Many City Pols Back President’s Immigration Overhaul Plan
President Barack Obama last Friday signed two executive actions that will have the effect of delaying deportations for possibly up to five million illegal immigrants….
President Barack Obama last Friday signed two executive actions that will have the effect of delaying deportations for possibly up to five million illegal immigrants….
It would seem that wisdom and experience last weekend won the day over youthful exuberance as a team of borough elected officials narrowly defeated the…
Mayor Bill de Blasio last week announced his appointment of Carmelyn Malalis as the new chairwoman of the city’s Commission on Human Rights and named…
A food drive spearheaded by an area elected official has collected 3,000 pounds of nonperishable donations for city veterans. The City Council Food Drive Initiative,…
In a continuing effort to effectively monitor noise caused by planes flying in and out of JFK Airport, the Port Authority of New York and…
Federal elected officials, supported by state representatives, this week indicated that they would be drafting legislation to provide relief for Superstorm Sandy victims who…
Three recent incidents of drone-spotting near JFK airport have prompted U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to revisit the issue he addressed just a few months ago,…
The City Council has passed a bill that takes aim at particular eyesores that proliferate during the holiday season. Last Thursday, the council approved legislation…
Hundreds gathered at Queens College on Sunday to commemorate “Kristallnacht,” or Night of Broken Glass, which was a series of coordinated attacks against Jews, Jewish-owned…
Members of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association last weekend churned out dozens of ideas during the first participatory budgeting brainstorming session. This is the fourth…
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last week announced the appointment of Sharon Lee as communications director. Immediately prior to joining Borough President Katz’s office, Lee,…
Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled the ambitious Community Parks Initiative, a multi-faceted program to invest $130 million in under-resourced public parks located in…
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) this week ramped up efforts to help fund the revitalization of the defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line by penning a…
Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) received the Freedom Award from New York City Helmets to Hardhats this week at their second annual luncheon. The Freedom…
With Rikers Island wracked by a slew of headline-grabbing scandals over the past year, the commissioner of the Department of Correction this week outlined a…