Feb. 24, 2023 By Christian Murray Subway service for Queens riders on the E, F and R lines will be disrupted starting next month so the MTA can upgrade its decades-old signal system. The work will begin on March 17 and will impact the three lines during the evening and overnight hours seven days…
Tag: amny-weekender
Mayor firmly backs charter schools after wavering during budget hearing last week
Feb. 22, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
A week after Mayor Eric Adams appeared to publicly waver on his support for charter schools during a joint state legislative budget hearing, he firmly committed to backing the controversial schools during a Wednesday radio interview.
Ex-GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa starts new political club in Queens, to take on DSA pols
Feb. 22, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Curtis Sliwa, the 2021 GOP mayoral nominee and the founder of the Guardian Angels, has launched a new political club in Astoria Queens aimed at breaking up the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) stronghold in western Queens, he announced in a release Wednesday. The new group, which Sliwa…