Articles about "Kathy Hochul":

Sep. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry & Zachary Gewelb In Tuesday’s special election to replace former Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal, his hand-picked successor, Democratic candidate Sam Berger is comfortably leading Republican and Conservative Party candidate David Hirsch, having secured 55.14% of the vote (2,447 votes) with 99% of precincts reported as of Wednesday morning, according to unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections. Hirsch finished with 38.87% of the vote (1,979 votes). The Assembly District 27 race to represent the neighborhoods of Flushing, Kew Gardens Hills, Whitestone, Pomonok and College Point was expected to be a close one between the two...
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Sep. 12, 2023 By Bill Parry Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated a 9/11 Memorial Mass in Breezy Point on Sept. 11 with the Blessed Trinity Parish community dedicated to those killed during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the first responders and those who have died from related diseases since. The Mass...
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Sep. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry

Sept. 8, 2023 By John Schilling   Community Board 2 returned from summer break on Thursday, Sept. 7, at Sunnyside Community Services to discuss New York state’s Open Meetings Law with Allan Swisher, the general counsel and a senior policy advisor for the office of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. The law, which applies to... Read more »

Aug. 30, 2023 By Bill Parry

Aug. 25, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed As it begins the new academic year, Queens College is expected to appoint 57 new faculty members in professorial and lecturer titles, as well as announce major administrative appointments.  The successful faculty hiring initiative is credited to the combined efforts of leaders at Queens College, CUNY and the state...
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Aug. 9, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Tensions flared during dueling rallies held outside of a tent shelter at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village on Tuesday, Aug. 8, as the angry protesters who expressed their opposition to the city’s plan to house migrants at the site outnumbered a small group of pro-migrant supporters.  Standing...
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Aug. 8, 2023 By Mayor Eric Adams As mayor, it is my sacred duty to keep New Yorkers safe. I campaigned on making New York City a safer place to live, work, and raise a family, and now, after a little over a year and a half in office, we continue to see the results....
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Aug. 7, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld The city is finally launching a first-in-the-nation program using technology to enforce weight restrictions against trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), with violations in the hundreds of dollars set to start in November on the crumbling highway. Enforcement against hefty trucks weighing over 80,000 pounds, which are not…

Jul. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens lawmakers, police union leaders, and a former NYPD detective who is campaigning to unseat disgraced Congressman George Santos are all expressing outrage after Scott Cobb, the getaway driver in the 1988 assassination of rookie cop Eddie Byrne, was granted parole on July 26. Cobb, 60, has served 34...
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