Street Vendors march for fair access
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“We can’t be working like this forever.”
Read MoreDecades in the making, Willets Point project begins to take shape
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City officials unveiled their latest design plans for the redevelopment of Willets Point on Wednesday evening – nearly two decades after whispers of a redevelopment of the neighborhood began.
Read MoreInnovation QNS developers commit to making 40 percent of units affordable
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The developers behind Innovation QNS, a massive, five-block development proposed for Astoria, have committed to making 40 percent of the project’s approximately 2,800 housing units permanently affordable, the Eagle has learned.
Read More‘Connections are important’: Richards recounts trip to DR, PR following Hurricane Fiona
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Donovan Richards relearned a lesson on his trip to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico this weekend – the World’s Borough earned its nickname for a reason.
Read MoreRikers detainee dies shortly after being granted compassionate release
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The Department of Correction passed a grim milestone this week when Robert Pondexter became the 16th person to die either in DOC custody or shortly after being granted compassionate release.
Read MoreAnti-LGBTQ+ agitators protest Jackson Heights block party
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A block party celebrating Queens’ LGBTQ+ community was interrupted Saturday by a group of anti-LGBTQ+ agitators in Jackson Heights. But despite several tense moments, organizers of the event say the protesters did little but bring the party’s participants closer together.
Read MoreNYC officials visit Queens shelter where asylum seeker died
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Less than a week after a woman took her life in a shelter on Jamaica Avenue, city officials toured the Queens facility to try and get a sense of the conditions the migrant and others like her face upon their arrival to the five boroughs.
Read MoreCity’s Districting Commission votes down Council maps
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In a close 8-7 vote that came as a surprise to many, the New York City Districting Commission voted against sending its latest – and what could have been its final – maps to the City Council for review.
Read MoreControversial Innovation QNS project approved by City Planning Commission
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Innovation QNS has finally found a supporter. The City Planning Commission voted to approve the project, which now heads to the City Council where a “concerned” Julie Won awaits.
Read MoreQueens man cuffed for vandalizing Gandhi statue in Richmond Hill
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Police have arrested a man they believe to be one of several behind an attack on a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside of a Hindu temple in Richmond Hill last month.
Read MoreQueens baseball team is heading to the playoffs
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For the first time in six years, the only professional baseball team to ever call Queens home is heading to the playoffs.
Read MoreMayor picks QueensWay over new subway for abandoned rail line in Queens – for now
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Should a rotting rail line snaking through Central and South Queens be resurrected as a park or a new subway line? Queens has its answer – for now.
Read MoreMets broadcasters lend charm and calm to 7 train
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If there are two places Queens residents love to be miserable, it’s on the train and it’s on the couch watching a New York Mets game. Now, you can listen to the calm and assured voices of Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez while doing both.
Read MoreAgain, man dies while under DOC watch on Rikers Island
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A detained man hanged himself inside a staff bathroom on Rikers Island on Wednesday morning, marking the 14th time this year an incarcerated person has died while under the watch of the officers and officials charged with running the city’s failing jail complex.
Read MoreCabán announces support for three-tower development in Astoria
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City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán expressed her support for a three-tower development planned for Astoria this week, likely ensuring its City Council approval.
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