NYC voter guides will now have sign language option
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Election Day will be on Nov. 5, where residents will be voting on offices like Queens District Attorney.
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OPINION: Let’s demand affordable housing for all
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This fear of the “other” is what drives opponent’s motivations to block the shelter from opening. The truth is, we have homeless neighbors who come from our district, including those who have been displaced from homes in Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth and Ridgewood.
Read MoreOzone Park man sentenced to 17 years in prison for gunpoint rape
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An Ozone Park man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for raping a 40-year-old woman at gunpoint for several hours.
Read MoreAnti-gay subway attacker pleads guilty after fracturing woman’s spine
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The Manhattan man who hurled homophobic insults and fractured a 20-year-old woman’s spine after seeing her kiss a female friend on the cheek on a Queens E train pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault as a hate crime.
Read MoreTransgender woman’s death spurs new task force to look into NYC jail system
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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 MoreCM Richards announces bid for Queens BP
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Southeast 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 MoreNYC poverty rate reaches historic low
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The New York City poverty rate dropped to a historic low in 2018, according to data collected by the American Community Survey.
Read MoreOpen House New York shows off a rare side of Queens
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Some 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 MoreForest Hills mural celebrates famous former resident Helen Keller
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“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
Read MoreGroups call on city to explain immigrant protections at borough-based jails
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“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 MoreSouth Ozone Park hosts ‘Book Party’
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A 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 experience hot water outage
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More 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 MoreControversial College Point homeless shelter set to open this week
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“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 MoreOPINION: Building ‘mega jails’ to replace Rikers won’t end the prison industrial complex
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Rikers 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 library opens to public after $40 million construction
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Long 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.
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