Jackson Heights fire displaces hundreds of tenants
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The fire forced 240 tenants from 90 units to flee the building.
Read MoreNew York eliminates ‘Walking While Trans’ ban after years of advocacy
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“Anybody and everybody should be able to wear whatever they want and walk their streets safely.”
Read MoreAdvocates again urge lawmakers to repeal ‘walking while trans’ ban
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“It's your duty to build a New York that is for all of us, not only some communities in particular. We are still being oppressed. Every time that one of our trans sisters is profiled and detained, it is an attack on all of us.”
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.
Read MoreJackson Heights Community Fridge to host back-to-school event
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“I didn't grow up seeing myself or someone like me in the books I read. It wasn’t until I was in college where I saw that there are books that highlight Queer, indigenous individuals.”
Read MoreCity census team partners with COVID testing corps for Queens outreach
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“Getting tested and filling out the Census are the only ways in which Queens and New York City are going to be able to recover and rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter demonstrators take to streets in Jackson Heights
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“We don’t pay you to kill us.”
Read MoreMake the Road unveils plan to fight climate crisis
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“If we don’t take action now, none of us are going to have a home.”
Read MoreMan who stabbed wife in Jackson Heights nail salon sentenced to 25 years
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William Rivas used a long knife to stab his wife in the chest multiple times.
Read MoreUber-driving labor organizer enters crowded race for Assembly District 34
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“I don’t see many people in the state Assembly who have a story like me.”
Read MoreResidents denounce ‘walking while trans’ ban at Jackson Heights town hall
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“What all of this is about is harm reduction. What we want is to make sure all of our neighbors are safe.”
Read MoreEast Elmhurst town hall erupts over Queens bus network redesign
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“The Q49, they’re totally redesigning in a way that does not serve the public.”
Read MoreConstantinides: The time is now to establish universal after-school
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It’s beyond time we phase in a Universal After School program that makes quality programming in a constructive space available to every elementary school student.
Read MoreQueens sandwiches top list of city’s best bites
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Queens sandwiches are some of the best in the boroughs, at least according to one food critic.
Read MoreNew Year’s resolutions, Queens style
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Not all resolutions have to be “go to bed earlier” or “eat more salads.”
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