Queens elected officials and advocates braved the cold Monday to announce their next legislative steps to combat New York City’s contributions to the climate crisis next to a neighborhood so affected by air pollution it has been nicknamed “Asthma Alley.”
“If it looks like gerrymandering and sounds like gerrymandering – it’s most likely gerrymandering,” said Brian Browne, an adjunct professor of political science at St. John’s University.
Queens Public Library reopened the Far Rockaway Teen Library on Monday, after its closure during the earliest days of the pandemic.
“While the letters are surely embarrassing to the Corporation Counsel and the Queens District Attorney, they disclose nothing that can remotely be thought to be confidential.”
More than 100 community leaders and organizations from South East Queens signed on to a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to keep Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park united in the final redistricting map.
The Dominican Bar Association swore in its 2022 officers during a ceremony officiated by Supreme Court Justice Bianka Perez, including a Queens resident as its president.
“This has been a consistent issue.”
Read More“We need every judge we can get hearing these cases and helping us move through this immense backlog,” Adams said.
Read More“It was a very important piece of reform legislation that we worked on for years.”
Read More“For far too long marijuana has been a barrier to employment, housing and education for individuals in communities already suffering from inequality.”
Read MoreThe nonprofit says the decision could aid more than 20,000 students in Queens, many of whom have been shut out of other forms of financial aid.
The New York City Parks Department is marking Black History month with an exhibit highlighting the spaces renamed for influential Black New Yorkers.
Read More“The Republicans are intentionally running out the clock to prevent the Commission from voting on second maps by its deadline.”
Read MoreAdams’ public safety plan revolves around changes to policing, the courts and state law, specifically in regards to bail and the prosecution of youthful offenders.
Read MoreThe New York State Bar Association is recommending a revision to the bar admission application, criticizing the legality of a question about juvenile delinquency and criminal records.
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