Long lines and unsafe conditions await at some Queens COVID test sites
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“We are in a surge and we’ve had months to prepare for this.”
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A quarter million Queens voters cast their ballots early
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“This is a battle for democracy.”
Read MoreTenants at Astoria luxury tower demand landlord rehire fired workers
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“We are not afraid to use our rent dollars somewhere else.”
Read MoreHallets Cove restoration will begin in early 2021
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“The days of Hallets Cove as a crumbling dumping ground are over. We will make good on a promise to reimagine this waterfront by restoring its ecology.”
Read MoreFrom Arverne to Astoria, 40,000 Queens voters brave chilly lines to cast early ballots
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“No matter what, I wouldn’t miss this vote.”
Read More‘Spoketacular’ leads families on cycling tour of Western Queens
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A Halloween-themed cycling event tour will lead families on a tour of Western Queens this Sunday.
Astoria Houses tenants weigh rent strike after three weeks without gas
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“I’m not afraid of talking about this. Something has to be done.”
Read MoreOrganizer in race for Long Island City council seat wants to flip NYC's land use process
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“We need to end the ULURP process. It’s a broken model of development in New York.”
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 MoreToo small for solar, Rikers Island could become NYC’s renewable energy storage site
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A plan to transform Rikers Island into a renewable energy powerhouse would focus on the relatively small island’s capacity for storing power to send to the electrical grid when demand rises, according to a panel of policy experts and New York City officials.
Read MoreMobile science lab parks outside Astoria Houses
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“This is all about creating that spark, that love of science. For young people it’s giving them that possibility to say, ‘Oh I want to do that, I want to learn more.’ Give them that window into a whole new world that they never even knew existed.”
Read MoreOpinion: Astoria power plant proposal undermines NYC’s resiliency goals
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A new Astoria power plant would “only continue the environmental injustice that’s dominated western Queens for too long.”
Read MoreNYC Climate Week shines spotlight on Queens’ fight for renewable energy
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The climate crisis threatens to submerge the Rockaway peninsula, flood low-lying communities and exacerbate health problems, particularly among low-income residents, in the borough of 2.3 million people.
Read MoreQueens composters get funding boost after NYC halts curbside pickup
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In the coming weeks, partners across the city like the Queens Botanical Gardens, Big Reuse and GrowNYC will be able to facilitate local collections, which were scaled back when COVID-19 increased budget restrictions.
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