Manhattan Councilmember Helen Rosenthal proposed the creation of the task force in June shortly after Layleen Polanco’s death, and it was passed in the same month.
Read MoreSoutheast Queens Councilmember Donovan Richards officially announced his candidacy for Queens borough president on Wednesday, throwing his hat into the ring for a position that could open up in a 2020 special election.
Read MoreThe New York City poverty rate dropped to a historic low in 2018, according to data collected by the American Community Survey.
Read MoreSome of New York City’s most interesting spaces will open their doors to the public for exploration through this month’s “Open House New York Weekend.”
Read More“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
Read More“Mayor de Blasio has not laid out a clear plan to explain how undocumented New Yorkers will be adequately protected from ICE surveillance and detention under his BBJs [borough-based jails] proposal. And as far as we know, the City Council has not yet formally addressed this issue,” the letter reads.
Read MoreA group of Eastern Queens politicians hosted a “Book Party” for kids returning to school last week, featuring two award-winning authors in discussion.
Read MoreMore than 3,000 Queensbridge residents were without hot water on Monday, after the New York City Housing Authority reported an unplanned outage in the entire Queensbridge North development.
Read More“The community remained diligent, vigilant and united and has now successfully secured the conversion to a shelter for women, rather than single men. Although the plan is by no means perfect, we are satisfied that a far better outcome has been achieved.”
Read MoreRikers is a human rights atrocity, but building mega jails won’t solve the problem. At a time when we should be ending the jail and prison industrial complex, this proposal will invest ten billion dollars right back into the system.
Read MoreLong Island City’s Hunters Point Library reopened on Tuesday after a $40 million renovation and a decade in the making, and book lovers across Queens are rejoicing.
Read More“The beautiful thing about Close to Home is that New York City kids stay in New York City. They go to New York City DOE schools and the DOE schools are run by a school district that has a particular set of skills and experience in getting our kids back on track with credits.”
Read MoreMy beautiful neighborhood has been disfigured by the private sanitation industry. Instead of waking up to smells from the bakery, I am kept up by smells from the waste transfer stations where commercial garbage trucks dump trash every night.
Read MoreI am a strong proponent of Ranked Choice Voting and its potential to create a slate of candidates that transition us away from a system of zero-sum domination and old-school paradigms.
Read More"Acting Queens DA John Ryan said he does not think the state has “the authority to prevent federal agents from carrying out their duties.”
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