Feb. 28, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Nearly 200 community members and leaders from across Long Island, New York City and Westchester gathered at the Douglaston Club on Friday, Feb. 24, to express their opposition to land use bills that Gov. Kathy Hochul included in the latest state budget proposal. The rally featured more than 20…
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No halt to Council election petitioning for now following suit over Queens district lines, judge rules
Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled on Monday that petitioning for the upcoming City Council primaries, set to begin Tuesday, can move forward after a legal defense group filed a suit seeking to delay signature gathering in a bid to alter the council maps approved after last year’s redistricting.
‘Better than ever’: NYC Parks reopens Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center after it was forced to close in January 2020
Feb. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry The Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center reopened to the public for the first time in more than three years on Monday, Feb. 27, and seniors were back in the water of its Olympic-sized swimming pool soon after the doors were opened. The Parks Department was forced to close the center…
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Community gathers for inaugural Winter Festival at Bay Terrace
Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The Bay Terrace Shopping Center hosted its first-ever Winter Festival on Sunday, Feb. 26. Cord Meyer Development Company planned the event with assistance from the Bayside Historical Society, Dancing Dreams, Commonpoint Queens, Bayside Little League and local Girl Scout Troops. According to Cord Meyer Development Company Vice President Controller…
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More than 100 eateries to participate in first-ever ‘Eats in Queens Restaurant Month’
Feb. 27, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed More than 150 restaurants across the ‘The World’s Borough’ will participate in the first-ever ‘Eats in Queens Restaurant Month’ and help raise funds to benefit food relief and restaurants throughout Queens. Starting March 1, diners from the borough and beyond will have a chance to experience diverse, delicious cuisines…
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‘He needs to be expelled now’: Constituents call for embattled congressman to be removed from office during ‘Drive out Santos’ event through Queens, Long Island
Feb. 26, 2023 By Caroline Ourso Constituents of Congressional District 3 gathered in New Hyde Park on Saturday, Feb. 25, to caravan through Queens and Long Island and call for embattled Congressman George Santos to be removed from office. Dozens of protesters decorated their cars with anti-Santos slogans using posters and chalk markers, putting their…
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Son charged with murder after fatally stabbing mother, injuring father inside their Auburndale home: NYPD
Feb. 25, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb A 20-year-old man fatally stabbed his mother and injured his father inside of their Auburndale residence after being involved in an alleged dispute on Friday, according to authorities. Police from the 111th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding the incident at approximately 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24,…
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Entrepreneur tackles major Queens infrastructure projects while helping the formerly incarcerated
Feb. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry
Before he could take on some of the largest infrastructure projects in Queens, 58-year-old entrepreneur Andrew Simmons first had to rebuild his life.
Queens/LI Congressman Santos sponsors bill to make AR-15 the ‘National Gun of the United States’
Feb. 23, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Embattled Queens/Long Island Congressman George Santos has sponsored a bill that would declare the AR-15 the “National Gun of the United States,” in one of his first legislative acts in Congress. The bill was originally sponsored by Arizona Republican Rep. Barry Moore on Feb. 17, with Santos and Reps….
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Oakland Gardens couple funds critical research to find a cure for 3-year-old son diagnosed with rare disease
Feb. 23, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed In March 2021, when Gurjot “Jo” Kaur and Richard DiGeorge of Oakland Gardens found out their 15-month-old son, Riaan, was diagnosed with Cockayne Syndrome, they had no idea it would be a diagnosis of a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disease which has no cure. “We felt like we were trapped…
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