Richards rejects Innovation QNS
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Another blow to Innovation QNS. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards rejected efforts from developers to reshape five blocks in Astoria in an advisory recommendation this week.
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Queensboro Plaza to get accessibility upgrades
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A new elevator is coming to the Queensboro Plaza subway station after a private developer received city approval to build the accessibility upgrade in exchange for the right to build more stories in a nearby residential development last week.
Read MoreQueens org invited to steer federal response to gun violence
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“This was my big, hairy, audacious goal back in starting [Community Capacity Development],” K. Bain, the founder and executive director of the Queens organization invited to help steer the White House’s response to gun violence, recently told the Eagle. “When you have a goal like that, it has to happen that the federal government gets involved.”
Read MoreJohnson appointed as interim administrative judge in Queens Criminal Court for the second time in as many years
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For the second time in two years, Judge Michelle Johnson is leading Queens Criminal Court as court administrators look for a new permanent administrative judge.
Read MoreAssigned counsel scores pay increase – for now
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Attorneys representing indigent clients and children in Family and Criminal Court cases in New York were handed a significant – albeit temporary – victory in their fight for better pay last week.
Read MoreFlushing’s repeat offenders vendors face fines
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The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection stepped in earlier this week to enforce regulations against unlicensed street vending in Flushing.
Read MoreLegal Aid Society appoints attorney-in-charge of Queens Neighborhood Office
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Julia McNally has been appointed the attorney-in-charge of the Legal Aid Society’s Queens Neighborhood Office after more than a decade with the organization.
Read MoreJudge puts a hold on school budget cuts
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Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank granted a temporary restraining order and set a court date for a suit against the city for allegedly cutting school funding outside procedure.
Read More‘Get them to the door safely': Jamaica abortion clinic sees escort numbers grow following Roe reversal
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Following the overturning of federal abortion protections, a local women’s health clinic has seen an uptick in the number of people volunteering as clinic escorts – those who help patients make their way passed anti-abortion protestors and into the clinic.
Read MoreCity to appeal strike down of non-citizen voting law
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A decision from a Staten Island judge that struck down a New York City law to expand the franchise by hundreds of thousands of people will be challenged by attorneys for the city, according to court documents filed on Friday.
Read MoreLegal Aid calls on DOC to help detainees beat the heat
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Amid the city’s heat wave, public defense attorneys are calling on the Department of Correction to better protect incarcerated individuals from the soaring temperatures.
Read MoreAlonso, Obama, Mouse pick up votes in Queens’ June primary
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What do Cyndi Lauper, Mickey Mouse, Pete Alonso and Rudy Giuliani all have in common? At least one Queens voter thought each was fit to serve as governor of the Empire State.
Read MoreLate to her own deadline, Hochul says clemency changes are coming
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Half a year after Governor Kathy Hochul committed to reforming the state’s clemency process, New York’s top executive said changes should be coming soon.
Read MoreOver a year after fire, Jackson Heights tenants continue to fight for a return to their homes
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Well over a year after an eight-alarm fire ripped through their apartment complex in Jackson Heights, injuring dozens and displacing hundreds, a group of over 60 tenants are in a continued legal battle with the building’s landlord, demanding that they be let back into their homes.
Read MoreParents, teachers sue city over education budget cuts
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A group of parents and teachers are suing the city, Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of Education over budget cuts they allege were made outside of proper procedure.
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