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Queens Ledger
Published 5 hours agoPolish President Visits Middle Village
BY KYLIE VOLAVONGSA | news@queensledger.com Last Sunday, Polish President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk paid a visit to Christ the King High School in Middle Village. As the auditorium filled with visitors young and old, Nawrocki awarded prominent figures of New…
Queens Ledger
Published September 23Queens NYCHA Residents Bring Pride, Cautious Optimism to Borough’s First “NYCHA in Your Neighborhood”
At Queens’ first “NYCHA in Your Neighborhood” event, a small but passionate crowd of Queens NYCHA residents shared their struggles and their thoughts on Mayor Mamdani. BY COLE SINANIAN | cole@queensledger.com LONG ISLAND CITY — Residents of Ravenswood, Woodside Houses,…
Queens Ledger
Published September 23“Battle of the Boroughs” Comes to Queens
A medieval contact sport called “Buhurt” is gaining popularity. Astoria hosted its preeminent NYC tournament last week. BY ROMAN BROSZKOWSKI | news@queensledger.com ASTORIA — For several hours on Thursday in Queens, eight New Yorkers struck, punched, grappled, and head-butted…
Queens Ledger
Published September 23ASTORIA STREET SPECTATOR: Tennis, Parks, and the Astoria Cinematic Universe
Pop the Astoria Bubble is bigger than tennis and the rest of NYC should be listening. BY NICOLAS STERGIOU | nicolas.stergiou@gmail.com Astoria has become very good at organizing itself. A group starts because people want to pick up garbage. Another wants to make Mondays slightly…
Gothamist
Published September 22NYC’s creative workers are increasingly self-employed, report says
While the number of arts industry jobs are growing nationally, they’re shrinking in the city. [ more › ]
Gothamist
Published September 22[sponsor] Times Travel Turns One Times Square Into an Immersive Trip Through the History of the NYE Ball Drop
Whether or not you're brave enough for the real thing on December 31, Times Travel and the Ball Experience upgrade for those who want to get even closer might be the closest you'll get to the center of it all, any day of the year. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published September 22Union Could Bag 190,000 New Home Care Workers in Medicaid-Funded Program
The powerful healthcare union 1199SEIU formally petitioned to unionize tens of thousands of home care workers across the state, the latest twist in New York’s controversial quest to streamline an $11 billion state-funded home care program. The union said Tuesday it had gathered…
Gothamist
Published September 22NJ fines data center $1 million for illegally powering facility with gas generators
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill Gov. Mikie Sherill said it was the largest fine handed out to a data center in state history. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published September 22‘We Screwed Up’: DoorDash to Pay $131.5 Million to Stiffed NYC Delivery Workers
Delivery giant DoorDash agreed to pay a $131.5 million settlement after New York’s worker and consumer protection agency found the company had unlawfully withheld wages from thousands of delivery workers who were paid late or not at all. A majority of the settlement funds will go…
Gothamist
Published 1 hour agoEx-NJ Sen. Bob Menendez trying to get his 'gold bars' corruption conviction tossed
Former Sen. Bob Menendez arrives for his sentencing at Manhattan Federal Court on Jan. 29, 2025. Menendez is currently serving an 11-year sentence in a federal prison. [ more › ]
Queens Ledger
Published 1 hour agoSmile on Maspeth Day Returns for 2026
A little rain didn’t stop Smile on Maspeth Day, an annual carnival that took place last Sunday in the Maspeth Federal Savings parking lot. The festival featured an exciting mix of attractions — everything from rides, clowns, stilt walkers, face painting, to a photobooth and a…
Queens Ledger
Published 1 hour agoHORNAK: Are Data Centers the New “Third Rail” of Politics?
BY ROBERT HORNAK | news@queensledger.com There’s an old saying that Social Security is the third rail of politics. Meaning that trying to touch that as an issue, to advocate for any desperately needed reforms to make sure the system is sound for years to come, would be like…