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Prior to municipalities being given the authority to close illegal pot shops, which was added into the state budget last month, Mayor Adams had said, on multiple occasions, that he would be able to shutter all illicit weed stores in ..read more
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Hotel staff weren’t the only ones who cleaned up at last weekend’s New York Press Association Spring Conference, held at the Gideon Putnam in upstate Saratoga Springs.The Queens Chronicle took home a record 14 awards in NYPA’s annual Better Newspaper ..read more
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Citing better-than-anticipated revenue and spending reductions by his administration in the last several months, Mayor Adams on April 24 introduced an executive budget proposal that comes in $2.2 billion higher than his preliminary budget from January.The mayor’s present plan calls ..read more
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An international torch relay team, which participated in the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, visited schools throughout Queens ahead of an Earth Day celebration that concluded the event at Roy Wilkins Park on April 20.Students from the Thurgood Marshall Magnet ..read more
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Neir’s Tavern, one of the oldest bars in the country, received a Queensmark designation from the Queens Historical Society last Saturday. The honor goes to establishments that deserve special recognition due to outstanding architectural, cultural or historical significance.The community came ..read more
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New York is intensifying its efforts to combat the alarming surge in hate crimes with a multifaceted approach that includes education initiatives in public schools and legislative measures at the state level.Mayor Adams on Tuesday unveiled the “Teaching About Hate ..read more
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Luigi (Louis) Balducci was born in Corato, Italy, on March 10, 1899. He arrived in New York on the ship Providence on July 28, 1922 with his wife Maria (nee Miscioscia). Their firstborn, Charles, was born April 24, 1923, followed ..read more
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A man was gunned down in South Ozone Park early Monday morning, according to authorities.At approximately 1 a.m., police officers responded to the scene of a male shot at the intersection of 117th Street and Rockaway Boulevard, within the confines ..read more
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Seeking to tackle what he called quality-of-life issues that have gone unaddressed —such as “the proliferation of ‘massage parlors,’ unregulated street vending and uncleanliness,” city Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona) last Friday announced that he had created a multiagency task force ..read more
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Congestion pricing, the toll into Manhattan aimed at raising $1 billion per year for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, June 30.“Five years after the Legislature made congestion pricing New York State law, and ..read more