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Maspeth

From a school to a precinct to Maspeth’s ‘Town Hall’: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Ridgewood

Ridgewood activist applauds signing of law requiring schools to provide sex abuse prevention classes

By Bill Parry

The former factory at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale is shown undergoing renovation in this April 2019 photo.

Glendale

Protests, politics and false promises: The definitive, six-year history of the Glendale homeless shelter war

By Robert Pozarycki

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Maspeth

Ridgewood activist cheers Child Victims Act milestone while remembering hero who fought for its passage

By Bill Parry

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Ridgewood

Child Victims Act finally becomes law; Cuomo says it will help bring justice to New York and right wrongs

By Bill Parry

Politics

Recent Queens upsets were tremors of the political earthquake that led to Ocasio-Cortez’s defeat of Crowley

By Robert Pozarycki

Nine-term incumbent Assemblywoman Margaret Markey (at left) lost Tuesday's Democratic primary to Woodside attorney Brian Barnwell.

Astoria

Incumbent Assemblywoman Markey loses Democratic primary in a stunning upset

By Robert Pozarycki

The owner of the Holiday Inn Express in Maspeth has backed out of the plan to turn the hotel into a homeless shelter.

Maspeth

Maspeth shelter vote expected at next Community Board 5 meeting in Middle Village

By Robert Pozarycki

Saturday's protest march against a proposed homeless shelter in Maspeth drew nearly 2,000 people, but no local elected officials.

Maspeth

Questions over why three local lawmakers didn’t show up at march against Maspeth shelter

By Robert Pozarycki

Incidents of violence at other Acacia Network shelters, like Pam's Settlement in LIC, have Maspeth residents concerned.

Maspeth

City considers transforming a Maspeth hotel into a homeless shelter for adults

By QNS News Team

Assemblywoman Margaret Markey claims that Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio offered her a bribe, something the head of the Diocese of Brooklyn vehemently denies.

Politics

Maspeth assemblywoman says Brooklyn bishop tried to bribe her to drop her support of the child sex abuse bill

By Robert Pozarycki

Members of the Polish Legion of American Veterans are among those pictured with City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley on Veterans Day at a street renaming ceremony honoring Frank Kowalinski, a Maspeth man who died while serving the U.S. in World War I.

Maspeth

Maspeth street renamed for beloved local World War I hero

By Robert Pozarycki

Politics

Hillary Clinton visits Queens for campaign fundraiser

By Robert Pozarycki

Markey CVA Albany Lobby Day 2014

Maspeth

Renewed push to pass Maspeth pol’s Child Victims Act

By Robert Pozarycki

Politics

Primary Day 2014 coverage

By QNS News Team

Unisphere

Festival to celebrate World’s Fair anniversaries this Sunday

By QNS News Team

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Politics

Dmytro Fedkowskyj mulling a run against Assemblymember Marge Markey

By Liam La Guerre

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