June 6, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Hundreds of people packed Sunnyside Community Services (SCS) Thursday evening to give testimony on the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan at Community Board 2’s monthly in-person meeting. Dozens of local residents testified both in favor and against the neighborhood plan during the June 5 meeting at SCS, located at 43-31 39th… Read more »
May. 14, 2025 By sobrien May 14, 2025 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez touted a number of measures introduced in the recently-approved state budget that will help working families combat inflation but said the budget could have been “bolder” in its efforts to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Gonzalez, who represents areas in…
Apr. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The team behind the proposed $8 billion Metropolitan Park casino project has announced a new partnership aiming to create hundreds of long-term affordable housing in Corona. Queens Future, an LLC formed as part of Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International’s push for the Metropolitan Park casino…
Dec. 30, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has announced a plan to provide 13 Sunnyside households displaced by a devastating fire in December 2023 with an additional round of six-month temporary housing agreements. Richards announced the new round of temporary housing agreements on Dec. 20 to mark the one-year anniversary of… Read more »