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Aug. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly A dozen NYC-based cannabis businesses are suing to block the state Office of Cannabis Management from enforcing a newly reinterpreted school-distance rule, arguing the abrupt reversal threatens to wipe out their businesses and undermine the state’s equity goals. The group is among 152 dispensaries and license holders affected…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Queens Borough President Donovan Richards on Friday endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani in the November general election, urging other prominent Democrats who have been "sitting on the fence" to "meet this moment" and get behind his campaign. The Queens Beep, during a Friday news conference in Richmond…
Aug. 12, 2025 By Bill Parry Eastern Queens elected officials announced last week that an agreement has been reached with Empire State Development (ESD) on a revised Creedmoor Mixed-Use Redevelopment Project that will significantly reduce density. The new plan responds to community feedback by proposing a 27% reduction in housing unit square footage and…
Aug. 11, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The highly anticipated Interborough Express (IBX), a new light rail line poised to connect Brooklyn and Queens years from now, is already stirring attention in the NYC real estate market. While some neighborhoods along the proposed route are bracing for a surge in property values, others face the…
Aug. 5, 2025 By Adam Daly A Bronx lawmaker has introduced legislation to shield more than 100 state-licensed cannabis dispensaries from losing their ability to operate after the state’s Office of Cannabis Management reinterpreted a key zoning rule last week. But a coalition of impacted businesses says the fix cannot wait until lawmakers return…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Ethan Marshall & Zachary Gewelb Thursday's thunderstorm has resulted in heavy flooding across New York City, including in northeast Queens, where first responders rescued at least two people who were temporarily stranded in their vehicles. The FDNY and NYPD confirmed with QNS that three vehicles were submerged on the Clearview…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Hey Queens and Brooklyn residents: The plan for a direct train link from Brooklyn to Queens — known as the Interborough Express (IBX) — became closer to a sure thing Wednesday when the MTA announced a board-approved design contract. The MTA board voted at its monthly meeting on…
Jul. 30, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani returned to the United States on Wednesday from a week-and-a-half-long trip to his native country of Uganda and was allowed through Customs without any incident, his campaign confirmed to amNewYork. Mamdani's decision to leave the U.S. on July 20 to celebrate his marriage…
Jul. 28, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo on Monday contended that Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is dreaming an impossible dream. The former governor says the Queens assembly member's plan to get Albany on board with raising taxes on corporations and millionaires is an "impossibility" because lawmakers outside New York City…
Jul. 25, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is making a number of changes to his campaign team as he shifts from his far-left underdog status in the primary to a Democratic nominee intent on uniting his big-tent party in the November general election. Mamdani, who is currently on a two-week jaunt…