Queens sees low election day turnout
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Queens voters went to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday.
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Family of detainee who died on Rikers awarded $2 mil before filing lawsuit
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The family of a 35-year-old man who died by suicide on Rikers Island last year will be awarded over $2 million from the city before they’ve even filed a lawsuit, the New York City comptroller’s office announced on Friday.
Read MorePush for affordable housing at Creedmoor begins
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As the state continues to draw up a plan for what to do with more than 50-acres of land at the mostly-abandoned Creedmoor Psychiatric Facility in Queens, and a group of locals are calling for the future development to include 100 percent affordable housing.
Read MoreLegal Aid bashes Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter plan
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The city’s plan to start housing migrants at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn received more criticism this week – this time over intentions to house families with children at the shelter.
Read MoreMolina out as DOC boss
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Department of Correction boss Louis Molina was moved from DOC commissioner to assistant deputy mayor on Tuesday. His job change comes as a federal judge begins to seriously consider whether or not Rikers Island should be stripped away from the city over its inability to tamp down violent conditions there.
Read MoreGov signs notary bill into law
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The governor this week signed a widely-supported bill into law eliminating what advocates have said has been a major barrier to accessing justice in the courts of New York State.
Read MoreHistoric Flushing burial ground honored with street co-naming
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Over the weekend, residents and elected officials recognized local history in Flushing, co-naming an intersection after the burial ground that has long resided there.
Read MoreNo charges for cop who fatally shot Far Rockaway man
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The State Attorney General’s Office said last week that the NYPD officer who fatally shot a man in Far Rockaway last December during a foot pursuit will not face charges.
Read MoreQueens pols call on gov to back Right to Shelter rules
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As New York City and the Adams Administration – with support from Governor Kathy Hochul – fight the city’s Right to Shelter rules in court, a host of local electeds including, several from Queens, penned a letter to Hochul this week calling on her to keep the mandate in place.
Read MoreNew York fund to nearly two dozen renewable energy projects, one in Queens
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Governor Kathy Hochul was in Queens this week to announce the largest state investment in clean energy in U.S history, introducing off-shore wind projects and several renewable energy projects across the Empire State – including one in Long Island City.
Read MoreTop court says police can again use controversial family DNA searches
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The state’s top court said in a ruling this week that law enforcement in New York State will again be allowed to legally look for familial matches in the state’s DNA databank while investigating certain crimes, a controversial policy that, though infrequently used, has been on pause for the past year.
Read MoreLocal public defenders wary of new Rikers dyslexia screening bill
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A new bill that would require dyslexia screening of certain detainees in the city’s jails signed into law by Mayor Eric Adams last week is facing pushback from some local public defenders who are wary about the agency being given new responsibilities.
Read MoreElmhurst Hospital gets $17 million boost from Council
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Several years after being at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, Elmhurst Hospital this week was on the receiving end of a $17.5 million investment from several members of the City Council.
Read MoreState settles in assigned counsel case
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The state last week reached an agreement to settle one of several lawsuits brought against it in recent years alleging that it had failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide attorneys to low-income New Yorkers.
Read MoreMeet NYCFC: As the Queens soccer team’s season ends, many eye the future
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As NYCFC’s regular season comes to a close – fans and management look to the future, and potentially a home of their own.
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