Queensboro Plaza to get accessibility upgrades

Queensboro Plaza to get accessibility upgrades

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.

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Queens org invited to steer federal response to gun violence

Queens org invited to steer federal response to gun violence

“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.”

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Assigned counsel scores pay increase – for now

Assigned counsel scores pay increase – for now

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.

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‘Get them to the door safely': Jamaica abortion clinic sees escort numbers grow following Roe reversal

‘Get them to the door safely': Jamaica abortion clinic sees escort numbers grow following Roe reversal

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.

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City to appeal strike down of non-citizen voting law

City to appeal strike down of non-citizen voting law

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.

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