More than half a million was raised by candidates in four of Queens’ most competitive races for the state legislature over the last two months, new campaign finance filings show.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul plans on Tuesday to outline her plan to limit political campaigns’ use of artificial intelligence, a tool that was used – sometimes deceptively – by campaigns in Queens this past year.
Read MoreZohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as the next mayor of New York City on Thursday, becoming the first elected official from Queens to lead the five boroughs from City Hall.
Read MoreRepresentative Nydia Velázquez announced Thursday night she will retire next year, opening up a new primary for a congressional seat in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul is allocating $5 million to Astoria’s Variety Boys & Girls Club to build a new clubhouse, expand the nonprofit’s programming and build new affordable housing, making the Astoria location the largest club in the country.
Read MoreThis week, the MTA is rolling out the second and final phase of the implementation of their redrawn Queens bus maps. The rollout marks the end of an arduous 6-year process to rework the borough's bus routes with the goal of making buses faster and more frequent.
Read MoreWhile the threat of a mass legal aid strike in the city has passed, over 100 attorneys and staffers at a trio of legal services providers have remained on the picket line with little hope of returning to work any time soon.
Read MoreQueens Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas has filed to primary State Senator Jessica Ramos for her Western Queens seat next year.
Read MoreA 61-year-old man who was allegedly wielding a knife was shot and killed by police officers early Monday morning in Astoria.
Read MoreDespite widespread support from lawmakers, district attorneys and public defenders alike, Governor Kathy Hochul did not allocate the $4 million in her recently released Executive Budget Proposal needed to enable legislation that would expand the District Attorney and Indigent Legal Service Attorney Loan Forgiveness program.
Read MoreDoctors at Elmhurst Hospital, known as the epicenter of the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, rallied on Tuesday alongside their union Doctors Council SEIU, saying that they want more than pot and pan banging from city officials as they negotiate a new contract.
Read MoreNew York’s top judge last week urged Albany to pass into law a pair of bills that he said would go a long way toward reforming the state’s sentencing laws and toward correcting historic inequities in the state’s criminal justice system.
Read MoreSeveral Queens and Brooklyn elected officials are calling on the MTA to consider running the G train along its former route, deeper into Queens, now that the transit authority has announced plans to do work on the line that will likely cause major service disruptions.
Read MoreOn Monday, State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas rallied with advocates in Albany for her One Fair Wage bill, which would equally compensate tipped workers like restaurant staffers.
Read MoreIn response to a long list of pedestrian and cycling deaths in Western Queens, a group of elected officials and advocates released a comprehensive plan to make scores of improvements they believe will increase street safety in the area.
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