“It’s time to put the working class first” was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s message to Washington after pulling off one of the biggest political upsets in history. Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old neophyte aligned with the…
Latina women running for office in Queens have been inspired by the stunning victory of newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over 10-term veteran U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) in Tuesday’s primary with all…
Before the grand opening of Curaleaf’s Forest Hills dispensary later this summer, there will be two free “Cannabis 101” educational seminars to provide Queens patients and community members with important information about…
Until President Gerald Ford signed a 1974 bill into law lifting a ban on girls playing Little League baseball across the country, America’s greatest pastime was reserved only for the boys. Former…
A blood shortage across the state has prompted the New York Blood Center to call on donors in multiple counties to volunteer throughout the months of June and July. The emergency comes…
Tori Dajuan is a Far Rockaway author who self-published the book “You Are Not Alone,” which is about being a caregiver for her mother who lost her second battle with breast cancer…
In a momentous upset with national implications, U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) has been unseated by Bronx resident Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a grassroots candidate who ran against the two-decade incumbent on issues…
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) defeated her challenger, Suraj Patel, in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election and now will face two more opponents in the general election in November. With 88 percent of…
The three-way Democratic primary race between incumbent U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Far Rockaway), entrepreneur Mizan Choudhury and Carl Achille, a detective and Iraqi war veteran, in New York’s 5th Congressional District has…
The new polling site within LeFrak City’s library at 98-30 57th Ave. drew less than 90 voters in the first half of the state’s Democratic primary. Residents of the public housing development…