Following months of outrage from a local lawmaker and a group of vocal Briarwood residents, a proposed homeless shelter for the neighborhood will now have an age restriction on the population it soon will serve.
Read MoreA group of elected officials are urging the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation to take a closer look at the borough’s flood risk as they map out the future of green energy throughout New York.
Read MoreThough there has yet to be a case detected in the city’s jails, the Legal Aid Society is calling on the city to be more transparent with its plans for vaccinating and treating its incarcerated population for monkeypox.
Read MoreA food collaborative has launched in Flushing after a major food pantry in the neighborhood was evicted last month. The organizations behind the new food pantry are figuring things out as they go.
Read MoreKristen Gonzalez beats out Elizabeth Crowley in State Senate District 59. Senator Joseph Addabbo cruises to victory. Robert Zimmerman wins in Congressional District 3. Read more about the results of Tuesday’s primary election here.
Read MoreThe city is cracking down on illegal truck parking on residential roads, an issue officials say is a plague particular to Queens.
Read MoreProblems at the polls? An apt metaphor for the race for Queens only State Senate District? A voter spits on the ground after exiting a polling site? Did Queens’ second primary election in as many months have it all?
Read MoreFor the second time this month, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside of a Hindu temple in Richmond Hill was vandalized. While it suffered damage after the first attack, this time it was destroyed.
Read MoreQueens residents agree – the New York City Districting Commission’s proposed map of new council districts in the borough leave a lot to be desired.
Read MoreThe race for the only open State Senate district in Queens saw a major shakeup over the weekend as early voting began throughout New York State.
Read MoreOfficials continue the search for a new home for La Jornada, a major food pantry in Western Queens that was evicted from its headquarters in a Flushing NYCHA complex at the end of last month.
Read MoreThe city has yet to issue any updates on the transfer of Rikers Island facilities to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, after Mayor Eric Adams announced the July transfer would not happen.
Read MoreThe largely pro forma judicial convention to nominate Supreme Court justice candidates to the Queens County Democratic Party’s line in November was met with dissent this week by a group of New Reformer delegates.
Read MoreThe FBI raided the Florida home of a Queens-born real estate developer on Monday as part of an investigation into whether or not he took classified documents from the White House.
Read MoreThe Queens Democratic Party will meet Tuesday to nominate four judicial candidates to its party line in the November race for Queens Supreme Court justice. Find out who is expected to get the nomination and more about the process here.
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