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Braunstein looks to fend off Republican challenger

Auburndale

Queens assemblyman announces passage of first comprehensive gun control legislation since Sandy Hook

By Jenna Bagcal

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Astoria

Public Advocate race down to seventeen candidates including three from Queens

By Bill Parry

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Corona

Several Queens residents picked up in recent ICE raid that arrested 118 individuals

By Emily Davenport

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Long Island City

Second City Hall hearing over Amazon HQ2 plan in Queens features more fireworks than first

By Bill Parry

Opinion

Op-Ed: The government shutdown is temporarily over, but we’re not out of the woods yet

By Op-Ed

Flushing

Flushing lawmaker’s bill would mandate more intense background checks for all school employees

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Middle Village lawmaker wants city to crack down on speeding tow trucks and dangerous cement haulers

By Mark Hallum

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Long Island City

‘I will abstain’: Katz vows to avoid 2020 Census citizenship question during her State of the Borough address

By Mark Hallum

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Health

Northwell Health offers financial assistance to federal government employees as shutdown end approaches

By Emily Davenport

Council unanimously passes Queens lawmaker’s bill to ensure quality services for domestic violence survivors

By Carlotta Mohamed

Corona

State legislature approves DREAM Act named for late Queens State Senator Jose Peralta

By Mark Hallum

Assemblyman Ron Kim (l.) and City Councilman Eric Ulrich are the two candidates from Queens running for public advocate this February.

Jackson Heights

Many candidates in next month’s Public Advocate special election will appear at Jackson Heights forum

By Bill Parry

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Politics

Katz looks to get real census numbers for Queens as federal 2020 immigration question looms

By Mark Hallum

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Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights residents urge cops to ‘right this wrong’ and pursue hate crime charges in anti-gay attack

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

Arts & Entertainment

Queens Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez making waves not just in government, but all over TV

By Emily Davenport

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Jackson Heights

Rally in Jackson Heights on Tuesday demands justice for victim of anti-gay hate crime

By Bill Parry

Politics

Katz announces first round of appointments to Queens Complete Count Committee for Census 2020

By Bill Parry

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Politics

Queens state senator works with labor union and American Legion to help unpaid federal workers

By QNS News Team

Politics

Lancman and Lasak add endorsements in the race for Queens district attorney

By Bill Parry

Business

Public utilities serving Queens agree to provide bill breaks for federal workers impacted by shutdown

By Robert Pozarycki

Queens lawmaker thinks congestion pricing must have exemptions for city residents

By Bill Parry

Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the federal government shutdown on its 27th day, Thursday, Jan. 17.

Business

Thousands of New Yorkers feeling the pinch of the federal shutdown — and it could get worse, de Blasio says

By Bill Parry

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Politics

2019 Queens Courier Person of the Year: Rick Cotton, Port Authority boss, helping the airports soar

By Jenna Bagcal

Politics

Federal court judge blocks Trump administration’s citizenship question in 2020 Census

By Bill Parry

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