
Controversy in Maspeth Over 15-Bed Asylum Seeker Shelter
By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com A new 15-cot shelter for male asylum seekers opened on March 7 at 66-64 Grand Avenue in Maspeth, a historic

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com A new 15-cot shelter for male asylum seekers opened on March 7 at 66-64 Grand Avenue in Maspeth, a historic

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com Senior advocacy organization LiveOn gathered with over 100 older adults at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday, March 6 to rally

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com A new 15-bed shelter for male asylum seekers opens today at 66-64 Grand Avenue in Maspeth, located at a historic

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com “You go to some centers, it’s either bingo all day long or whatever. We’re not like that here,” member Donna

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com Over 600 Queens residents came out on Feb. 27 to celebrate the Queens Center for Progress’s 28th annual Evening of

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com Approximately 80 protesters gathered outside the Wyndham Hotel at 61-18 93rd St. on Feb. 18 to rally against the conversion

By Christine Stoddard | cstoddard@queensledger.com On Feb. 26, dozens of West African migrants were discovered living in an illegally converted furniture store in Richmond Hill.

by Sherica Daley | news@queensledger.com “We’re new to the neighborhood, and we wanted to reach out to everyone in the community” explained Zakiyyah Mohamed Stevens,

Joby Aviation, a tech startup that plans to bring electric short-distance air travel to New York City, welcomed visitors to take a ride in their

by Charlie Finnerty | cfinnerty@queensledger.com Woodside on the Move, the Right to Counsel Coalition, Chhaya, Catholic Migration Services and other Queens-based community organizations hosted a

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com A new 15-cot shelter for male asylum seekers opened on March 7 at 66-64 Grand Avenue in Maspeth, a historic

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com Senior advocacy organization LiveOn gathered with over 100 older adults at Queens Borough Hall on Wednesday, March 6 to rally

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com A new 15-bed shelter for male asylum seekers opens today at 66-64 Grand Avenue in Maspeth, located at a historic

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com “You go to some centers, it’s either bingo all day long or whatever. We’re not like that here,” member Donna

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com Over 600 Queens residents came out on Feb. 27 to celebrate the Queens Center for Progress’s 28th annual Evening of

By Celia Bernhardt | cbernhardt@queensledger.com Approximately 80 protesters gathered outside the Wyndham Hotel at 61-18 93rd St. on Feb. 18 to rally against the conversion

By Christine Stoddard | cstoddard@queensledger.com On Feb. 26, dozens of West African migrants were discovered living in an illegally converted furniture store in Richmond Hill.

by Sherica Daley | news@queensledger.com “We’re new to the neighborhood, and we wanted to reach out to everyone in the community” explained Zakiyyah Mohamed Stevens,

Joby Aviation, a tech startup that plans to bring electric short-distance air travel to New York City, welcomed visitors to take a ride in their

by Charlie Finnerty | cfinnerty@queensledger.com Woodside on the Move, the Right to Counsel Coalition, Chhaya, Catholic Migration Services and other Queens-based community organizations hosted a