Bayside man dies at Rikers Island
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For the eighth time this year, a person being held in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction has died.
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Welcome to Queens: Migrants share their experiences at Creedmoor shelter
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Creedmoor shelter migrants share their experiences so far, from conditions to work authorization.
Read MoreElmhurst Hospital gets $3 million boost from QBP
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced on Monday that his office would be sending $3 million in funding to New York City Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst.
Feds sign off on plan to bring migrant shelter to Floyd Bennett Field
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Governor Kathy Hochul said on Monday that she and the Biden administration had struck a deal to house more than 2,000 asylum seekers at a historic former naval air station just north of the Rockaway peninsula.
Read MorePols applaud Rockaway homeownership development
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Queens electeds are applauding an affordable homeownership project coming to Far Rockaway that was the result of a deal with the developer just before the City Council nearly voted to scrap the project altogether.
Read MorePretrial service agencies managed influx after bail reform: CUNY report
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A recently released study from the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance shows that those worries may have been mostly unfounded, with pretrial services mostly keeping up with the demand, despite some challenges.
Read More13 arrested at protest against Creedmoor shelter
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13 protestors including former mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa were arrested while protesting the Creedmoor migrant tent shelter in Queens Village on Wednesday night.
Read MoreQueens District Attorney expands retail theft program boroughwide
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the NYPD announced a borough-wide expansion of the Merchants Business Improvement Program on Tuesday, as retail theft continues to be an issue for city law enforcement.
Read MoreMTA shares Interborough Express details
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During an hour-long presentation, the MTA gave the public new details and updates on the planned Interborough Express, the potentially transformative railway project to connect Brooklyn and Queens.
Read MoreCreedmoor tent shelter opens to migrants
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The migrant tent shelter at Creedmoor opened its doors to migrants on Tuesday, one day ahead of schedule, welcoming in the first 100 or so asylum seekers amid local pushback on the facility.
Read MoreRichards’ “Borough Hall on Your Block” heads to Northwest Queens
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced his third “Borough Hall on Your Block”, which will take the initiative to events in Northwest Queens next week.
Read MoreThe Colors of Queens: Murals unveiled at Queens Family Court
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Four murals, each depicting the colors and diversity of Queens and painted by local high school students, were unveiled on Tuesday at Queens Family Court in Jamaica.
Read MoreCity Council takes on illegal smoke shops
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A new city law in response to the scourge of illegal smoke shops went into effect this summer, and on Monday, the Queens councilmember who sponsored it and other officials discussed how the new law will work.
Read MoreQueens Dems select Supreme Court candidates
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Judges Cassandra Johnson, Karen Lin, Peter Kelly, Scott Dunn and Jessica Earle-Gargan will each run on the Democratic Party’s line for one of the five vacancies on the bench in the World’s Borough after being selected by the party at their annual judicial convention on Thursday evening.
Read MoreQueens GOP picks judge nominations
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Scott Dunn and Gary Muraca were both selected on Saturday night to run with the GOP’s endorsement to fill the vacancies on the bench in the World’s Borough.
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