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Sept. 24, 2020 Staff Report
A giant private equity firm has bought a building located in Queens Plaza for $40 million.
The Carlyle Group—along with Botantic Properties– has purchase 24-02 Queens Plaza South from Atlas Capital, according to city records. The three story property–built in 1949– is currently occupied by the Apex Technical School.
The $40 million transaction was recorded with the city on Sept. 17.
Sept. 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Queens State Sen. Jessica Ramos and City Comptroller Scott Stringer are calling on the city to make its Open Streets program a year-round initiative.
Sept. 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin
The Queens Memory Project, an ongoing community archiving program supported by the Queens Public Library and Queens College Library, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary next week with a Facebook Live event.
Sept. 23, 2020 By Christian Murray
The affordable housing lottery has opened for TF Cornerstone’s two-tower development that is part of the Hunters Point South 5,000-unit mega plan.
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Sept. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin
More than 9,000 city employees will be furloughed as the city faces a major budget deficit spurred by the coronavirus shutdown, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today.
Sept. 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Parents with children in western Queens public schools are less likely to keep their kids at home to learn remotely than the rest of the city.
Sept. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray
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Sept. 22, 2022 By Christian Murray
Drag racing is a problem throughout Queens—from Sunnyside to Fresh Meadows–and a Flushing legislator is looking to clamp down on the problem.
Sept. 22, 2020 By Christian Murray
At the end of next year, 11 council members in Queens will be forced to step down due to term limits.
Sept. 22, 2020 By Allie Griffin
An acclaimed sculpture created in the 1920s will find a new home in Long Island City this week.
Sept. 21, 2020 By Christian Murray
The public review period has begun on a proposal that would see a 21-story mixed-use office tower go up next to the Queensboro Bridge.
Sept. 18, 2020 By Allie Griffin
A community-based organization is leading a peace march from the Astoria Houses to the Queensbridge Houses tomorrow to show the unity of neighbors against violence.
Sept. 18, 2020 By Christian Murray
We talk to Zohran Mamdani, a self-described socialist who will be representing the 36th Assembly District in Albany next year.
Sept. 18, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Community compost and food scraps drop-off sites are back up and running in Queens after the sites were shuttered for months due to pandemic-related budget cuts.
Sept. 18, 2020 By Allie Griffin
An alleged robber put a 62-year-old in a chokehold and punched him for a mere $4 in Long Island City last month.
Sept. 17, 2020 By Christian Murray
The School Construction Authority, which stopped work on building new schools when COVID-19 took hold in March, will be restarting work on P.S. 384Q in Long Island City, with a completion date of September 2021 still in tact.
Sept. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin
The start of in-person classes at the city’s public schools has been delayed yet again for the majority of students.
Sept. 16, 2020 By Christian Murray
At the end of next year, 11 council members in Queens will be forced to step down due to term limits.
Sept. 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Staffers at 10 Queens public schools have tested positive for COVID-19 since teachers and administrators returned to schools across the city on Sept. 8.
Sept. 16, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
Restaurants will soon be able to add a 10 percent service charge to the tab.
Sept. 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin
The city will ramp up its sanitation efforts to keep streets trash-free after having cut the Department of Sanitation’s budget by $106 million.
Sept. 16, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his entire office staff will take one week of unpaid leave in order to help tackle the city’s fiscal crisis amid the coronavirus shutdown.
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Sept. 16, 2020 By Allie Griffin
Sept. 15, 2020 By Christian Murray
The cost to rent an apartment in northwest Queens remains high–although a little bit less than a year ago, according to a new report.
Sept. 15, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
The city will be spraying pesticides to keep the number of mosquitoes at bay in parts of western and central Queens on Thursday.
Sept. 15, 2020 By Christian Murray
A Queens legislator will be introducing a bill before the city council Wednesday that calls for the decriminalization of jaywalking.
Sep. 15, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
A number of city and state officials came together for a Zoom call Thursday to address the quality-of-life issues that have plagued the Hunters Point waterfront this summer.
Sept. 15, 2020 By Allie Griffin
New York City launches a special multi-agency team to address COVID-19 cases at city schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
Sept. 15, 2020 By Michael Dorgan
State Sen. Mike Gianaris has introduced a bill aimed at preventing U.S. President Donald Trump from avoiding criminal prosecution — and force him to produce his tax returns.
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