Getting Home Safe With Rana Abdelhamid
April 9, 2026
The Astoria-based community organizer and martial artist talks public safety and what her book, “Get Home Safe,” can teach us about building a better world.
The Astoria-based community organizer and martial artist talks public safety and what her book, “Get Home Safe,” can teach us about building a better world.
The insurgent progressive and former diplomat is running for congress on a promise to put Queens’ working families first. BY COLE SINANIAN cole@queensledger.com Take an
The $21 billion megaproject can’t move forward until federal funding is secured. And even then, it could still take 100 years to complete. BY COLE
BY MARYAM RAHAMAN As performers got ready to perform Frank Ocean’s “White” at the Queens Poet open mic on Saturday, the piano stool collapsed. Hannah
By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com For Elijah Gonzalez, boxing has been a part of life for as long as he can remember. The 19-year-old Coney Island
Poll Shows Growing Food Insecurity Across Queens and Brooklyn By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com A growing number of New Yorkers are struggling to afford food as
Robert Hornak Former executive director of the queens republican party rahornak@gmail.com Robert Hornak is a veteran political consultant who previously served as deputy director of
JACK DELANEY Jdelaney@queensledger.com Michelle Ann McSweeney-Ortiz, a lifelong Queens resident and veteran lawyer, is vying for an open seat as a New York City Civil
NYPD and FDNY players went head-to-head in a spirited volleyball match at Maspeth High School Gym, turning the Queens gym into a hub of energy,
BY CAROL CHEN news@queensledger.com RIDGEWOOD — “Date Alice, because she won’t date us.” It was the closer of a double pitch — two best friends,
The Astoria-based community organizer and martial artist talks public safety and what her book, “Get Home Safe,” can teach us about building a better world.
The insurgent progressive and former diplomat is running for congress on a promise to put Queens’ working families first. BY COLE SINANIAN cole@queensledger.com Take an
The $21 billion megaproject can’t move forward until federal funding is secured. And even then, it could still take 100 years to complete. BY COLE
BY MARYAM RAHAMAN As performers got ready to perform Frank Ocean’s “White” at the Queens Poet open mic on Saturday, the piano stool collapsed. Hannah
By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com For Elijah Gonzalez, boxing has been a part of life for as long as he can remember. The 19-year-old Coney Island
Poll Shows Growing Food Insecurity Across Queens and Brooklyn By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@queensledger.com A growing number of New Yorkers are struggling to afford food as
Robert Hornak Former executive director of the queens republican party rahornak@gmail.com Robert Hornak is a veteran political consultant who previously served as deputy director of
JACK DELANEY Jdelaney@queensledger.com Michelle Ann McSweeney-Ortiz, a lifelong Queens resident and veteran lawyer, is vying for an open seat as a New York City Civil
NYPD and FDNY players went head-to-head in a spirited volleyball match at Maspeth High School Gym, turning the Queens gym into a hub of energy,
BY CAROL CHEN news@queensledger.com RIDGEWOOD — “Date Alice, because she won’t date us.” It was the closer of a double pitch — two best friends,
