Governor Kathy Hochul called for a special election to fill the vacant seat on Monday, setting election day for Sept. 12. The election day officially launches the race to fill Daniel Rosenthal’s seat as he moves on to a governmental relations job with the UJA-Federation, a Jewish non-profit.
Despite another day of local pushback from Queens officials over the city's plan to bring migrant shelters to two sites in the borough, the mayor says all options to house asylum seekers arriving to the city are “still on the table.”
Read MoreOff the side of a highway on Monday evening, protesters and local elected officials gathered to oppose plans to construct a tent shelter for asylum seekers at the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Queens. However, just before the demonstration was set to begin, officials learned that the plan had been scrapped.
Read MoreFormer State Senator and City Councilmember Tony Avella appears to have won the District 19 Democratic primary, defeating former Queens assistant district attorney and first-time candidate Christopher Bae by a margin of just 123 votes.
Ahead of the primary, which falls on Tuesday, June 27, the Queens Daily Eagle sent a five-question survey to every candidate running for one of the borough’s 15 City Council seats.
Read MoreAssemblymember Daniel Rosenthal is stepping down from his seat representing Queens’ 27th District to take a job with the UJA-Federation of New York, a Jewish non-profit.
Read MoreA Queens city councilmember was booted from her assignment on the Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addiction as retribution for anti-LGBTQ+ remarks she made last year.
Read MoreTake a look at who has started raising money in the upcoming Queens City Council races.
Read MoreThe city scrapped a plan to temporarily house a little more than 100 of the thousands of asylum seekers sent from Texas to New York City in a College Point hotel this week.
Read MoreQueens City Councilmember Vicki Paladino may be facing sanctions after she went on an online screed, vowing to withhold funding from schools that host drag queen events last week.
Read MoreRepublican City Councilmember Vickie Paladino was barred from entering the Council floor on her first day in office after she refused to tell officials her vaccination status.
Read MoreSeveral Republican candidates showed strong results in races throughout Queens Tuesday night, leading in a handful of contests.
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