Council Speaker highlights staffers’ right to organize in email to members
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“Any deliberate discouragement or interference with staff’s ability to exercise those rights in this regard is prohibited.”
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Queens DSA recommends just one 2020 candidate for endorsement, passes on BP special election
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Zohran Mamdani is a first-time candidate running for State Assembly District 36.
Read More‘Disorderly’ teens cause confusion at Queens Center Mall
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Someone also reportedly started throwing fake money off of a balcony.
Read MorePair of prosecutors blast upcoming bail and discovery reforms
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Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan has been an outspoken opponent of the bail reform measures for months.
Read MoreOpinion: Shop small (not the online mall) this holiday season
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Why and how you should shop small this season.
Read MoreCity leaders blast ‘vampire’ Monserrate’s bid for Assembly
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Disgraced former lawmaker Hiram Monserrate’s bid for state Assembly has prompted strong responses from several local leaders.
Read MoreCity program connects SNAP recipients with small businesses
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Fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen fruits and vegetables are now easier to get for SNAP recipients.
Read MoreNew commercial waste law could spare SE Queens from truck-clogged streets
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The law puts restrictions on the more than 90 largely unregulated companies that truck millions of tons of trash per year to stations in Southeast Queens.
Read MoreForest Hill stockbroker convicted for bogus currency trading scheme
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Jason Ari Amada posed as an experienced foreign currency trader and stole more than $489,000 from clients who had invested in his venture.
Read MoreQueens DA-elect Katz names transition team
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Katz, the current Queens Borough President, filled out the team with several defense attorneys, nonprofit leaders and activists.
Read MoreCollege enrollment among NYC students hits record high
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A total of 48,782 students who graduated high school in 2018 enrolled in college afterward.
Read MoreNYC pols to Albany: Legalize It
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Advocates and lawmakers are reigniting the effort to remove weed from the penal code and end the racial disparities in marijuana arrests.
Read MoreQueens judge appointed to state ethics committee
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Buggs is the lone Queens judge on the committee and replaces Queens Supreme Court Justice David Eliot.
Read MoreQueensbridge residents develop strategies for making a safer community
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The Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety targets 15 public housing developments citywide in order to promote public safety.
Read MoreLyft driver convicted of sexually assaulting sleeping passenger
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At some point during the ride, the woman fell asleep and did not wake up until she felt the driver sexually assaulting her.
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