Snow buildup on Queens walkways hinders mobility for some
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After the borough saw nearly a foot of snow and as businesses, drivers and residents began to shovel, crosswalk medians across Queens Boulevard were still buried.
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Organizers 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 MoreNew Queens Senate district opens gate for progressive LIC candidate
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Kristen Gonzalez, a 26-year-old Queens native, was the first to announce a bid for State Senate District 17, a new electoral district lawmakers proposed as part of the state’s redistricting process Tuesday.
Read MoreDetainees continue to miss medical appointments, DOC official says
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A Rikers Island official in charge of operations at the jail complex told a Bronx judge last month that detainees have continued to be deprived of medical services despite a recent court order.
Maloney launches plan to ban fossil fuel plants in Queens
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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.”
State legislature shares Congressional redistricting map
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“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.
QPL Far Rockaway reopens teen library
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Queens Public Library reopened the Far Rockaway Teen Library on Monday, after its closure during the earliest days of the pandemic.
Letters unsealed in law professor’s case against Katz
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“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.”
Organizers call for public input as redistricting falls to lawmakers
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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.
Dominican Bar Association swears in Queens-based president
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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.
Elected officials tour Woodside Houses as tenants face heat, hot water outages
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“This has been a consistent issue.”
Read MoreCourts continue to cut through gun case backlog
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“We need every judge we can get hearing these cases and helping us move through this immense backlog,” Adams said.
Read MoreLawmakers show little appetite for Adams’ bail changes
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“It was a very important piece of reform legislation that we worked on for years.”
Read MoreQueens BP hosts talk on cannabis legalization
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“For far too long marijuana has been a barrier to employment, housing and education for individuals in communities already suffering from inequality.”
Read MoreExpand financial aid for Queens’ part-time students, report says
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The 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.
