Memorials Around Queens Honor 9/11 Victims This Week
By Victoria Merlino Firefighter Robert Hamilton grew up in Ridgewood and met his wife at Christ the King High School
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Queens Judge Faces Removal After ‘Belligerent’ Remarks, Failure to Comply With Investigation
A Queens Civil Court Judge currently under investigation for “belligerent, rude and condescending” remarks he allegedly made to attorneys inside his courtroom could soon learn his fate, the New York Law Journal reported.
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Court Officers Honor Colleagues Who Died on 9/11
By David Brand Seventeen years ago, court officers working out of the Manhattan criminal courts complex and the Beaver Street
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Charter Revision Commission Chair Talks CB Term Limits
In addition to deciding who will serve on the state Supreme Court bench, in the state legislature and at the governor’s mansion, Queens residents face three other choices when they head to the polls in November.
The Mayoral Charter Revision Commission voted last week to include three ballot questions that would limit campaign contributions in city elections, establish an agency tasked with civic engagement and impose term limits on community board members.
Two days after the decision, Commission Chair Cesar Perales, the former New York secretary of state, spoke with the Eagle about the process for deciding on the ballot questions and the community response to the proposals.
Read moreISIS-Inspired Prisoner Stabs CO
By Evan Rosen and Jonathan Sperling A Queens man convicted of providing material support to ISIS is facing even more
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Queens Dramatist Asks Provocative Questions In New Play
By Clarissa Sosin When Queens-based playwright Judith Sloan finished reading Sinclair Lewis’s novel “It Can’t Happen Here,” she knew she
Read moreSting Operation Nets Hillcrest Predator Soliciting Sex From 13-Year-Old
By David Brand A Hillcrest resident who attempted to meet and have sex with an undercover investigator who was posing
Read moreWorkers’ Rights Violations Plague Home Care Industry
Investigations into home care agencies across New York City have uncovered widespread violations surrounding wages, sick leave and a lack of transparency around wage parity.
The enforcement initiative, led by the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs involves 42 home care agencies and 50,000 affected home care workers of the city’s estimated 200,000 home care workers.
There are at least 817 home health care providers operating in Queens, according to a state department of health database.
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Death and Injury Persist On Queens’ Most Dangerous Streets
Despite the many successes of the New York City’s Vision Zero initiative, preventable deaths and injuries continue to plague Queens’ streets.
A few in particular stand out.
At least 32 have been injured or killed on Northern Boulevard and 22 more have been injured or killed on Jamaica Avenue, according to city data on traffic accidents.
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Stringer Questions Notion That Pipeline Will Help Gas-Thirsty City Meet Environmental Goals
A $1 billion natural gas pipeline that would cut across 23 miles of lower New York Bay has pitted those with environmental concerns against the Williams Company, which says the new pipeline would provide much needed natural gas capacity to Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Wednesday voiced his opposition to the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline.
“The 23-mile pipeline would extend from New Jersey, along the Staten Island coast, past Coney Island and into the Rockaways,” Stringer said in a statement. “Allowing the construction of the pipeline risks damage to many of New York’s most precious habitats and natural assets, including New York Harbor, Jamaica Bay, and the Rockaway’s many beaches.”
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