One Shelter Too Many

The news was a shock — and a blow — to the Rockaway community. Anger spread from one house to another, one resident to another, as the…

Renting God’s House: One Congregation’s Search for A Faith Home of Their Own

Man arrested after brutal beating of Crown Heights rabbi

Queens Residents See Little Value in Homeless Hotels

Morris leans his back against the wall in front of a 7–11 store on a rainy night in Forest Hills, with a black backpack full of clothes and living goods under his feet. He greets everyone with a moderate smile and receives cigarettes and…

Rezoning Debate Ignores Safety Questions

Situated on a notably treeless stretch of street, 1123 Myrtle Avenue is not a building…

As small pharmacies decline, those that remain work to survive

Between 60th and 61st Street in Woodside sit a Rite Aid and a Duane Reade. Meanwhile, within four blocks are four small pharmacies: Zarchy Pharmacy, Tazmi Pharmacy, Woodside Chemists, and JMD pharmacy.

Hotels and their neighbors clash over noise, trash in Williamsburg and Greenpoint.

Hundreds attend town hall to protest proposed homeless shelter

Ridgewood, NY — Hundreds of Queens…

In Queens Housing Court, Waiting Takes a Toll

By An Peng, James Schapiro and TuAnh Dam

Shaquana Josey sat outside the courtroom doors, playing with the strands of hair she pulled from a black hairbrush to distract herself from the thoughts and fears running through her…

Elmhurst building has highest number of heat and hot water outages. But does it really?