This Thanksgiving, Queens food pantries get creative to fight hunger during pandemic
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“The pandemic has caused the need for our services to explode,
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Advocates urge Cuomo to release older prisoners as COVID surges behind bars
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At least 1,705 staff members and 1, 737 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 in state prisons.
Read MoreDe Blasio signs new law to slash building emissions
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“Climate Change is not taking a break, so neither will we.”
Read MoreNYC's community gardeners petition for legal protections
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“Through spontaneous acts of faith in one another we came together to reclaim our communities and honor our sense of human dignity.”
Read MoreNYC finally sets up COVID test site in Jackson Heights — for one day only
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The mobile clinic was supposed to operate from Monday to Friday.
Read MoreCity kicks key Queens compost site to the curb
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“It’s ethically abhorrent in the climate crisis.”
Read MoreManhattan judge set to rule on saga of 200 homeless men
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The men have been ostracized by their neighbors on the Upper West Side.
Read MoreMobile COVID test sites still not open in Queens, despite massive lines elsewhere
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The sites in Corona and Jackson Heights never opened.
Read MoreJamaica Hospital speeds up organ donor matching system
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The speed could make all the difference for organ recipients like Bayside resident Kinsey Saleh, who received a kidney six years ago.
Read More‘Elmhurst Strong’ mural supports the heroes of a Queens hospital hit hard by COVID
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Elmhurst Hospital has unveiled a new mural painted by the heroic doctors, nurses and hospital staff who served their fellow New Yorkers inside the early epicenter of the country’s COVID crisis.
Read MoreHealth conscious team introduces vegan meals to Queensbridge neighbors
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“It’ll help you on the path to achieve everything you want in life. Change your diet, change your life.”
Read MoreLong lines and unsafe conditions await at some Queens COVID test sites
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“We are in a surge and we’ve had months to prepare for this.”
Read MoreCriminal jury trials resume in plexiglass-partitioned Queens courtroom
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The attorney tables look more like penalty boxes. And the jury box is unoccupied.
Read MoreElmhurst Hospital secures premier cancer treatment tech with funding from Lee
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“This critical investment in upgraded equipment will ensure that cancer patients in the Borough of Queens have access to vital, life-saving treatments and the services they need.”
Read MoreWhile NYC mulls shelter WiFi, price tag prevents providers from doing it themselves
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“We don’t have that financial flexibility to find those dollars.”
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