Protestors hold mock ribbon cutting as Queensboro Bridge project delays continue
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Pedestrians and cyclists alike are getting tired of the delays to the plan to open a new pedestrian path on the Queensboro Bridge.
Read MoreVast majority of criminal court decisions still go unpublished, report shows
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A vast majority of criminal court judges in New York do not choose to publish the decisions they make in the cases they oversee, a new report released this week found.
Read MoreQueens get the power: Officials from the World’s Borough rise into positions of power in city and beyond
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For about two hours over the weekend Southeast Queens was the center of the city’s political galaxy –– a place Queens as a whole has been increasingly finding itself in.
Read MoreSunnyside tenants displaced by fire to remain in temporary homes under new agreement
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Tenants who lived in a Sunnyside building before it was destroyed by a fire late last year will receive another six months of temporary housing from their landlord, who faced public pressure in recent days to extend the tenants’ housing after initially threatening to end it.
Read MoreQueens pols want better buses in budget
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As the city gets closer to the implementation of congestion pricing later this year, a group of elected officials – including many from Queens – want to see money in the state’s budget for better, faster and more reliable buses in the five boroughs.
Read MoreGov vetoes lobbying transparency bill
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The governor late last week vetoed a bi-partisan bill created in response to lobbying efforts in support of and against her failed pick for chief judge, Hector LaSalle, earlier this year.
Read MoreQueens pols look to landmark Maspeth firehouse
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Just over 22-years ago, nearly two dozen firefighters from Maspeth’s Squad 288 and HazMat 1 firehouse were killed after they responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, marking the largest loss of life from any single firehouse that day. Now, local officials are trying to get the century-old building where they served designated as a city landmark in their honor.
Read MoreGOP quickly sues state over Queens pol’s mail-in voting law
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Hours after Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Queens State Senator Michael Gianairis’ legislation to make early voting by mail a universal option available to New Yorkers, a group of Republicans and conservatives asked a court to put an end to the law before it can even be enacted.
Read MoreQueens voters think outside the box in race for district attorney
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Not all of the 64,000 Queens voters who cast a ballot in the recent Democratic primary race for Queens district attorney bubbled in a vote for incumbent DA Melinda Katz or challengers George Grasso or Devian Daniels. Instead, a small portion of the Queens electorate chose to write-in a candidate for the borough’s top prosecutor.
Read MoreSoutheast Queens bus route included in free bus pilot program
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Some Queens bus riders are going to get a free ride starting in September as part of a new MTA pilot program included in the state’s budget and championed by Queens officials.
Read MoreWoodside pols want deteriorating LIRR bridge fixed
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A bridge located on 69th Street just off of Queens Boulevard in Woodside, has recently begun shedding debris, dropping rocks and other bridge parts onto the roads and pedestrians underneath it, according to City Councilmember Robert Holden.
Read MoreOrganizers claim legislature ignored public calls for unified redistricting
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A few days after the state legislature released its plans for the reconfiguration of congressional lines throughout New York State, lawmakers released redistricting proposals for the State Senate and Assembly.
Read MoreSenate leaders lay out next steps for voting reform
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Members of the State Senate majority gathered Monday to discuss a collection of bills they say will strengthen the integrity and accessibility of voting in New York.
Read MoreEarly voting, absentee ballot changes coming next year
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“To increase faith in our democracy, people should be able to vote more easily and know election results in a timely manner.”
Read MoreHochul nominates Appellate Division judge to Court of Appeals
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“Justice Troutman has a brilliant legal mind, a fair-minded judicial philosophy, sterling qualifications, and a commitment to equal justice that guides her approach from the bench.”
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