Rep. Meng’s Bill to Study Queens Sites Signed by Obama
Legislation sponsored by U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-Queens) that seeks to make Queens historic sites part of the National Park Service has been signed into…
Legislation sponsored by U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-Queens) that seeks to make Queens historic sites part of the National Park Service has been signed into…
Beginning Jan. 1, it will be unlawful to use curbside trash collection as a means to dispose of certain electronic equipment by any individual or…
The good news is that 91 percent of city teachers were rated effective or better for the 2013-2014 school year, while only 1 percent were…
Aiming to build on the momentum established the past 12 months by a revamped Build It Back program, the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations…
Mayor Bill de Blasio last Friday announced new targeted resiliency and infrastructure investments that will support businesses and jobs in neighborhoods impacted by Superstorm Sandy,…
Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Police Department Commissioner William Bratton, and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Nisha Agarwal last week announced a notable update…
Governor Andrew Cuomo said last week he would ban hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in New York State, citing a “thorough and exhaustive” recommendation by acting…
Ousted former Queens Library President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Galante may sue the Board of Trustees that fired him last week, according to a…
Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and the Queens Economic Development Corporation this week touted the success of their joint graffiti removal initiative implemented this past…
Beginning in January 2015, it will be unlawful to use curbside trash collection as a means to dispose of certain electronic equipment by any individual…
She’s a pioneering forensic pathologist. Mayor Bill de Blasio last week appointed Dr. Barbara Sampson the city’s chief medical examiner, the first female head ME…
Perhaps Mark Soler has a future in soothsaying. The executive director with the Center for Children’s Law and Policy last week said that a bombshell…
Mayor Bill de Blasio last week signed into law Intro 361-A, in relation to shelter eligibility, Intros 493-A, in relation to voter registration, and Intro…
Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Chair of the Veterans Committee, joined seniors from Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Ozone Park Senior Center this week for…
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks, and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Nisha Agarwal announced this week the publication of the municipal…