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Assemblymember González-Rojas praises 2025 fiscal budget for investments in Queens communities

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Apr. 26, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Queens Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas (D-34) celebrated the passing of the New York State budget for the 2025 fiscal year, highlighting its inclusion of investments in numerous Queens neighborhoods. Many of these investments include in the budget, which was passed on Saturday, Apr. 21, will have a large impact on…
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Queens electeds offer contrasting viewpoints on pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia

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Apr. 25, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan As Pro-Palestinian encampments emerged at over a dozen college campuses across the country following in the footsteps of Columbia University, local elected officials pushed out statements in response. The “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” built on the campus’s south lawn, drew strong voices of support, as well as objection, from Queens…
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Butterfield Market to expand beyond Manhattan with new Long Island City location and commissary kitchen

Apr. 25, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Apr. 25, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Upscale Upper East Side grocery store Butterfield Market is set to open a new location in Long Island City next year. The store will operate a retail space and a 9,000-square-foot commissary kitchen.  Butterfield Market, which currently operates locations on Madison… Read more »

Families gather in Queensbridge Park for inaugural Earth Day Picnic

Apr. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Apr. 24, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Dozens of families gathered in Queensbridge Park on Monday to mark the first-annual Earth Day Picnic, celebrating plans to transform New York City’s largest fossil fuel powerplant into a renewable energy hub.  The event, hosted by Queens-based energy asset management company… Read more »

Two teenagers stabbed during argument with group of men in Astoria: NYPD

Apr. 24, 2024 By bparry

[caption id="attachment_73269" align="alignnone" width="680"] Two teenagers were stabbed during an argument with a group of strangers in the Steinway section of Astoria Monday evening. File photo by Lloyd Mitchell[/caption]
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry

Community rallies to preserve Queensbridge composting as Parks Dept. eviction looms

Apr. 24, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Apr. 24, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Elected officials and environmental advocates rallied on the grounds of a nationally recognized community composting site in Long Island City on Friday to prevent the NYC Parks Department from evicting the non-profit organization that operates it. The Long Island City composting site underneath… Read more »