A group of South Queens elected officials are calling on the city to pull a private contractor from an affordable housing project in Rockaway after the company failed to notify the city of an injury that occurred on the construction site last year.
Read MoreLeadership of the City Council on Thursday announced which councilmembers will be serving on which committees and which lawmakers will be in charge of them.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 MoreThe 20-year-old from Maspeth accused of fatally running over a 3-year-old in Flushing last week was arraigned on a 14-count indictment in Queens Criminal Court on Thursday.
Read MoreIn just under a month, Queens voters will head to the polls to cast votes in their local City Council elections.
Read MoreNearly a year after the mayor announced that his administration was choosing to build a park over a 3.5 mile strip of abandoned rail that cuts through Central and South Queens, a group of supporters hoping to revive the rail line rallied at City Hall on Wednesday.
Read MoreQueens 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 MoreA 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 MoreA controversial Queens affordable housing development was approved by the City Council on Thursday after being changed at the last minute from offering 100 percent affordable rental units to 100 percent home ownership units, addressing concerns raised by the local councilmember.
Read MoreA scheduled vote on a proposal to build an affordable housing development in the Edgemere section of the Rockaway peninsula was delayed by the City Council on Tuesday after the plan received pushback from the local councilmember.
Read MoreTraffic deaths continue to reach record numbers in Queens, transportation advocacy group Transportation Alternatives found in a recent report.
Read MoreIn an effort to address the drowning issues that have plagued her community for years, Rockaway Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers has introduced legislation that requires the city to establish an annual report on drowning incidents.
Read MoreA 14-year-old boy was killed over the weekend while swimming off of Rockaway Beach, the first drowning fatality off of the Queens’ shores this summer, which also comes after a dangerous summer season in 2022.
Read MoreAhead 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.
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