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City Comptroller Brad Lander speaks about migrant shelter limit report

AMNY

Report from Lander suggests NYC’s migrant shelter stay limit enforced in ‘haphazard’ fashion, ‘disregarded humanity’

cybersecurity

Ridgewood

Rajkumar bill aims to fortify cybersecurity and data protection for New Yorkers

By Anthony Medina

NYPD and Sheriff's office members at illegal cannabis shop raid

AMNY

‘Padlock to Protect’: NYC boosts effort to shut down illegal cannabis shops with new state-granted authority

Queens public school with inset of local council member

AMNY

Queens teacher faces backlash for anti-Israel remarks, dissing local lawmaker on social media

migrant

Jamaica

Queens Republican candidates take on migrant crisis: highlight local concerns and border solutions

By Athena Dawson

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell

AMNY

City Council seeks probe into NYPD brass’ ‘intimidating and dangerous’ social media activity

Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights community rallies against illegal smoke shops near schools

By Bill Parry

voter fraud

Flushing

Assemblymembers Rozic and Kim rally against voter fraud in Queens ahead of Democratic primary

By Czarinna Andres

NYS Gov. Hochul at a desk with American flag behind her talking congestion pricing

AMNY

Hochul unpacks details of major effort to combat retail theft — including tougher penalties and tax credits

meeks

Cambria Heights

Rep. Meeks assures Cambria Heights: Vacant Rite Aid will not become a shelter

By Athena Dawson

cannabis

Arverne

Op-ed: Making the change: Illegal cannabis stores will now be closed!

By Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato

sammy's law

Flushing

Sammy’s Law passed: Queens leaders hail new legislation enabling NYC to lower speed limits for safer streets

By Ethan Marshall

Rent Guidelines Board votes on preliminary rent-stabilized apartment increase

AMNY

NYC rent-stabilized tenants in danger of yet another increase after Rent Guidelines Board vote

Mayor Adams

AMNY

How NYC plans to bring hate crime prevention lessons into public school classrooms

moya

Corona

After crackdown on street vendors, CM Moya announces return of multi-agency Roosevelt Avenue Task Force

By Bill Parry

theft

Flushing

Sen. John Liu announces new theft prevention laws aimed at protecting small business owners in Queens

By Athena Dawson

Ground-breaking in Brooklyn as Black unemployment rate drops

AMNY

Black unemployment rate drops significantly in NYC, new economic report shows

bills

Elmhurst

Holden introduces series of bills to bolster law enforcement and public safety

By Anthony Medina

Astoria

Assemblymember González-Rojas praises 2025 fiscal budget for investments in Queens communities

By Ethan Marshall

squatters

Bayside

Squatters lose tenant rights under new state law following push by northeast Queens legislators

By Iryna Shkurhan

elected

People

Queens electeds offer contrasting viewpoints on pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia

By Iryna Shkurhan

meng

Flushing

U.S. Rep. Meng welcomes Greek ambassador to Flushing

By Athena Dawson

Mayor Eric Adams holds rally celebrating rollout of executive budget

AMNY

Mayor Adams’ $111 billion executive budget plan restores some critical cuts, but shuts out libraries

George Santos

LI Press

George Santos Ends Third Party Bid For New York’s First Congressional District

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