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Year in Review: Queens’ top stories from April 2025

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Year in Review: Queens’ top stories from March 2025

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Local community groups led city agencies and representatives of elected officials on a walkthrough of Hillside Avenue on Monday. Photo: Shane O'Brien.
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Jamaica community groups lead Hillside Avenue walkthrough, highlighting sanitation and transportation issues

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NYC bins on 103rd Avenue. City Hall will soon be providing rebate checks to eligible households. Photo courtesy of Office of Council Member Joann Ariola.
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Ariola welcomes City Hall u-turn on free homeowner trash bins, says Mayor had ‘no other choice’

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NYC suspends composting fines just weeks after rollout, citing public pushback

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Free compost site opens in Astoria as DSNY responds to increased demand

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Common Sense Caucus pushes back on NYC’s mandatory composting law, call for voluntary participation

By Colum Motherway
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Composting crackdown begins in NYC April 1st with $25 fines for violations

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NYC dramatically raises fines to curb illegal dumping in parks

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Trials and tribulations of trash: New bin law aims for cleaner streets but faces resistance and delays

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Addabbo secures security cameras and increased patrols to boost Richmond Hill safety

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Jessica Tisch officially became the 48th police commissioner in NYPD history on Monday, as Mayor Eric Adams swore in the second woman ever to hold the post during a ceremony at One Police Plaza.
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Jessica Tisch sworn in as second-ever female New York police commissioner

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Rules requiring all NYC businesses to place refuse in secure containers take effect

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More budget backtracks: Mayor Adams reverses cuts to NYC litter baskets, Parks work program

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