MOST RECENT NEWS IN QUEENS, NY

School speed swindle

There were a few errors in your article about Mayor Mamdani’s plan on lowering all speed limits throughout NYC, especially in so-called “school safety zones” (“City to limit speeds to 15 mph near

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Don’t disparage the dead

When Charlie Kirk was assassinated many on the left cheered his death. I couldn’t believe that people could be so cold and obnoxious, wishing harm on someone just because of one’s political beliefs.Now,

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Save vital adult-care funds

More than 20 years ago, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigation exposed a crisis in New York’s adult homes: deaths, dangerous conditions and residents left without basic medical care or any meaningful

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Cancer screening for free

The Cancer Services Program of Queens offers free colorectal cancer screening to uninsured people aged 45 and older. New York State data from 2024 confirm that people 45 to 75 years old who

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We lost a landmark

There was a wonderful coming together on March 8, at which Borough President Donovan Richards, City Councilwoman Lynn Schulman and U.S. Rep. Grace Meng all spoke to celebrate the first anniversary of the

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Progress over mediocrity

Last week’s front-page article in the Central Queens edition not only misrepresents the issue of relocating the Queens sculpture on Yellowstone Boulevard, but also perpetuates a narrative driven by hearsay rather than fact

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