Participatory budgeting begins with few Queens pols partaking
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With the new City Council in place, participatory budgeting season has begun.
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Interborough Express is feasible, MTA says in new study
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“Infrastructure is all about connection.”
Read MoreProsecutors, defense gear up for retrial of Prakash Churaman
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“We're all just here waiting, in limbo, for my life.”
Read MoreQueens Botanical Garden names new executive director
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“I'm really excited to build on the foundation that the previous executive director Susan Lacerte built.”
LaGuardia Community College to launch offshore wind training
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"Building an inclusive offshore wind workforce will allow us to ensure that low-income communities of color and other communities that have been left behind in the past have a chance to lead the green economy of the future."
Read MoreJASA calls attention to senior food insecurity with diverse cookbook
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“Something we all have in common and can come together over is food.”"
Read MoreFlushing lawmakers and residents ask for info on proposed transitional housing
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“We all of a sudden found out that this shelter will be going into our Downtown area and we have been very anxious to know what happened.”
Read MoreNYCBA proposes reforms to courts, criminal justice
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The New York City Bar Association recently released its 2022 legislative agenda, featuring policies to reform the courts, criminal justice, state government and other aspects of life in New York State.
Read MoreJudge recertification lawsuit continues
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Though four Appellate Division justices had their lawsuit against the Office of Court Administration and its leaders dismissed last month, the legal battle over the controversial decision not to recertify a group of older judges in 2020 continued this week.
Read MoreCity leaders call for immediate action against evictions and to ensure Right to Counsel
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“We are sounding the alarm today in the face of what could be an avalanche of evictions to crash over tenants in this city on a scale that we’ve never seen.”
Read MoreLegislators call to end regulation against blood donations from gay men
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The lawmakers criticized existing policy which “continues to stigmatize gay and bisexual men and undermine crucial efforts to ensure an adequate and stable national blood supply.”
Read MoreQueens community rallies for citizenship reform
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“It is us, immigrant workers who built this city, it us… who have helped the city survive a pandemic and continue to risk our lives.”
Read MoreAdvocates call on city to meet hunger striking detainees’ demands
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Advocates and lawmakers rallied at Rikers Island to call on the city to meet the demands made by hunger striking detainees who say they’ve had enough of the deteriorating conditions inside the jail complex.
Read MoreMayor calls on feds to send more cash for rent assistance
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“The federal government has the resources, and now it is time for them to take action.”
Read MoreQueens BP calls for creation of office of COVID recovery
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“We need to take control of our response to COVID-19.”
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