Assistant DA honored with 2019 Hispanic Heritage Award
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“Carmencita is a trailblazer, a dedicated prosecutor, a tireless advocate for people of color and a professional in every sense of the word.”
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New flowers bloom at Queens Botanical Garden
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There’s officially more flower power at the Queens Botanical Garden.
Read MoreCity measures progress almost 7 years after Hurricane Sandy
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Sandy devastated parts of New York City in 2012, including Queens’ coastal areas like the Rockaways and Breezy Point, and efforts to rehabilitate the impacted homes, neighborhoods and infrastructure have been ongoing.
Read MoreFired supers lose their jobs and their homes across NYC
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All across the city, property owners and managers fire non-unionized superintendents en masse when their companies purchase large building portfolios, said Sateesh Nori, the attorney-in-charge of the Queens Neighborhood Office of The Legal Aid Society.
Read MoreRidgewood is the next stop for Citi Bike
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The expansion comes as part of Lyft’s plan to double the Citi Bike service area by 35 square miles over the course of the next several years.
Read MoreVandal causes $10,000 of damage in Hollis church
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On Sept. 8, the same person was caught on video tearing down signs and damaging potted plants in the church’s parking lot.
Read MoreSunnyside Yard public meeting taken over by vocal opponents
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Even before the first public meeting regarding Sunnyside Yard, community members raised concerns about displacement related to the neighborhood-building initiative.
Read MoreState inaction could delay pay raises for justices
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Judicial salaries depend on the type of judge, and can vary from $240,000 for the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to $189,000 for City Court Judges.
Read MoreNew food court coming to Queens Place Mall
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The new food court will open in the summer of 2020.
Read MoreNew J-Lo film features LIC strip club
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Several of the club’s dancers were also cast in the film.
Read MoreNYPD officials ‘dragging their feet’ on release of body camera footage
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Officials from the CCRB told attendees at a forum in Long Island City on Sept. 12 that there were “issues obtaining reliable and timely information” regarding police footage.
Read MoreCity honors Jamaica detective killed in the line of duty
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“To have the street named after him right next to a park named after him is like the biggest honor there can be.”
Read MoreCabán files campaign committee for undisclosed office
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Political insiders have speculated about Cabán running for office at the city, state and federal level.
Read MoreCommunity hopes the proposed Sunnyside Yard mega-development includes affordable housing, shops
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Better transit connections, too.
Read MoreQueens court considers new DNA evidence in 26-year-old murder case
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Prosecutors will argue against the astronomical likelihood ratio of a DNA test.
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