Jun. 6, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Over 100 local residents packed out this month’s Community Board 11 meeting in Bayside to voice their opposition to the housing opportunity component of the City of Yes proposal, which seeks to pave the way for more housing by upending zoning laws. The public meeting on Monday, June 3,…
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May. 6, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan City residents traveling between the five boroughs will soon be able to receive a 10% discount on monthly railroad passes under a temporary fare pilot program. Northeast Queens elected officials and community leaders gathered outside the Bayside LIRR station on Friday morning to celebrate the new initiative, which was…
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Feb. 14, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Parents flooded the Queens Community Board 11 office in Little Neck last week during a Cannabis Committee meeting where four proposed dispensary sites were up for approval. Over a dozen children in attendance also held up signs that read “not the spot for pot” and “doobie a neighbor and…
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Nov. 15, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan At the Community Board 11 meeting on Nov. 6 at the Korean Community Services center in Bayside, two different bike lane projects were given attention. For the past six years, Community Board 11 (CB 11) has pushed for a rehaul of the bike lanes on Northern Boulevard from 223rd Street to the Douglaston Parkway. Many view the existing lanes as a “temporary” solution with potential for improvement. The cause has remained No. 1 on their list of capital requests since the lanes were installed in 2017. But now they are tweaking the proposal to…
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