Mar. 21, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller City Council members on Thursday grilled Adams administration officials over the potential impact that roughly $50.5 million in cuts to the Parks Department could have on the Big Apple’s green spaces, while excoriating Hizzoner for not fulfilling his campaign promise of committing 1% of the city’s annual spending…
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Holocaust survivor and Jackson Heights resident dies at 101
Feb. 5, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Jackson Heights resident Hannah Deutch, who survived the Holocaust by escaping Germany, died Jan. 29 at the age of 101. Deutch lived in Bochum, Germany when Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) occurred in 1938, when she was 16 years old, according to New York Jewish Week. She managed to… Read more »
Queens council member warns of overflowing trash cans at city parks due to Mayor’s budget cuts
Dec. 14, 2023 By Rachel Butler Trash cans will overflow and park jobs will be lost as a result of Mayor Eric Adams’ budget cuts that were announced in November, a Queens council member warned Monday. Council Member Shekar Krishnan, who represents Jackson Heights and is Chair of the Committee on Parks and Recreation, said…
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City Council allocates $17.5 million for critical investments at Elmhurst Hospital
Oct. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry Just over three and a half years after Elmhurst Hospital was at the epicenter of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Council Member Shekar Krishnan and his colleagues in government announced a “groundbreaking” $17 million in critical investment in the second oldest municipal hospital in New York City….
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Back-to-school family resource fair assists local immigrants in Jackson Heights
Sept. 14, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The New York City Immigration Coalition partnered with Queens Council member Shekar Krishnan to hold a back-to-school family resource fair Sept. 9 at Paseo Park in Jackson Heights. The family resource fair was meant to assist immigrant families within Queens, helping to provide services and information for families and… Read more »
Queens BP Richards presents Parks Dept. with $1.05M check to revamp Travers Park basketball courts
Aug. 24, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The beaten-up basketball courts at Travers Park in Jackson Heights will soon get a makeover thanks to an allocation of more than $1 million in capital funding from the Queens Borough President’s Office. Borough President Donovan Richards presented the NYC Parks Dept. with a $1.05 million check on Thursday,… Read more »
Borough leaders show support at annual benefit for historic Queens County Farm Museum
Jul. 14, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The Queens County Farm Museum hosted its annual benefit dinner meant to support the organization Thursday evening. Guests at the event enjoyed a cocktail hour with live music and hayrides before sitting for a dinner prepared with select foods grown at the farm. Among some of the notable individuals…
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Uber and Lyft workers hold 12-hour strike at LaGuardia Airport
Feb. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Drivers for Uber and Lyft joined together to engage in a 12-hour strike at LaGuardia Airport Sunday, Feb. 26, in response to the rideshare companies allegedly being reluctant to grant pay raises, with Uber filing a lawsuit last December to block a pay hike. This strike marks the third…
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‘He didn’t deserve to die’: Borough President Richards leads emotional candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards held a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols outside Queens Borough Hall Monday, Jan. 30 after Nichols’ death at the hands of police officers in Memphis, Tenn., made national headlines for the brutality in which the officers beat him. Almost immediately after news broke about Nichols’ death, the Memphis police officers… Read more »