Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center closes for emergency repairs
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The New York City Parks Department announced the closure on Tuesday.
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NYC shifts policy on permanent housing for street homeless
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The city will create 1,000 new permanent apartments to house so-called street homeless individuals.
Read MoreQueens Supreme can handle justice reforms, top judge says
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Court personnel believe that they are ready to meet the demands of the new measures.
Read MoreResidents battle sewage floods in Queens Village
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After several recent rainstorms, residents of 231st Street near Seward Avenue claim they faced a deluge of water in their basements that they were scrabbling to clean.
Read MoreCity agency mismanages gardens designed to curb flooding, Stringer reports
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Auditors from Stringer’s office examined 102 gardens citywide that were maintained by DEP, and found that that the vast majority were improperly maintained
Read MoreBrooklynite convicted of ‘ridiculous’ fatal shooting in Astoria
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Santiago Salcedo was convicted for shooting Qsaun Brown to death on Steinway Street after Brown made a derogatory remark toward two women.
Read MoreWorker Justice Project comes to Queens
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The program fights the denial of jobs or licenses based on an applicant’s history of court-involvement or arrests.
Read MoreCorona and Elmhurst families face major health and housing obstacles: report
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The neighborhoods’ children lack basic supports, including affordable housing and behavioral health services.
Read MoreEx-Queens DA candidate named on annual worst landlord list
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The HPD website shows daily complaints of no heat or hot water at the building from January 16 to February 16.
Read MoreCUNY raises tuition amid student protests
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The tuition and fee hikes were packaged into a larger budget request that CUNY will ask of New York City and the state for the coming academic year.
Read MoreInfluential immigrants’ rights group backs challenger in Assembly District 34
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Make the Road Action is endorsing Jessica González-Rojas.
Read MoreCity celebrates expansion of program that helps tenants fight eviction
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The Universal Access to Counsel law now applies to tenants facing evictions in Far Rockaway, Morris Heights, East New York, East Harlem and Inwood.
Read MoreWoodside man dies after being hit by drunk driver fleeing separate crash
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The driver was trying to escape the scene of a separate collision that had taken place just blocks away.
Read MoreMother Cabrini is coming to Battery Park
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The statue will be in view of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, a nod to her status as the patron saint of immigrants.
Read MoreADAs honor outgoing Acting DA John Ryan at holiday party
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Dozens gathered to send Acting DA Jack Ryan off with fond remarks and holiday cheer.
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