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Oct. 30, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller With less than a week until the Nov. 5 general election, and early voting already well underway, all eyes are fixed on the showdown between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former GOP President Donald Trump for the White House. But there are a handful of competitive downballot…
Oct. 29, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA says it is considering digging a tunnel underneath a Queens cemetery to carry the proposed Interborough Express (IBX) light rail line between Brooklyn and Queens, nine months after amNewYork Metro exposed the grave potential consequences of previous plans to run trams on the street. MTA construction…
Oct. 28, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Hundreds of people gathered at the 90th Street Triangle on the Jackson Heights/Elmhurst border Sunday afternoon to rally for continued support in fighting crime on the Roosevelt Avenue Corridor. This comes after Mayor Eric Adams launched a multi-agency enforcement operation in the area earlier in October. The Public…
Oct. 11, 2024 By Shane O'Brien Council Member Robert Holden has criticized Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for their "insufficient efforts" to address lead service line replacements in his district. Holden was speaking in response to an announcement by the Adams administration Wednesday to expand the…
Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Council Member Robert Holden has voiced concerns over New York City's sanctuary city laws following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) report revealing that a Venezuelan gang member, convicted of criminal possession of a firearm, was twice released into the community after local jurisdiction ignored ICE detainer…
Oct. 4, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Nearly 70% of New York City residents think Mayor Eric Adams should resign following his historic indictment on federal corruption charges last week, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll out Friday has found. The survey of 1,073 adult Big Apple residents, contacted by text or online between Sept. 30 and…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller, Kirstyn Brendlen, Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki Mayor Eric Adams was criminally charged on multiple counts of bribery, soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations and wire fraud in a historic Thursday indictment, making him the first sitting New York City mayor to be indicted and throwing his political future…
Sep. 23, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA seeks to spend billions of dollars through the end of this decade replacing ancient train signals on dozens of miles of subway track, hoping to mitigate one of the primary drivers of subway delays with modern technology that allows for faster and more reliable service. The…
Sep. 22, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA's $68 billion capital plan, unveiled last week, proposes starting construction on the Interborough Express (IBX), the potentially transformative light rail link between Brooklyn and Queens, within this decade. The 2025-29 capital plan, the transit agency's overarching five-year spending priorities for maintenance, renewal, and expansion, includes $2.75 billion…
Sep. 19, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan A residential street in Bayside was closed on Monday evening to accommodate the substantial crowd of local residents, including some who traveled from southeast Queens to protest the City of Yes initiative. In northeast Queens, elected officials and residents gathered once again to make a strong statement in…