‘NYC’s most underappreciated park’: Flushing Meadows Corona Park is underfunded and underused, report says

‘NYC’s most underappreciated park’: Flushing Meadows Corona Park is underfunded and underused, report says

Flushing Meadows Corona Park, one of the World’s Borough’s most predominant landmarks, has seen scarce public funding in recent years, and lacks the private funding infrastructure to make up for the financial gaps.

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One-on-one with mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa

One-on-one with mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa

In a Zoom interview with the the Eagle this week, Sliwa said he firmly believes he has the ability to turn deep blue Queens red, and also discussed his campaign and his plans for New York City ahead of the November election.

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Community all in on Resorts World casino plan

Community all in on Resorts World casino plan

Of the more than 40 speakers who testified before the community advisory committee for the Resorts World casino project on Wednesday, every single one spoke in favor of the Queens gaming company’s $5.5 billion proposal to become the largest casino in the United States.

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‘Killing hope’: Advocates say gov has abandoned clemency reforms after failing to commute sentences

‘Killing hope’: Advocates say gov has abandoned clemency reforms after failing to commute sentences

Issuing her first round of clemencies in eight months, Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday pardoned 13 people but chose not to commute the sentence of a single New Yorker, despite the fact that commutation request make up a vast majority of the hundreds of clemency applications sent to the governor’s desk each year.

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Controversial proposed pipeline off Queens’ coast could make comeback

Controversial proposed pipeline off Queens’ coast could make comeback

An energy company is trying to resurrect a controversial and potentially harmful fracked gas pipeline that would run off the coast of Queens, and is being met with a familiar backlash after trying to build the pipeline three times before.

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