DCP Outlines Changing Landscape Of Qns
BY TRONE DOWD The Department of City Planning (DCP) gave Queens Borough Hall a thorough look this week at the changing landscape of Queens demographics. The …
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Rockaway Building To Be Completely Affordable
BY TRONE DOWD A new 100 percent affordable housing development is coming to Far Rockaway. The eight-story development, which will be located at 45-19 Rockaway …
Man Shot and Killed in Jamaica
BY TRONE DOWD A man who was seemingly shot at random outside of a nightclub in Jamaica on Monday died as he was driving himself to Jamaica Hospital for medical …
Meeks Faces Two Challengers In District 5 Race
BY TRONE DOWD The 5th Congressional District is the most crowded Queens primary this election season. Consisting of South and Southeast Queens as well as parts …
SEQ’s Highest Senior Populations Lack Services
BY NATHAN DUKE Editor-in-Chief Senior advocates and city leaders are seeking funding to create naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) in city …
Teens Sworn In As NYPD Officers
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Two Queens teens were sworn in by city Police Commissioner James O’Neill as borough commanders of their local precincts, and …
SEQ Leaders Host Marijuana Town Hall
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ and SAM RAPPAPORT Southeast Queens’ elected officials held a town hall in St. Albans on Wednesday night to educate the community on why …
For-Hire Drivers Call For Law Protection
BY JON CRONIN Editor A group of for-hire drivers took to the steps of the Queens County Criminal Court on Tuesday to call for greater protection for drivers …
For Rockaway Beach, The Show Must Go On
BY JON CRONIN Editor Rockaway Beach restaurant and store owners are trying to make the best of a bad situation after the city announced that 11 blocks of the …
Police Seize Weapons During Rosedale Raid
BY TRONE DOWD A Rosedale was arrested last week for allegedly stockpiling a large amount of illegal guns and police equipment in his basement, seemingly with …