BORO HALL ON YOUR BLOCK: WESTERN QUEENS: Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. successfully brought his Borough Hall on Your Block initiative to Western Queens recently, carrying on his commitment to ensure Queens residents have equitable access to the services and resources of his office. Over the course of the five-day initiative, Borough President Richards
JUDICIAL BAIL TRAINING: Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris (D, WFP - Queens) and State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D/WFP-Manhattan), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to require all judges exercising criminal jurisdiction to undergo annual bail training (S.4397), and a bill to close a loophole allowing judges and justices to avoid investigation from the
ADAMS’ WORKING PEOPLE’S AGENDA: Promising to make the City more affordable, safer, cleaner, and more livable, New York City Mayor Eric Adams outlined on Jan. 26 a “Working People’s Agenda” in his second State of the City address, delivered at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Mayor Adams’ agenda is built on four
With her protracted post-election odyssey in the rearview mirror, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato is back in Albany, where she was selected to play a key
MALONEY JOINS HUNTER COLLEGE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE: Thirty-year Congressional veteran Carolyn Maloney will spend the spring 2023 semester as Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Leader in Residence at Hunter College’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute. Announcement of Rep. Maloney’s appointment was made on Jan. 10 by Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab. The Congresswoman’s tenure begins on