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Flushing

Flushing-based nonprofit celebrates graduates of program aiding immigrant women

By Rachel Butler

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Op-Ed | Making New York City the future for women’s health

Queens bill for women and mastectomy

Flushing

Two Queens lawmakers make history with passage of bill to help women and post-mastectomy survivors

By Carlotta Mohamed

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People

Southeast Queens residents can nominate outstanding women in healthcare

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica

Cops looking for teen who fondled women riding Hillside Avenue buses in Jamaica

By Bill Parry

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Politics

First-ever woman majority poised to take over City Council, including many from Queens

By Bill Parry

AMNY

City to move more than 200 women and trans Rikers detainees upstate

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Jackson Heights

Suit against Queens doctor alleges sexual abuse

By Christine Chung, THE CITY

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Bayside

‘A tenacious and unstoppable trailblazer’: Center for the Women of New York founder Ann Jawin, a Douglaston resident, dies at 97

By Jenna Bagcal

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Bayside

Queens-based women’s organization celebrates grand opening of new facility in Fort Totten

By Jenna Bagcal

Flushing

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens physician offers five facts women need to know for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

By Carlotta Mohamed

Queens man pleads guilty to sex trafficking underage girls

Queens man pleads guilty to sex trafficking underage girls

By Carlotta Mohamed

House passes Meng’s feminine hygiene bill

Flushing

House passes Meng’s feminine hygiene bill

By Carlotta Mohamed

Women’s art highlights strength, diversity in Long Island City exhibit

Long Island City

Women’s art highlights strength, diversity in Long Island City exhibit

By Carlotta Mohamed

Demand more women lawmakers in city government

Opinion

Demand more women lawmakers in city government

By Elizabeth Crowley

Opinion

Long Overdue

By QNS TimesLedger

Holiday tour of historic homes in Queens celebrates women

Flushing

Holiday tour of historic homes in Queens celebrates women

By Annabelle Blair

Opinion

A 2nd Wave Feminist’s View of the Election for President

By Ann Juliano Jawin

Pols hold forum for minority and women-owned businesses

Jamaica

Pols hold forum for minority and women-owned businesses

By Patrick Donachie

No plans are in place now, but a statue of a historic woman from Queens — such as former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro (at right) — might one day replace the controversial Civic Virtue sculpture that once stood in Kew Gardens.

Why doesn’t a statue of a famous Queens woman replace the sexist Civic Virtue in Kew Gardens?

By Robert Pozarycki

News

Queens girls to be honored by Bella Abzug Leadership Institute

By Madina Toure

Woodside

Woodside street named after late Puerto Rican activist

By Madina Toure

Sunnyside

Queens County Young Democrats elect first female president

By Patrick Donachie

Flushing

Center for Women of New York hosts annual conference

By Madina Toure

More from Around New York

Protests at Columbia University and other campuses

Columbia University updates its job fair policy following outrage over U.S. Border Patrol listing

LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chair Chi Ossé delivers remarks during a rally at the Stonewall National Monument flagpole on Feb. 12.

City and state lawmakers lead ‘Hands Off Our Flag’ rally at Stonewall National Monument

Assemblyman Steve Stern

Schneps Podcasts

A Conversation with Assemblyman Steve Stern of New York’s 10th District

A new TJ Maxx store is opening at Herald Square, at 34th street looking at Broadway street (left) and Avenue of the Americas (right), with many pedestrians walking (and some standing), as well as traffic on Broadway (including taxi cabs.)

New York Family

TJ Maxx Is Opening a Massive New Store in Herald Square