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‘Experience still matters’: Former northeast Queens politician Tony Avella launches campaign for District 19 City Council seat

Mar. 22, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Former Queens City Council member Tony Avella is once again running for his old Council seat in District 19 for the 2023 election. If he ends up winning the Democratic primary on June 27, he will presumably face off against sitting Councilwoman Vickie Paladino. “I’m always a local guy,”…
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NYC School Construction Authority breaks ground on new addition for P.S. 26 in Fresh Meadows

Mar. 22, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed NYC School Construction Authority (SCA) officials were joined by elected officials, educators and community leaders on Monday, March 20, to celebrate the construction of a new state-of-the-art 399-seat addition for P.S. 29 in Fresh Meadows. SCA President and CEO Nina Kubota, along with P.S. 26 Principal Andrew Pecorella and P.S….
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Exclusive | HPD starts hunt for nonprofits to run expanded $4M-a-year tenant organizing program

Mar. 22, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller The city Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is allocating $4 million annually to expand a de Blasio-era pilot program aimed at organizing tenants in rent-regulated buildings, while releasing a request for proposals (RFP) seeking nonprofits who can implement the initiative’s next phase, amNewYork Metro has learned. The…
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NYPD investigating two incidents of antisemitic vandalism in Rego Park, Forest Hills

Mar. 21, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two incidents of antisemitic graffiti that was reported on Tuesday, March 21, in the neighborhoods of Rego Park and Forest Hills.  On Monday, March 20, at 9:21 p.m., two swastikas were found scrawled on the sidewalk and street outside of J.H.S….
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DA Katz hosts 8th-annual mock trial competition featuring nationally ranked law schools

Mar. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry Future trial lawyers brought their talents to Queens earlier this month as Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz hosted her office’s eighth-annual Mock Trial Competition. St. John’s University School of Law, Brooklyn Law School and Hofstra University, Maurice A. Deane School of Law were among the area institutions that sent…
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Queens DA Katz announces indictment of 33 reputed gang members on murder, gun violence charges

Mar. 21, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz on Tuesday, March 21, announced the indictment on 33 suspected gang members for murder and gun violence charges. In addition to the indictments being made, 34 firearms were confiscated from the defendants, including two ghost guns. Katz made the announcement from her Kew Gardens…
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