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Photos: Queens Pride Parade celebrated in Jackson Heights

Jun. 3, 2024 By emarshall June 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall In celebration of the beginning of Pride month, Jackson Heights hosted its 32nd annual Queens Pride parade Sunday. Thousands gathered to celebrate this parade. Founded in 1993 by Daniel Dromm and Maritza Martinez, this parade is the second-oldest and biggest in all of New… Read more »

Jamaica family shelter unveils new library for nearly 200 families

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Jun. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry The residents at the Samaritan Daytop Village’s Boulevard family shelter on Queens Boulevard in Jamaica now have a new amenity with the opening of The Bookmark, a new library that gives the 199 families access to an onsite space that features hundreds of children’s books, reading spaces and computers…
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New York becomes first state to offer Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates

May. 31, 2024 By Czarinna Andres May 31, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and Lloyd Mitchell Gov. Kathy Hochul, along with state officials and U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, announced Thursday that low-income New Yorkers are now eligible to receive rebates for energy efficiency upgrades through a federal program called the Home Electrification and… Read more »

Queens tenants file legal challenge against state agency, claiming unjust rent hikes

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May. 31, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Tenants from a collection of rent-stabilized buildings in Queens gathered outside the offices of the New York Division of Homes and Community Renewal (DHCR) last Friday, May 24, to announce their plans to file an Article 78 legal challenge. The action seeks to compel DHCR to address and resolve…
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Queens College Guyana Alumni Assoc. New York to host film night on June 15

Some members of the Queens College Guyana Alumni Association, New York are pictured with Tony Singh, extreme right, during a past Thanksgiving meal distribution at Singh's Calvary's Mission Food Pantry in Queens.

May. 31, 2024 By Tangerine Clarke The Queens College of Guyana Alumni Association-New York, has announced the eagerly awaited annual Night of Film, in collaboration with Third Horizon Films, set for the Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC) in Queens. The return of the festival will be held on Saturday, June 15, to celebrate its seventh […]