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Fair Fares transit discount program finally compatible with OMNY for trial period

OMNY machines where a select group of Fair Fares users will be able to tap payment

May. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld MTA riders using Fair Fares can finally start tapping into the discounted system using OMNY, with the transit agency and the city’s Social Services department launching a pilot program this week for select users of the low-income transit program. Fair Fares users, who are eligible for a half-price…

Op-ed: Making the change: Illegal cannabis stores will now be closed!

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May. 1, 2024 By Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato I am currently writing this in the early hours after intensely debating the State Budget. As your State representative, I have been working to pass fiscal policies that represent the needs of our community. Moments ago, our community scored a tremendous victory as I voted yes and…
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Sammy’s Law passed: Queens leaders hail new legislation enabling NYC to lower speed limits for safer streets

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May. 1, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Queens Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas and State Senator John Liu joined community advocates Tuesday to celebrate the passage of Sammy’s Law, a legislation that allows for New York City to determine its own speed limits, in the latest New York State budget. The legislation is meant to help reduce traffic…
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NYC rent-stabilized tenants in danger of yet another increase after Rent Guidelines Board vote

Rent Guidelines Board votes on preliminary rent-stabilized apartment increase

May. 1, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller New York City’s roughly 1 million rent-stabilized tenants could see their rents hiked by as much as 6.5%, according to preliminary ranges approved by the city’s Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) Tuesday night. The nine-member panel, made up entirely of Mayor Eric Adams’ appointees, advanced in a 5-2 vote…

Sponsored: Local business owner leads cheers for proposed Metropolitan Park

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May. 1, 2024 By QNS News Team Last November, when New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and Queens community leaders unveiled the proposal for Metropolitan Park, local restaurant owner Manji Singh was all in. To Singh, the owner of Jackson Diner in Jackson Heights on 74th Street, the $8 billion proposal to transform the 50…
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Get ready to dance! Global Mashup Series brings Haitian dance and Latin music to Flushing Town Hall this Saturday

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Apr. 30, 2024 By Athena Dawson Are you ready for a unique mashup of amazing Caribbean music and dance this May? Flushing Town Hall is hosting another edition of their popular Global Mashup Series, where Haitian dance meets Puerto Rican salsa music on stage this Saturday, May 4.   Brooklyn-based Jalopy Theatre, will take over Flushing…
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Free community yoga sessions return to Ridgewood in May

Portrait of happy boy practicing yoga with friend at park

Apr. 30, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, in collaboration with Rufin French Yoga and the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation, has announced the return of the popular “Yoga at Grover” program to Grover Cleveland Playground in Ridgewood. Now in its fourth year, this community initiative offers free yoga classes designed to promote health…
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Pregnant bus drivers blast MTA over lack of reasonable accommodations

Pregnant MTA bus driver Latoya Christian

Apr. 30, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld

Pregnant bus drivers working for the MTA who are suing the transit agency for allegedly skirting requirements to provide reasonable accommodations publicly blasted the authority Tuesday for its alleged failures.