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queens

News

Queens leaders rally in solidarity with immigrant communities amid TPS rollbacks

By Athena Dawson

Elected officials and organizations across Queens will host backpack giveaways throughout August as children prepare to return to school.

News

Free backpack giveaways taking place across Queens ahead of new school year

By Shane O’Brien

The Greenpoint Lighting Avenue aims to make Greenpoint Avenue safer and brighter for pedestrians while also celebrating the diversity of local businesses. Photo: Cameron Blaylock.

Dining & Nightlife

Sunnyside Shines unveils Greenpoint Avenue lighting initiative, crowns commercial corridor as ‘Avenue of the World’

By Shane O’Brien

Governor Kathy Hochul announced the project design kickoff for the Interborough Express in Brooklyn on Friday.

AMNY

Interborough Express: Gov. Hochul kicks off project design for long-awaited Brooklyn-Queens IBX

ssembly Member Jessica González-Rojas pictured with city and state elected officials, supporters, and neighbors at her Senate race fundraiser at the Queensboro. Photo: Kisha Bari/González-Rojas campaign.

Politics

González-Rojas picks up high-profile endorsements after officially launching campaign for Ramos’ Senate seat

By Shane O’Brien

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards released a 2025 Queens Community Board Demographic Report on Tuesday, July 13.

Politics

BP Richards appoints record number of new community board members in 2025 report

By Athena Dawson

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Rise Light & Power representatives, city officials and public advocates launch the Reimagine Ravenswood Neighborhood Plan on Thursday, July 17.

Politics

BP Richards, city officials launch ‘historic’ community-driven ‘Reimagine Ravenswood’ plan

By Shane O’Brien

flushing

Flushing

BP Richards, elected officials celebrate reopening of Flushing Library auditorium

By Athena Dawson

queens borough hall

News

Queens Borough Hall gets ADA-accessible plaza as part of $6.25M renovation

By Athena Dawson

Big Beautiful Bill

Politics

Queens lawmakers condemn Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ as dangerous and unjust

By Shane O’Brien

southeast queens

News

Southeast Queens town hall delivers major updates on housing, safety and transit

By Athena Dawson

birthright citizenship

Politics

Queens lawmakers denounce Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s birthright citizenship order

By Shane O’Brien

queens day

BP Richards brings back ‘Queens Day’ in July with free concert headlined by The Roots

By Shane O’Brien

laurelton playground

Laurelton

Laurelton Playground reopens after five-year, $4.1 million renovation, just in time for summer

By Athena Dawson

national rose month

People

Local heroes honored during National Rose Month awards in Queens

By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team

landscaping

Politics

Krishnan leads push to end city contracts with convicted landscaping company owner

By Czarinna Andres

pride month

News

Queens Borough Hall hosts vibrant Pride Month celebration with performances and honors

By Athena Dawson

LIC Post

Antisemitic messaging sparks outrage over OneLIC neighborhood plan opposition

Guyanese-American honorees from left, Shivika Rajkisore, Jessica Balgobin, Mohamed Q. Amin, Candace E. Prince-Modeste, Latchman Budhai, Aminta Keliwan-Narine, Ashook Ramsaran, and Vikash Narine, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. The expats were honored for their contributions to the borough on May 29 at QBH 59th Independence celebration.

Caribbean Life

Queens Borough president honors Guyana’s brightest at inaugural Independence Celebration

memorial day

Photos: Forest Hills honors fallen heroes at Memorial Day parade led by American Legion Post #1424

By Ramy Mahmoud and QNS News Team

pedestrian path

News

Newly opened Queensboro Bridge pedestrian path hailed as major step for equitable transit access

By Colum Motherway

resorts world

News

Resorts World backs $500M union-built plan to deliver up to 50,000 workforce housing units

By Athena Dawson

challenge

News

Five Queens entrepreneurs win $20K grants in 2025 Tech + Innovation Challenge

By QNS News Team

flood mitigation

Politics

BP Richards calls on Trump to restore $150M in Queens flood mitigation funds

By Shane O’Brien

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