Need to know more about coronavirus in New York? Sign up for our daily morning newsletter. Employees at the Department of Environmental Protection’s Elmhurst headquarters were notified Thursday afternoon about a coworker’s death from coronavirus — and then asked to return to work on Monday, THE CITY has learned. Staffers are alarmed their offices have […]
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Queens Neighborhoods Hardest Hit by Virus Home to Many Service Workers
Need to know more about coronavirus in New York? Sign up for our daily morning newsletter. New York City’s greatest concentration of COVID-19 cases is among residents of Queens’ Jackson Heights, Corona and Elmhurst neighborhoods, newly released health stats show. Those areas are home to large numbers of people toiling in construction, food service, janitorial […]
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City Board Okays Basement Space for New Target in Queens
One of two new proposed Target stores in Queens got the go-ahead Tuesday from the city Board of Standards and Appeals, which ruled the cellar space the store will use shouldn’t count towards size restrictions. Community organizers had challenged the project as violating zoning rules. But at its third hearing on the appeal, filed in […]
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Target Takes Aim at Queens and the Borough Fires Back
Target has Queens in its sights, with new stores planned for Astoria and Elmhurst — but activists in both neighborhoods are waging separate battles to boot the big-box retailer. The Targets are set to open by 2022 on bustling blocks steps away from subway stations and near grocery stores, pharmacies, newsstands and restaurants. Opponents fear […]