Lawsuit reveals flawed census citizenship question
Leave your thoughtsThe decision to include a specific question on citizenship on the upcoming 2020 Census is a controversial one, long suspected…
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Rozic’s Standby Guardianship bill signed into law
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant parents who might face deportation will now be able to ensure care for their children after Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
Immigration groups call on city to fund adult learning programs
Leave your thoughtsImmigrants rallied at the steps of Queens Borough Hall Tuesday to call on the de Blasio administration to continue funding…
Carwasheros strike for living wages in Flushing
Leave your thoughtsFlushing car wash workers, frustrated with the owners’ refusal to negotiate a new contract, went on strike Sunday. The workers,…
New middle school coming to East Elmhurst
Leave your thoughtsAn intersection near the Grand Central Parkway in East Elmhurst will soon be the site of a new middle school,…
Nearly a thousand protesters march through Astoria calling for close of Rikers Island
Leave your thoughtsNearly 1,000 protesters demanded the closing of Rikers Island during a march through Astoria on their way to a rally…
Car wash workers win settlement against owners
Leave your thoughtsWorkers at a Jamaica car wash won a settlement against the owner after claiming he had paid them below the…
Arrest made in Jackson Heights transgender beating
Leave your thoughtsThe suspect wanted in the vicious attack on a transgender woman in Jackson Heights was arrested Tuesday in Knoxville, Tenn.,…
NYPD investigates dual attacks against LGBT community in Jackson Heights
Leave your thoughtsPhoto by Bill Parry The Jackson Heights LGBT community is reeling and beginning to mobilize following two separate and vicious…
Several elected officials remind residents of the benefits of municipal ID cards
Leave your thoughtsThree elected officials enrolled in the city’s municipal ID program last Friday, hoping it would encourage their constituents to take…