Dennis Walcott Archives – QNS

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News

Citywide libraries launch annual summer reading initiative at Langston Hughes Library in Corona

By Athena Dawson

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Queens Public Library debuts mobile library in Breezy Point with weekly service

By Czarinna Andres

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News

Queens Public Library earns spot on Forbes’ best midsize employers list

By Czarinna Andres

Queens Public Library

LIC Post

Queens Public Library finalizes lease for new Court Square branch in Long Island City

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Arverne

Groundbreaking marks start of massive $17.3M transformation for Arverne Library in the Rockaways

By Athena Dawson

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Jamaica

NYC Council and Queens Public Library celebrate $11M allocation for Central Library auditorium redevelopment in Jamaica

By Pilar Deleon

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Bay Terrace Library reopens after $6.1M renovation, enhancing accessibility and services

Pilar Deleon and QNS News team

Cambria Heights

Cambria Heights

Cambria Heights Library gets $2.8 million for crucial resilience upgrades

By Bill Parry

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PoliticsNY

Mayor Adams claims he was ‘not aware’ of reports his staffer urged Districting Commission appointees to reject City Council maps

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Jamaica

‘Good riddance to it’: Queens lawmakers critical of Redistricting Commission after its members vote down proposed City Council map

By Ethan Marshall

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PoliticsNY

NYC Districting Commission votes down revised City Council maps

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PoliticsNY

Controversial City Council redistricting enters next phase of public hearings

Libraries

PoliticsNY

Interview: NYC Districting Commission Chair Dennis Walcott

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Long Island City reps remember the trials and sacrifices behind dazzling new Hunters Point Library

By Max Parrott

Glendale

Temporary Glendale Library at Atlas Park proves successful a year after it opened

By Jacob Kaye

The Anable Basin in Long Island City

Long Island City

Queens leaders and Cuomo band together to try and revive Amazon deal for Long Island City

By Robert Pozarycki

City officials dig into a pile of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Steinway library in Astoria.

Astoria

Ground broken on $3.9 million overhaul of Queens Library’s Steinway branch in Astoria

By QNS News Team

News

Celebrate the golden anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ across Queens

By Robert Pozarycki

Jamaica

Queens Library to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his death

By Emily Davenport

McGoldrick Library gets plaque for namesake priest

News

McGoldrick Library gets plaque for namesake priest

By Mark Hallum

CEO helps girls discover computer science

Jamaica

CEO helps girls discover computer science

By Naeisha Rose

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Corona

Pull an all-nighter at the Corona library with a dance party, movie screenings and more

By Angela Matua

Flushing Library’s Children Room renovated

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Flushing Library’s Children Room renovated

By Gina Martinez

Richards announces Laurelton library funding

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Richards announces Laurelton library funding

By Patrick Donachie

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Schneps Podcasts

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For this Single Dad, Father’s Day is a Celebration of Learning

New York Family

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