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Politics

Rockaway residents criticize Pheffer Amato for withdrawing support for NY HEAT Act

By Shane O’Brien

disaster resilience

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Senator Sanders and CM Brooks-Powers lead disaster resilience training in Southeast Queens

By Colum Motherway

roadway

New laws require DOT to consult FDNY and notify council on roadway closures and parking changes

By Athena Dawson

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Politics

Queens leaders divided over Daniel Penny acquittal, sparking heated reactions and call for improved mental health services

By Shane O’Brien

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AMNY

Rockaway residents face wave of anxiety over upcoming A train shutdown

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AMNY

Queens and Brooklyn beaches closed again on Monday thanks to Hurricane Ernesto

Beach in Rockaways where two teens went missing due to rip tide

AMNY

Disappearance of boys off Rockaways serves as grim reminder of rip tide danger

AMNY

AMNY

Headless body found in Queens’ Jamaica Bay was suicide victim: NYPD

Rockaway

Rockaway lifeguards compete in annual Olympics-style event

By John Schilling

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Teen drowns in rough surf in the Rockaways after lifeguards cleared beach due to lightning: NYC Parks

By Bill Parry

FDNY

FDNY battles two-alarm blaze in vacant Fort Tilden factory, squatters may be to blame: Councilwoman

By Bill Parry

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City announces beach closures in the Rockaways will continue this summer without impacting the boardwalk

By Bill Parry

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City to expand health care access in the Rockaways with new $30 million community health facility

By Bill Parry

Meeks

Meeks delivers $3 million in federal funding to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital for a vital renovation project

By Bill Parry

housing

Construction of Beach Green Dunes III 100% affordable housing development in Edgemere set to begin

By Bill Parry

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AMNY

Hochul seeks federal aid after winter storm floods Rockaways and coastal Queens

Superstorm Sandy destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses in the Rockaways, there is still recovery and hope for a safer future in the coastal communities.

A decade after Superstorm Sandy, Rockaway recovery continues with hopes for greater protections in the future

By Bill Parry

Rockaways Healthcare Task Force Announcement

‘We desperately need it now’: Rockaway councilwoman announces formation of task force on trauma, health care access on peninsula

By Bill Parry

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Arverne

$5 million total renovation begins at Beach 59th Street Playground in Arverne

By Bill Parry

crack down on illegal bikers, ATVs in the Rockaways

NYPD cracks down on gangs of illegal bikers in the Rockaways

By Bill Parry

Rockaway

Electeds ‘outraged’ to learn stretch of Rockaway Beach will be closed for much of the summer

By Bill Parry

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City Parks Foundation expanding popular senior fitness program to the Rockaways

By Bill Parry

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More than 1,500 health care employees vaccinated at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital following incentive program

By Jenna Bagcal

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CEO of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital talks revolutionizing health care for the Rockaways

By Jenna Bagcal

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