Queens NY

A new job report says October was one of the worst months in terms of layoffs in over 20 years. According to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, layoffs across the country spiked in October as companies adjust their workforces amid the AI boom, raising red flags for the labor market.

Queens officials and community advocates demanded language services be required at hospitals and medical facilities during a rally outside of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Flushing on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Over a dozen speakers — which included Assemblymember Nily Rozic, State Sen. John Liu, Council Member Linda Lee...

Pharmacies are closing at a pace our communities cannot afford. In 2024, according to NYC Center for an Urban Future, 10% of all New York City pharmacies shut down. Behind these closures is a quiet but devastating force: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). These powerful middlemen dictate what pharmacies are paid for...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Implementing a $29 minimum wage for human services workers in New York could generate almost $1 billion in tax revenue and $23 billion in economic activity while lifting about 100,000 out of poverty. Research released this month by the City University of New York Institute for State and Local...

Showers will move into Staten Island Saturday evening as temperatures rise into the 50s, according to the National Weather Service. A cold front will then sweep through overnight, bringing gusty winds that will continue through Sunday. The weather service expects rain to develop across Staten Island after sunset...

Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul have announced plans to extend the current master lease for Roosevelt Island and outline a redevelopment plan for the area. Once approved by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC), the lease will be extended from 2068 to 2078. The extension is expected to provide...

A major Starbucks union strike on Thursday coincided with the chain's popular Red Cup Day as NYC's incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, backs a worker boycott.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is reminding motorists that the Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) program fines became effective on four more bus routes on Thursday, Nov. 13 i.e. on the Q6, Bx20, Bx3 and Bx7 bus routes and vehicles improperly using busways and bus lanes, blocking bus stops, or...

BOROUGHWIDE— STARTUP BREKLAND OF Brooklyn has been chosen as the grand-prize winner of the seventh annual Grow-NY business competition, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday, Nov. 13. The competition, which ran Nov. 12-13, awarded a total of $3 million in prize money – including the $1 million grand prize...

The New York Central System was a vast and legendary railroad, connecting the East Coast to the Mississippi River. A key component — let alone multiples — to its long-lasting status as a powerhouse was the subsidiary railroads. Though operating under the Class I system, many of these New York Central components...