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Mayor Bill de Blasio will hold "City Hall in Your Borough" in Queens on Oct. 22-26.

Politics

Mayor de Blasio will be running the city out of Queens next week during ‘City Hall in Your Borough’

By Bill Parry

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz

Politics

Queens boro prez blasts ‘misguided, anti-immigrant proposal’ from feds on public assistance programs

By Bill Parry

Councilman Eric Ulrich and city Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg celebrate the new streetlamps on Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven.

Woodhaven

Woodhaven brightens up with new streetlamps along Jamaica Avenue shopping strip

By Carlotta Mohamed

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Politics

Premiere Queens Power List event showcases the most influential people in the ‘World’s Borough’

By Jenna Bagcal

Jennifer Weprin (at left) with Ellen Kodadek and Veronica Tsang during Flushing Town Hall's 2018 spring gala.

Queens cultural affair director to take the reins at Little Neck’s Queens County Farm Museum

By QNS News Team

A rendering of the Archer Green Apartments that will rise on the site of a former NYPD parking garage in Jamaica.

Jamaica

Ground finally broken on a new mixed-use Jamaica building with 380 affordable apartments

By Robert Pozarycki

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News

Queens event helps formerly convicted individuals during Katz’s ‘Know Your Rights’ Week

By Jenna Bagcal

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First phase of emergency room expansion at Queens Hospital in Jamaica is wrapped up

By QNS News Team

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Repairs to the Queens Midtown Tunnel are ahead of schedule and under budget, Cuomo touts in LIC

By Jenna Bagcal

A young boy plays in the new sprinklers at Astoria Heights Playground

Astoria

Astoria Heights Playground reopens after a ‘long overdue’ renovation project

By QNS News Team

Platforms propping up retail shops on Lefferts Boulevard above the Long Island Rail Road tracks in Kew Gardens will be rehabilitated instead of razed.

Kew Gardens businesses spared wrecking ball after MTA picks repair plan for Lefferts Boulevard overpass

By Robert Pozarycki

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Queens Borough Board approves zoning amendment that would require hotel permits in manufacturing areas

By Jenna Bagcal

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Cuomo gives the green light to proposed LaGuardia Airport AirTrain connecting to Willets Point

By Jenna Bagcal

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Long Island City

Union workers and elected officials hold protest in Long Island City after developer hires nonunion labor

By Jenna Bagcal

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Corona

Queens assemblywoman receives endorsements from two elected officials in the same week

By Jenna Bagcal

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Astoria

Queens borough president endorses incumbent senator for reelection

By Jenna Bagcal

A child waves the rainbow flag during the June 3 Queens Pride Parade in Jackson Heights.

Jackson Heights

PHOTOS: Queens Pride Parade in Jackson Heights celebrates life & love in a colorful way

By Robert Pozarycki

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Jackson Heights

Queens borough president and ‘Free’ singer are among special guests at 26th annual Queens Pride Parade

By Jenna Bagcal

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City’s top cop visits Forest Hills and touts historic crime drops at 112th Precinct Council meet

By Jenna Bagcal

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Queens' economy is booming during a speech in Kew Gardens on May 18.

Politics

Queens economy ‘truly soaring’ on the strength of airports, construction and immigrants, DiNapoli says

By Robert Pozarycki

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St. Albans

Queens Senator to help give away 40,000 free books to families and educators this weekend

By Jenna Bagcal

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Jackson Heights

Reconstruction of Travers Park in Jackson Heights on track for fall 2019

By Jenna Bagcal

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Queens officials blast proposed changes to MTA ‘Freedom Ticket’ plan for discounted LIRR rides

By Robert Pozarycki

A rendering of the new 116th Precinct to be constructed in Rosedale.

Laurelton

New Queens police precinct another step closer to opening as Katz approves building plan

By Robert Pozarycki

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