Federal judge extends Census deadline in latest twist for Queens outreach effort
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“The fact is New York City residents need to respond to the census and they need to do it immediately.”
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Queens’ new soccer club joins NYC’s Census Team
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Queens’ newest professional sports club is partnering with the city’s outreach team to make sure borough residents are counted in the crucial 2020 U.S. Census.
Read MoreJuneteenth still missing from list of New York state holidays
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“I’m hoping it was an oversight.”
Read MoreMobile science lab parks outside Astoria Houses
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“This is all about creating that spark, that love of science. For young people it’s giving them that possibility to say, ‘Oh I want to do that, I want to learn more.’ Give them that window into a whole new world that they never even knew existed.”
Read MoreAfter AG’s bodycam pledge, family of Queens teen shot by cops seeks footage
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“I don’t know how it could possibly take seven months.”
Read MoreAfter AG’s bodycam pledge, family of Queens teen shot by cops seeks footage
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“I don’t know how it could possibly take seven months.”
Read MoreCouncil weighs carbon cap on large polluting apartment buildings
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“We have ten years to be able to not only implement changes required with this law but changes to reverse significant impact to our planet related to greenhouse gas emissions.”
Read MoreAdvocates again urge lawmakers to repeal ‘walking while trans’ ban
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“It's your duty to build a New York that is for all of us, not only some communities in particular. We are still being oppressed. Every time that one of our trans sisters is profiled and detained, it is an attack on all of us.”
Read MoreNYC Climate Week shines spotlight on Queens’ fight for renewable energy
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The climate crisis threatens to submerge the Rockaway peninsula, flood low-lying communities and exacerbate health problems, particularly among low-income residents, in the borough of 2.3 million people.
Read MoreState court system taps business leaders to foster access to justice
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The state’s top judge has tapped some of New York’s top business leaders to help drive access to justice for all litigants and defendants.
Read MoreConstantinides bill would cross jaywalking off list of NYC offenses
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“Every New Yorker crosses in the middle of the block, but that can end in a ticket depending on your skin color.”
Read MoreJackson Heights Community Fridge to host back-to-school event
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“I didn't grow up seeing myself or someone like me in the books I read. It wasn’t until I was in college where I saw that there are books that highlight Queer, indigenous individuals.”
Read MoreNew York judges of color release report on institutional racism in court system
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“There will be uncomfortable, but necessary, truths.”
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Two Queens Council Districts have city’s highest census response rates
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Complete your census at 2020census.gov
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