetery pillaged funds for personal benefit, AG says
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They pilfered millions in salaries, retirement benefits and more, “without any meaningful consideration of cost or controls,” according to the lawsuit.
Activists rally outside CNN’s climate crisis town hall
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Speakers demanded renewable energy, a ban on fracking and pipelines, and the protection of public land.
Read MoreQueens Councilmember blasts height, questions parking at site of proposed jail
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“The height of this building is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to me.”
Read MoreOld Astoria residents welcome restoration of DSNY street cleaning
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“We’ve been advocating this for 20 years, so we’re very, very happy this has happened.”
Read MoreDA candidates Katz and Murray address Queens’ ‘Raise the Age’ disparity
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“My office will be utilizing family court as much as possible.”
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