During the early days of the pandemic, the Rockaway peninsula faced higher than average rates of COVID-19 – and it did so with just one hospital. Last week, Mayor Eric Adams promised more support was on the way.
Read MoreThe Senate’s one-house budget resolution outlined spending priorities for the upcoming year including support for the justice system and reform efforts.
Read MoreA Queens immigration attorney who sought asylum in the U.S. in the 1990s after being jailed by the Chinese government, was fatally stabbed in his Flushing office Monday.
Read MoreA number of Queens lawmakers and advocates called on the mayor to make the city’s parks a little greener, in more ways than one.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul and the Cannabis Control Board issued the most concrete guidance on New York’s marijuana industry to date.
Federal legislators and local environmental justice leaders gathered Friday to discuss the future of green policies in Queens - and how they can best serve the communities most impacted by policies of the past.
The fight against Question 26 of the bar application, which asks about an applicant's criminal history, is once again being placed at the center of a conversation about building an equitable justice system.
Read MoreFlushing Councilmember Sandra Ung issued a letter to Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez this week urging the agency to improve signage and transparency.
Read MoreAt the beginning of the year, Queens-raised Justice Valerie Brathwaite Nelson was appointed to a senior seat on the court by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Read MoreIt’s been two years since the city’s Local Conditional Release Commission was created – why is it still without a single commissioner?
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams stopped by Jamaica to announce a partnership with Habitat for Humanity and city agencies aimed at transforming a number of neglected properties into 16 green homes that will be sold as affordable housing.
Read MoreDevelopers of a massive redevelopment project in Astoria gearing up for the city’s rezoning process hit a potentially project-killing snag Wednesday.
Read MoreWith the state’s redistricting process nearly in the rear view mirror, New York City is turning toward its next redistricting fight – City Council districts.
Read MoreThe Museum of the Moving Image is hosting a live event this week to discuss the details of fabricated videos and their consequences.
Read MoreAs the invasion of Ukraine continues, residents from the World’s Borough are stepping up to support resistors and refugees in need with a series of donation drives.
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