City Officials Threaten to Cut $43M Contract After UPS Fires 20 Employees
City and state officials fired back against the United Parcel Service’s firing of 20 Queens drivers this week by threatening to cut a public contract…
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With New Arts District in Queens, an Embracing of Culture
A new art district designation has western Queens keeping its cool. Community leaders and elected officials hailed the designation of the Kaufman Arts District in…
Queens Leaders: State Budget Will Boost Storm Planning, Boro Economy – But Criticism Issued Over Lack of Campaign Finance Reform
The $140 billion budget approved by New York legislators late Monday landed both praise and criticism from Queens officials, with a thumbs-up being given for…
Forest Hills School Celebrates Successful Crowd-Funded Musical
A man-eating plant never meant so much to these Forest Hills students. A cast of 58 8th, 9th and 10th graders capped off a successful…
Former Parkway Hospital May Head to Second Auction
Forest Hills’ former Parkway Hospital site on 113th Street might be heading to auction once again after its last winning bidder failed to close on…
Kew Gardens Gets Short End of Longer MTA Bus Deal: CB 9
Both the buses and frustrations are growing in Kew Gardens. Members of Queens Community Board 9 have asked the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to put the…
At Build It Back City Hall Hearing, Unleashing a Wave of Anger and Frustration
For seven hours, they spoke of wiping out retirement savings and college funds to pay for a mortgage on a house that no longer stands,…
Pedestrian Safety Legislation Takes Shape in Queens
Queens lawmakers have kept busy drafting bills that they say would help Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vision of safer city streets become a reality. U.S….
After City Moves Ahead With Glendale Homeless Shelter, Pols Call for DHS to Publicly Discuss Plan
After the city Department of Homeless Services informed elected officials that the agency is proceeding with an environmental impact study of a site proposed to…
City pols threaten to pull plug on UPS contracts
City and state officials fired back against the United Parcel Service’s firing of 20 Queens drivers this week by threatening to cut contracts that save…
City to Test Organic Waste Program in Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village
Select homes along existing garbage truck routes in central and mid Queens will become part of the city’s optional organics collection pilot program starting in…
Katz Calls for Queens Library CEO to Step Aside
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz zeroed in on Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante this week, asking him to leave his post and save face for…
UPS fires 20 Maspeth workers for February walkout
The United Parcel Service provided 20 Maspeth employees with pink slips this week with potentially more to come, the company said. Workers staged several…
Phone Scams Plague 112th Pct.
The 112th Precinct has been inundated with complaints about phone scammers seeking residents’ personal information, officials said. Heidi Chain, president of the 112th Precinct Community…
Howard Beach Family Devastated by fire gives big thank you to the community for their support – but there is no more space for donations
The Howard Beach community immediately heeded the call for help yesterday for multiple families left homeless after a two-alarm blaze ripped through their house around…