It’s been over a decade since Rockaway’s Peninsula Hospital shuttered its doors. The closure was the start of what locals have described as a dwindling and inadequate healthcare system in Queens’ southernmost community, which often posts among the highest rates of child mortality, shootings and homicides.
Read MoreThe fight over Governor Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing pause came to a head at the foot of the Queensborough Bridge on Friday as a local Queens pol who has long been opposed to the now-delayed toll sparred with transit advocates and prevented a local city councilmember supportive of congestion pricing from making remarks to the press.
Read MoreDuring full and new moons, when tides get higher than normal, water from the basins that surround the neighborhoods of Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach flood into the streets and the homes of the residential area in South Queens. The flooding now happens at least twice a month.
Read MoreThe Queens County Bar Association on Wednesday said that one of the two Democratic candidates running for an impending vacancy on the coveted Surrogate’s Court bench was “not approved” for the seat.
Read MoreSurrogate’s Court Candidate Wendy Li recently spoke with the Eagle by phone about her position in the race, her hopes for the Surrogate’s Court, her eyebrow-raising fundraising and more.
Read MoreJudges are applauding a bill passed in Albany last week that would nearly eliminate the so-called “death gamble,” which they say forced them to choose between staying on the bench or retiring for the sake of their family’s financial future.
Read MoreThe coalition Assemblymember Juan Ardila built and rode to victory in 2022 has dissipated. But instead of lining up behind just one of his two challengers in the upcoming primary election, they’ve split.
Read MoreOver 1,000 airport workers between Queens’ two airports rallied on Thursday to call for higher pay and increased benefits just weeks before their labor contract runs out at the end of the month.
Read MoreThe Adams administration said this week that it plans to mount a legal challenge to a law banning solitary confinement in New York City’s jails, around two months before it is supposed to go into effect.
Read MoreA meeting in Queens was the second overall meeting of Mayor Eric Adams’ recently-convened Charter Revision Commission, but the first planned to take public input. But one thing was largely missing for the Wednesday meeting at Queens Borough Hall – the public.
Read MoreFormer Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina has been tapped by Mayor Eric Adams to lead the city’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services.
Read MoreLast week, eight Queens residents graduated from the borough’s treatment courts. The courts are designed to divert people away from traditional criminal prosecution and toward services that could help them turn their life around. They may soon be expanding.
Read More“Real accountability means more than just punishment. It means transforming your behavior. That should be at the heart of any quest for justice.”
Read More“The trucking industry plays a critical role in sustaining the city that never sleeps. Yet, our city streets are not currently set up to support this.”
Read More“It is more important than ever for community members to make their voices heard [on the MTA’s redesign of Queens’ bus network].”
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