Queens’ beaches open for summer
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New York City’s beaches opened to fanfare on Friday on Queens’ Rockaway peninsula where local leaders, residents and one giant bird rang in the start of summer season in the World’s Borough.
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Speaker says a Diwali school holiday is coming – but is it such a sure thing?
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The promise of a Diwali school holiday in New York City has never been closer. But with only a handful of days left in the legislative session, hurdles remain.
Read MoreElmhurst Hospital strike comes to an end as tentative agreement is reached
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After two full days on the picket line, resident doctors at Elmhurst Hospital have tentatively agreed to a new labor contract with their employers at Mount Sinai, ending the historic strike.
Read MoreQueens can now vote on how to spend ‘The People’s Money’
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You can have a say in how “The People’s Money” is spent in Queens.
Read MoreQueens has fewest Family Court judges per capita – a new bill could change that
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A bill that would boost the number of Family Court judges in New York City began to advance through the State Senate this week.
Read MoreDoctors strike at Elmhurst Hospital
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Resident doctors at Elmhurst Hospital are on strike. It’s the first time doctors in the city have gone on strike in over three decades.
Read MoreGrasso says he’ll up victims’ services within Queens DA’s office if elected
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George Grasso, one of several Democrats challenging incumbent Melinda Katz in the upcoming primary election for Queens district attorney, said that if elected, he’d reform the way the top prosecutor’s office interacts with victims of crimes.
Read MoreCiti Field casino not coming any time soon, lawmaker says at town hall
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New York Mets owner Steve Cohen may be all in on his desire to bring a casino to Western Queens – but the house is going to make him wait on his pay out.
Read MoreQueens South Asian community groups keep redistricting fight going
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The APA Voice Redistricting Task Force filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the New York Independent Redistricting Commission in order to figure out why a draft version of their district that received widespread community support was scrapped at the final moments of a tumultuous redistricting process.
Read MoreFormer top Queens judge officially named chief administrative judge
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Joseph Zayas, who spent two decades of his legal career in Queens, was officially named chief administrative judge of New York’s court system on Thursday.
Read MoreAdams doesn’t rule out housing migrants on Rikers Island
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Mayor Eric Adams said that he would not take Rikers Island off the table as a potential place to house newly arrived migrants.
Read MoreLocal pol’s Israel bill creates controversy in Queens
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Astoria Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani recently introduced "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act,” a bill that would stop tax-exempt registered nonprofits in New York from helping to fund the State of Israel’s settlement activities in the West Bank, which have been deemed illegal by the United Nations. That legislation is now garnering condemnation from dozens of his legislative colleagues who have called it antisemetic.
Read MoreDetainee dies, marking second Rikers death of the year
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A 52-year-old Rikers Island detainee died in a Queens hospital on Tuesday, several days after he was severely injured inside the jail.
Read MoreDOC to slash outside programming for detainees
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The Department of Correction has told half a dozen organizations that provide services and programs to jailed New Yorkers that they will no longer be contracted to work with the agency come July.
Read MoreElmhurst Hospital residents poised to strike if deal is not reached
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Residents and interns at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens are scheduled to strike on Monday if a deal is not reached before then
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