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Elected officials urge DOT to install protected bike lanes along Cross Bay Boulevard after Corona cyclist was killed

By Bill Parry

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Queens councilman presents more than $21 million in capital funding grants to schools in his district

By Bill Parry

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Thousands of jobs will come to southeast Queens as part of the $13 billion JFK Airport redevelopment

By Bill Parry

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City Council strikes deal to make borough-based facilities smaller days before scheduled vote on jails plan

By Bill Parry

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Courts block Trump administration’s rule to deny green cards and visas to low-income immigrants

By Bill Parry

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Queens councilman honors Astoria resident for contributions to Italian-American community

By Jenna Bagcal

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Bernie Sanders returns to presidential campaign trail after heart attack with Long Island City rally on Saturday

By Bill Parry

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Queens-based immigrant advocates bring the fight against new jails to Richmond Hill

By Max Parrott

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National Grid vows to end natural gas moratorium after Governor Cuomo lays down the law

By Bill Parry

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Queens lawmaker receives perfect score on environmental advocacy

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Jackson Heights

Senator Peralta honored for ‘selfless devotion to the people of Queens’ in Jackson Heights ceremony

By Bill Parry

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Health

Queens lawmaker’s bill prohibiting first response service providers from selling patient information signed into law

By Jenna Bagcal

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Three Richmond Hill sisters honored for hair donation to cancer patients suffering from hair loss and alopecia

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Glendale

Monday night war: Community board hearing on Glendale homeless shelter draws a huge, irate crowd

By Max Parrott

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Queens Borough Hall to host Resource Fair in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Bellerose Manor community leader Bernard Aquilino honored with street co-naming ceremony

By Carlotta Mohamed

Woodside

Boulevard Gardens to get long-awaited traffic light at Hobart Street and 30th Avenue in Woodside

By Bill Parry

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Bayside

Former Queens senator confirms City Council run and protests against city’s community-based jails plan

By Bill Parry

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Jackson Heights

Queens councilman centers his first borough president policy announcement on diversity

By Max Parrott

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Queens Senator brings his ‘Java with Joe’ talking series to the Rockaways

By Bill Parry

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Corona

‘Eating babies’ stunt sidetracks AOC’s town hall meeting in Corona discussing the Just Society Act

By Max Parrott

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DSNY adds seven eastern Queens community boards to e-waste collection program

By Jenna Bagcal

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Opinion

Op-Ed: We must act now to end gun violence

By Op-Ed

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Donovan Richards officially launches campaign for Queens borough president

By Max Parrott

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