Commonpoint Queens opens long-awaited Elmhurst service hub
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The Hub will provide job training, legal counseling, a food pantry and classes for English-language learners.
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Rising COVID rate lands Forest Hills on NYC’s school closure watchlist
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Forest Hills is the latest Queens neighborhood to see a startling spike in COVID-19 rates, a surge that could result in school closures.
Read MoreCoalition works to make NYC’s yellow school buses go green
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“Part of creating a more equitable and sustainable city is prioritizing the health and safety of children as well as community as a whole through the electrification of school buses.”
Read MoreMeng introduces bill to ensure students learn about Asian American history
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“Our children are graduating from high school without learning of the important contributions the Asian Pacific American community has made throughout our nation’s history, without learning of the disenfranchisement and discrimination Asian Pacific Americans have faced at the hands of the United States government.”
Read MoreNew York Court leaders double down on plan to cut 46 judges
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“We are compelled to take additional painful and difficult steps such as the decisions regarding certification.”
Read MoreState shutters schools in three Queens neighborhoods, but businesses can stay open for now
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“These clusters have to be attacked.”
Read MoreCentral Queens small businesses fear new shutdown after months of COVID losses
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“You're punishing the businesses, and by punishing the businesses you’re punishing the city itself. You're hurting renters and owners and everyone except the people who you should be”
Here are the 46 judges being terminated by the New York court system
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Eight of the judges work in the Bronx, more than any county in the state. Six preside in Queens.
Read MoreQueens criminal court will have just one Black man on the bench after state cuts judges
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There will be one Black male judge in a courthouse where 38% of defendants are Black men.
Read MoreNYC moves to shut down schools and businesses in three Queens zip codes where COVID surges
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“In some parts of our city in Brooklyn and Queens, we’re having an extraordinary problem, something we haven’t seen since early-June.”
Read MoreKoslowitz, Jewish leaders denounce anti-Semitic coverage of COVID rise
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“When we only focus on a community, when in fact no one is immune from this, it does lend vulnerability to stigmatizing. Take care in not perpetuating stereotypes, not emboldening latent racism, emboldening latent discrimination and phobias and hate, because there is no need for that.”
Read MoreOpinion: Invest in educational opportunities for justice-involved students
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Jesús Reyes-Velardo is the associate director of Academic Support Programs at College & Community Fellowship.
Read MoreJudge orders house arrest for Queens cop charged with spying for China
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“There is a big difference between this country and most countries, especially the PRC. There is a presumption of innocence in this country.”
Read MoreAstoria political club under name-change pressure seeks community feedback
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Institutions across the country are reckoning with their appropriation of indigenous titles and symbols.
Read MoreQueens WWII vet receives France’s highest honor, 75 years after war
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“Your story is the utmost example of bravery and courage. We owe you our freedom – we will never forget.”
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