Just one vote separates candidates in Assembly District 23 race, with incumbent in lead
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If there was ever an election to prove the power of a single vote, it is the race to represent Queens’ 23rd Assembly District.
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Newly unified redistricting commission releases a reshuffled Queens Assembly map
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The New York Independent Redistricting Commission began its Assembly redistricting re-do this week, presenting major shakeups to Queens’ electoral lines in its draft map.
Read MoreCity agrees to pay $300 million to former Rikers detainees
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The city and its Department of Correction has agreed to pay a class of individuals formerly detained on Rikers Island up to $300 million for allegedly failing to release them in a timely manner after they posted bail.
Read MoreEthics investigation into former chief judge closes – for now
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An ethics investigation into former Chief Judge Janet DiFiore allegedly started by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct last year has been temporarily closed as a result of the top judge’s retirement in August.
Read MoreNas reflects on his childhood, rise to fame in Queens on new record
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“Queens in the house.”
Read MoreLast remaining Queens Assembly race continues in court with recount looming
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With only three votes separating incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato and Republican challenger Thomas Sullivan, the two candidates went to court to argue over the validity of about 100 absentee ballots, which could sway the race if a judge rules that they can be counted.
Read More‘Hope is being stripped away’: Lawmakers, advocates demand DOCCS eliminate new package policy
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“The men and women who are incarcerated, they need their packages back, they need to feel connected to the family members – it's as simple as that.”
Read MoreWestern Queens schools welcome migrant students but say city has fallen short on support
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In District 30, parents and school staff say that while they’ve embarked on several different efforts to meet the needs of the influx of newly arrived students, institutional support from the city has been lagging.
Read MorePoll shows bipartisan support for solitary confinement ban
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A bill that would effectively ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails already has super-majority support in the City Council – now, new polling suggests that the details of the bill have broad support across the political spectrum.
Read MoreAssembly District 23 candidates head to court as ballot count drags on
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A Queens judge heard arguments in a case brought by incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato against her Republican challenger, Thomas Sullivan, in the race to represent a portion of southern Queens and the Rockaway peninsula in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Read MoreInnovation QNS officially approved by City Council
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The largest rezoning in the history of Queens – dubbed Innovation QNS – was given the thumbs up on Tuesday by the City Council, clearing the final major hurdle in the half decade battle for the project’s approval.
Read MorePublic defenders say Queens DA’s evidence sharing practices violate spirit of discovery reform
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The Legal Aid Society says that in the nearly three years since the state’s discovery reform laws went into effect, the Queens district attorney’s office has yet to create a logical and organized way to share evidence with criminal defense attorneys.
Read MoreFollowing ‘bloody battle,’ Innovation QNS heads toward approval
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Following months of negotiations and heated disagreements that sparked a citywide conversation about how elected officials plan to deal with the city’s housing crisis, the City Council’s Land Use Committee unanimously approved the controversial Innovation QNS development slated for Astoria.
Read MoreJudge stops federal Rikers takeover – for now
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A federal judge ruled Thursday that it is premature to take control of the Rikers Island jail complex away from New York City and hand it over to a federal receiver.
Read MoreSouth Queens Assembly race likely headed toward recount
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Eight votes is all that separates incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato and Republican challenger Thomas Sullivan in the race for Assembly District 23.
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