Mayor Bill de Blasio Archives – Page 20 of 32 – QNS

MAYOR DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES GREEN WAVE BICYCLE PLAN

Corona

Several Queens neighborhoods will get protected bike lanes as city faces cycling death crisis

By Bill Parry

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Heat wave power outages and subway disruptions plague Queens, prompting public backlash against Con Ed

By Max Parrott

Hector Figueroa was president of 32BJ SEIU, one of the city's largest and most powerful labor unions.

Jackson Heights

Top labor leader Héctor Figueroa, president of 32BJ SEIU and Jackson Heights resident, dead at 57

By Bill Parry

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New York leaders rail against HUD proposal to cut housing assistance for mixed-status immigrant families

By Bill Parry

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Long Island City

Councilman calls on Queens’ 108th Precinct to crack down on ‘rampant’ illegal parking

By Mark Hallum

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Politics

Three rising stars: New Queens legislators in Albany and D.C. mark shifting political dynamics

By Mark Hallum

Astoria

Saved! Astoria Houses Senior Center will remain open as de Blasio administration scraps closure plan

By Bill Parry

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UPDATED: Katz rejects Kew Gardens jail plan, but says ‘closing Rikers Island is a moral imperative’

By Mark Hallum

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Ridgewood

‘We have a lot of skin in the game’: Board 5 committee hears early bus lane concept for Fresh Pond

By Mark Hallum

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A ‘simply wrongheaded and cruel policy’: Cuomo and de Blasio announce 500 additional cops for transit system

By Mark Hallum

Jackson Heights

Albany votes to legalize e-bikes days after green-lighting driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica

‘A total team effort’: Queens Public Library gets the funding it needs in new city budget

By Bill Parry

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza

‘This is not a zero sum game’: Queens pols blast Carranza over Department of Education diversity strategies

By Mark Hallum

Balanced Budget Agreement

Jackson Heights

Inside the $92.8 billion ‘handshake’ budget pact reached between de Blasio and City Council

By Bill Parry

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‘I know the hell of Rikers’: Kew Gardens jail proposal goes to borough hall hearing

By Mark Hallum

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Long Island City

LIC fur manufacturing workers plead with Van Bramer to defend their interests

By Mark Hallum

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Politics

Queens officials celebrate ‘historic’ deal on rent regulations in victory for tenant’s rights movement

By Bill Parry

Katz calls on Amazon to front cost of BQX streetcar and other mass transit expansions in Queens

Astoria

Can the BQX streetcar be a viable transit option for Queens’ future? Not without some big federal bucks

By Mark Hallum

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City cuffs four Queens residents for making up fake parking placards to grab spots illegally

By Max Parrott

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Drinking fountains in Queens parks rate highest in lead contamination: Parks study

By Mark Hallum

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Jackson Heights

Mayor announces rapid expansion of life-saving speed camera program as stronger law takes effect July 11

By Bill Parry

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Rego Park

Lawyers for family of Rego Park woman killed by cab driver call foul on city

By Mark Hallum

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Politics

Mayor de Blasio not polling well in national presidential campaign survey

By Bill Parry

Official dedication ceremony of the Statue of Liberty Museum

Politics

Mayor vows he can run New York City while campaigning for President

By Bill Parry

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New York Family

20 Birthday Food Freebies in New York You Can Claim This Year