‘Won’t be able to serve’: Adams attempts to go back to business as usual in Queens – but residents aren’t so convinced

‘Won’t be able to serve’: Adams attempts to go back to business as usual in Queens – but residents aren’t so convinced

Speaking publicly in Queens for the first time since being indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges, Mayor Eric Adams announced from the World’s Borough that the city was patching up its water supply – he also appeared to be trying to patch up his relationship with New Yorkers.

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Gov’s Interborough Express faces uncertain future after gov’s congestion pricing pause

Gov’s Interborough Express faces uncertain future after gov’s congestion pricing pause

A little more than two years after Governor Kathy Hochul first introduced plans to build the Interborough Express, the future of her ambitious plan to build the much-needed public transit option for Queens and Brooklyn residents appears to be uncertain, almost entirely as a result of the governor's own 11th-hour pause on the implementation of the MTA’s congestion pricing plan.

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Congestion pricing debate comes to a head at foot of Queensborough Bridge

Congestion pricing debate comes to a head at foot of Queensborough Bridge

The 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.

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Advocacy group calls for end to ‘rubber stamping’ judges to new terms

Advocacy group calls for end to ‘rubber stamping’ judges to new terms

A little more than a year after successfully lobbying the State Senate to reject the governor’s chief judge nominee for the first time in history, the advocacy group behind the push is calling on the governor and state lawmakers to more closely scrutinize judicial appointments and nominations for judicial openings across the state.

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