City Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers Archives – QNS

Rockaway street co-naming

‘The heart of Rockaway’: Street co-naming honors ‘tenacious’ community leader

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Gun buyback event takes 32 firearms off Far Rockaway streets

By Ethan Marshall

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St. Albans

Southeast Queens lawmakers celebrate renaming of St. Albans Park in honor of late Archie Spigner

By Carlotta Mohamed

116th Precinct Topping Off Ceremony

Rosedale

One step closer: Southeast Queens leaders celebrate ‘topping-off’ of 116th Precinct in Rosedale

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Far Rockaway organizations awarded funding for community-based programs and events

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Queens borough president calls for creation of NYC Office of COVID Recovery

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Politics

First-ever woman majority poised to take over City Council, including many from Queens

By Bill Parry

Ground-breaking for Bartlett Dairy’s new HQ and distribution site

Jamaica

Bartlett Dairy ground breaking in Springfield Gardens brings economic development to southeast Queens

By Bill Parry and Gabriele Holtermann

Kim Hardy and Erica Ford Founder of Life Camp flanked by teh New Termianl One Team and Life Camp Members

Jamaica

JFK Rotary Club honors M/WBE director of New Terminal One project

By Bill Parry

Elected officials and health leaders address low COVID-19 vaccin

Edgemere

Community officials and leaders urge Rockaway residents to get vaccinated

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Jackson Heights

City budget offers road to recovery in Queens neighborhoods most impacted during COVID-19 pandemic

By Bill Parry

Queens DA, NYS AG, and NYPD hold gun buy-back

Springfield Gardens

Springfield Gardens gun buyback event takes 79 firearms off Queens streets

By Gabriele Holtermann

NYC: A Night for Heroes, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital reflects and remembers

A ‘Night for Heroes’: St. John’s Episcopal Hospital reflects on COVID-19 pandemic

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Arverne

Rockaway playground opens after $8 million extreme makeover by NYC Parks

By Bill Parry

More from Around New York

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City Comptroller Brad Lander confirms to amNY he is ‘seriously considering’ challenging Rep. Dan Goldman

On stage during the after-school program known as Staging Pride.

National Queer Theater hosts after-school LGBTQ theater program

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NYC Holiday Markets 2025: Shop Local Artisans and Unique Gifts

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NYC Holiday Markets 2025: Shop Local Artisans and Unique Gifts