NYCFC soccer stadium approved by BP
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The plan to bring the city’s first-ever soccer stadium to Queens came even closer to reality on Wednesday after getting the thumbs up from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
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Gov proposes eliminating Supreme Court justice cap
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With persistent backlogs clogging up the state’s court system, Governor Kathy Hochul as part of her State of the State address proposed bringing in as many Supreme Court justices as needed to cut through the stalled cases.
Read MoreHochul lays out plans for Queens in State of the State address
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On Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her 2024 State of the State address, discussing issues like affordability, housing and mental health. Her wider goals, outlined in a 180-page document, included a handful of plans that are specific to or stand to affect Queens.
Read MoreQueens pols push One Fair Wage in Albany
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On Monday, State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas rallied with advocates in Albany for her One Fair Wage bill, which would equally compensate tipped workers like restaurant staffers.
Read MoreAdvocates demand public input on new congressional district map
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A group of redistricting advocates are calling on the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to collect public testimony ahead of the drawing of a new set of congressional maps, after the Court of Appeals ordered the commission to issue new district lines by the end of February.
Read MoreGov proposes plan to get NYers safely in the water
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The governor and mayor announced on Friday a plan to bolster swimming education and safety to New York, a particular issue for Queens where access to public swimming pools and education surrounding its coastal waters has been subpar for years.
Read MoreRikers detainee denied medical care after DOC driver crashed jail bus, suit alleges
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A Brooklyn man says he was denied medical care on Rikers Island after he was knocked unconscious in a car crash caused by the driver of a Department of Correction bus taking him to court, a new lawsuit filed in Queens alleges.
Read MoreWhat’s Louis Molina’s job? City Hall won’t say
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Former Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina was recently named assistant deputy mayor for public safety. But what that job entails, the mayor’s office won’t say.
Read MoreQueens pol’s bill takes aim at illegal smoke shops
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A new bill from a Queens legislator would give the city and other local municipalities within the Empire State more authority when it comes to shutting down illegal smoke shops.
Read MoreWhile murders drop, other crimes rise under Adams in Queens
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Though murders and a handful of other crimes have dropped significantly over the past two years, a bulk of the seven major felonies tracked by the NYPD have risen since Mayor Eric Adams first took office.
Read MoreSpeaker’s gavel stays in Queens
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The gavel belonging to the speaker of the New York City Council will stay in Queens after South Queens representative Adrienne Adams was unanimously re-elected to the role.
Read MoreGovernor and AG kick off new year with affordability, consumer protection goals
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Governor Kathy Hochul and State Attorney General Letitia James laid out a new agenda of consumer protection and affordability plans on Tuesday, giving a preview of goals the governor will lay out in her 2024 State of the State address.
Read MoreSmall earthquake rumbles in Queens
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A small earthquake rumbled parts of Western Queens early on Tuesday morning, shaking in the new year and causing explosions at Roosevelt Island just across the water from the World’s Borough.
Read MoreJackson Heights school health clinic closed by city with little explanation
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The little-explained closure of a city-run Gotham Health clinic inside a Jackson Heights school is hitting students and parents hard, and has left a gap in healthcare for students and families struggling to find it elsewhere.
Read MoreNo sprinklers or guards as detainees were trapped during Rikers fire, report says
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Detainees were held in locked cells that were filling up with smoke for nearly a half hour as a fire spread through a Rikers Island facility in April, a new report from the city’s Board of Correction found.
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