May. 16, 2024 By Ethan Marshall A $2.7 million settlement was reached for prevailing wage violations involving 332 temporary office workers at hospitals and medical centers contracted by NYC Health + Hospitals Corporation and the staffing provider, Winston Support Services, LLC. In total, $2,730,526.06 was paid to the workers, which accounts for back wages, civil…
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May. 16, 2024 By Athena Dawson The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) have announced a list of 138 recipients of the 2024 Queens Arts Fund. The awarded projects span various creative disciplines, including music, poetry, book art, painting, photography and sculpture. The selected…
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May. 15, 2024 By ishkurhan May 15, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Initially created with emergency authorization from the city during the pandemic, the 31st Ave Open Street Collective is cementing its status as a permanent fixture in the Astoria community. After a year-long effort, the organization recently obtained a tax-exempt nonprofit status just as its… Read more »
May. 15, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Astoria State Senator Michael Gianaris and Fresh Meadows Assembly Member Nily Rozic introduced the Good Jobs Guarantee Act in Albany this month, which could unlock $1 billion in private funding for workforce development. The legislation was introduced in partnership with Pursuit, a workforce development company based in Long Island…
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May. 15, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City suffered the largest gap between the amount of growth in wages and the increase in rent across the United States from 2022 to 2023, according to a study by the real estate listing information firm StreetEasy and the real estate marketplace company Zillow. Among the metro…
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May. 14, 2024 By Czarinna Andres May 14, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Dozens of local residents, community leaders and small business owners gathered at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights Monday afternoon for a rally calling on State Sen. Jessica Ramos to endorse the $8 billion Metropolitan Park proposal. The proposal would transform 50… Read more »
May. 14, 2024 By emarshall May 14, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for three units in a 5-story mixed-use building at 12-22 Astoria Blvd. in Astoria. The building has ten residences, seven of which are market rate. The three affordable residences are each two-bedroom units meant for those… Read more »
May. 13, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_74183" align="alignnone" width="700"] Detectives from the Queens DA’s office and the NYPD confiscated nearly a hundred scooters and mopeds during an overnight sweep in five western Queens neighborhoods. Courtesy of DA’s office[/caption]
May 13, 2024 By Bill Parry
May. 12, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Transit cops in Queens are looking for the subway slasher carrying a Grubhub delivery bag who sliced a woman’s leg on board an E train last week.
May. 10, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_74092" align="alignnone" width="700"] The memorial at Bliss Plaza below the 7 train 46th St./Bliss station. (Photo courtesy of Pete Mauro)[/caption]
May 10, 2024 By Bill Parry