Mayor Bill de Blasio Archives – Page 24 of 32 – QNS

Ridgewood

Free housing legal services coming to four Queens neighborhoods

By Bill Parry

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Long Island City

Nolan explains support for Amazon HQ2 campus in Long Island City following protest against project

By Bill Parry

Long Island City

Amazon makes Long Island City HQ2 deal official — but Queens lawmakers seethe over ‘cynical game’

By Bill Parry

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Maspeth

Nolan and Barnwell oppose possibility of Maspeth school being converted into homeless shelter

By Mark Hallum

St. Albans

Queens public school teachers benefit from newly approved 7.7 percent pay increase

By Naeisha Rose

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News

City rolls out its Dusk and Darkness campaign warning drivers of increased dangers in early darkness

By Bill Parry

Photo from Long Island City Investment Strategy website

Long Island City

De Blasio administration pumps $180M in new funding into Long Island City investment strategy

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

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Flushing

Long-awaited memorial coming to historic Flushing burial ground

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Woodside

Queens officials blast de Blasio staffer for interrupting meeting on SHSAT

By Mark Hallum

Photo by Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech

Elmhurst

‘This is eugenics’: Queens parents outraged at meeting to end Specialized High School Admissions Exam

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

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Politics

Up to 500 PBA members ‘surround’ de Blasio at Rockaway town hall

By Mark Hallum

Photo courtesy of the Health Department

Corona

Health Department expands hours at Corona Sexual Health Clinic to help end HIV epidemic by 2020

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

Senator Joseph Addabbo spoke out against the shelter again at the most recent protest against the proposed homeless shelter at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ozone Park.

Ozone Park

Ozone Park Block Association to meet with elected official about future of proposed homeless shelter

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

Flushing

Parents rally in Flushing against city’s move to eliminate the specialized high school test

By Suzanne Monteverdi

SANITATION

Astoria

After decades-long fight, smelly sanitation trucks will no longer be parked on Astoria street

By Angela Matua

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Jackson Heights

De Blasio announces new school, upgrades at Jackson Heights town hall meeting

By Angela Matua

Sunnyside

City taps architect firm to create plan for Sunnyside Yard development: report

By Angela Matua

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Corona

Four schools from Queens win second-annual NYC Ferry naming competition

By Emily Davenport

QUEENS DETENTION

Mayor’s Rikers Island plan will re-open jail at the Kew Gardens Queens Detention Complex

By Angela Matua

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Flushing

Reduced parking & mayor’s ‘indifference’ leads Board 7 to vote against Flushing health facility plan

By Suzanne Monteverdi

WILLETS POINT

Corona

Willets Point redevelopment will include 1,100 affordable housing units, a school and retail

By Angela Matua

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Officials credit Vision Zero with achieving fewest ever traffic fatalities in Queens since 1910

By Angela Matua

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Woodside

City working on restoring heat and hot water to Woodside Houses after boiler outage

By Angela Matua

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De Blasio announces he will close first of nine jails on Rikers Island this summer

By Angela Matua

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