Queens senator agrees to back Cohen’s casino at Citi Field

Queens senator agrees to back Cohen’s casino at Citi Field

A Queens lawmaker over the weekend said he’d introduce a bill that would allow New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot in exchange for a longshot promise to build a pedestrian bridge over Flushing Creek.

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‘Quite confused’: SEQ left out of illegal truck parking pilot despite being plagued by the issue

‘Quite confused’: SEQ left out of illegal truck parking pilot despite being plagued by the issue

When the Department of Transportation last week announced a new pilot program to address illegal truck parking, a group of elected officials in Southeast Queens were not only shocked to hear that their neighborhoods weren’t included in the program, but that there was even a pilot in the works at all.

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Queens-led coalition files lawsuit against City of Yes

Queens-led coalition files lawsuit against City of Yes

A Queens-led coalition of lawmakers and civic groups on Wednesday sued Mayor Eric Adams in an effort to stop the implementation of the City of Yes, the city’s largest zoning overhaul in decades which stands to serve as a major marker of Adams’ time in office, should it stand.

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