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Astoria Post

Queens lawmakers rally for legislation to improve representation of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communities

Woman taking batch of hundred dollar bills

QNS

$2.7M settlement for wage violations reached for 332 NYC Health + Hospitals contracted temporary workers

Medina Salazar

QNS

Senator Julia Salazar allocates $1 million in capital funds to upgrade maternity ward at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center

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People

The good doctor: Queens man does double duty as ER physician and auxiliary cop

Posted on May 13, 2024

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LI Press

Long Island Billionaire Jim Simons Dead at 86

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QNS

Middle Village deli raises over $15,000 for family of fallen NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller

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Mayor Adams signs legislation to boost safety for FDNY EMTs and Paramedics with new body armor and self defense training

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Get ready to dance! Global Mashup Series brings Haitian dance and Latin music to Flushing Town Hall this Saturday

Brooklyn

Paul Auster, 77, prolific writer known for ‘The New York Trilogy’

Posted on May 1, 2024

Rosslyn Taylor (left) receives the Dr. Jean Leon Award from Dr. Leon.

Caribbean Life

RN Jean G. Leon remains ‘fully committed as a healthcare change agent’

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Memorial mass for bartender stabbed in Maspeth Irish bar set for Saturday in Elmhurst

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Queens electeds offer contrasting viewpoints on pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia

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Queens Assemblymember Juan Ardila runs for re-election amid sexual assault allegations and widespread criticism

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QNS

Coffee with a Cop – an opportunity for the community to engage New York’s Finest

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Squatters take over abandoned Triple Crown Diner in Bellerose

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Queens man faces up to 30 years in prison in connection to fatal shooting of cop in Far Rockaway last month: DA

Devorah Halberstam and Rivkie Feiner speak at the ADL summit "Never is Now" about antisemitism in the Orthodox Jewish community. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Politics

Big hate in the Big Apple: Why New York City saw record levels of antisemitism last year, according to Anti-Defamation League

Posted on April 16, 2024

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QNS

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards delivers ‘State of the Borough’ address, focuses on green energy projects, hydroponics labs and affordable housing

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QNS

Queens teens take the stage in TADA! Youth Theater’s new musical ‘Common Ground’

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Six months of anguish: Relative of hostage held in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas war speaks out on family’s painful ordeal

Posted on April 5, 2024

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QNS

Queens couple of 40 years tie the knot in their hospital room as their dying wish

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World’s largest Peace Torch relay set to occur in Jamaica Apr. 11

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Licensed cannabis dispensary owners unite to push for local crackdown on unlicensed weed shops

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Scenes of New York: The wacky hats of this year’s Easter Parade

Posted on April 3, 2024

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QNS

Assemblymember Rajkumar’s ‘Operation Smokeout’ gains momentum: rallying for passage of ‘SMOKEOUT Act’ to combat illegal smoke shops in NYC

Bernie Wagenblast marks Transgender Day of Visibility

Trans Lives Matter: Celebrating international Transgender Day of Visibility with the MTA’s help

Posted on March 30, 2024

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JCAL to host film festival Apr. 26-27 highlighting works from BIPOC NYC-based creators

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QNS

The Cannabis Place Opens in Middle Village, marks the 9th adult-use dispensary to open in Queens

Attendees watch Islamic call to prayer at Jewish temple during interfaith Iftar

Faith

‘Peace is the goal’: Manhattan’s Temple Emanu-El hosts an interfaith Iftar meal celebrating life, diversity and tolerance

Posted on March 24, 2024

QNS

Queens based lawmakers and formerly incarcerated advocates rally for new prison reform bills

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Real estate visionary and St. John’s benefactor, Joseph M. Mattone passes away at 92, leaves legacy of transformation and philanthropy

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Brooklyn

Martin Greenfield: Holocaust survivor and renowned tailor for U.S. presidents, dies at 95

Posted on March 21, 2024

Queens NYPD Captain Tawee Theanthong pointing to photo of himself as a monk at Thai monastery

People

From the monastery to the precinct: A Queens man takes enlightened path to the NYPD

Posted on March 18, 2024

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Ridgewood civic leaders release survey identifying 2,400 locations where trees should be planted

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Ridgewood animal care center to be renamed in honor of the late Council Member and animal advocate Paul Vallone

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‘Everybody need a helping hand’: This homeless hairstylist in Manhattan cuts the hair of other unhoused New Yorkers

Posted on March 12, 2024

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Irish American actor and NYC icon Malachy McCourt dies at 92

Posted on March 12, 2024

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QNS

New York’s senior citizens rally for housing repairs, oppose funding cuts to aging services

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QNS

Rev. Al Sharpton, community leaders draw attention to high unemployment rate among Black New Yorkers, tout Steve Cohen’s casino plan

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QNS

Morton Povman: longest serving NYC Council Member, dies at 93

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Senator Addabbo to host virtual discussion on tackling problem gambling for National Problem Gambling Awareness Month

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Nonprofit Women for Afghan Women distributes groceries ahead of Ramadan

QNS

CUNY York College Interim President Dr. Claudia Schrader seeks to build community and inspire change

Astoria Post

Actor Kal Penn is hosting an Astoria fundraiser for Assemblymember Mamdani’s re-election

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QNS

‘I don’t know what to do:’ Queens DoorDash courier voices frustration over DCWP’s new minimum pay for food couriers

Formerly homeless man advocates in East Village over shelter conditions

How a homeless man in East Village is raising awareness of shelter conditions: ‘It’s no condition for nobody’

Posted on March 3, 2024

Remembering Iris Apfel, 102, an ‘extraordinary’ fashion icon and New York native with a knack for eye-catching style

Posted on March 2, 2024

NY: Black History Month Celebration at QBH

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Queens Borough President Richards caps Black History Month with joyful celebration

More from around NYC

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Year-in-Review: Bronx takes bold steps toward future with housing reforms and Metro-North expansion

This Verizon telephone exchange building on Fairview Avenue in Ridgewood has been connecting callers around the community for generations.

Ringing up some Queens telephone history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Frequent flare-up: Firefighters battle blaze at Gobbler Auto Parts in East Flatbush

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

Year in review: What changed for LGBTQ rights in 2024