Kew Gardens Civic Association in the News

 

July 7, 2021 City Trees (NY1)

 

60 MPH winds tear down trees in Queens

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April 5, 2021 Lefferts Bridge (QNS.com)

 

Queens lawmakers announce passage of legislation to save Lefferts Boulevard small businesses

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March 23, 2021 Jail (Forest Hills Post)

 

City to Present Plans of Parking Garage and Community Space for Future Kew Gardens Jail Site

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January 11, 2021 Umbrella Hotel (AM NY)

 

Queens residents call for permanent closure of Umbrella Hotel

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September 29, 2020 Lefferts Bridge (QNS.com)

 

MTA announces plan for future of Lefferts Boulevard bridge complex in Kew Gardens

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September 25, 2020 Jail (Queens Eagle)

 

Kew Gardens jail foes cheer Manhattan judge’s decision to block detention tower

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August 7, 2020 Lefferts Bridge (QNS.com)

 

Queens lawmakers aim to maintain character of Lefferts Boulevard Bridge as structural integrity is called into question

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February 12, 2020 Jail (Patch)

 

Queens Homeowners To Sue City Over Kew Gardens Jail Plan

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December 5, 2019 Lefferts Bridge (Queens Chronicle)

 

Biz owner: ‘The fight’s not over yet’ —Lefferts Boulevard retail complex in Kew Gardens faces uncertain future

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September 5, 2019 Jail (CBSNY)

 

NYC Council Hears Public Input On Plan To Replace Rikers With Borough-Based Jails

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April 18, 2019 Jail (Queens Chronicle)

 

Area residents rally against jail proposal — Speakers say the city has ignored their objections of Kew Gardens plan

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April 13, 2019 Jail (NY Post)

 

Queens residents protest plan to build 29-story Kew Garden jail

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January 21, 2019 Jail (City Limits)

 

Who’s Advising the City on its New Jails Plan?

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October 26, 2018 Jail (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

 

OPINION: Locating new jails, difficult no matter what

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September 18, 2018 Jail (Forest Hills Post)

 

City to Present Plans of Parking Garage and Community Space for Future Kew Gardens Jail Site

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August 23, 2018 Jail (Queens Chronicle)

 

Kew Gardens jail plan moving ahead — Some leaders are skeptical, others are opposed to 1,510-bed proposal

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August 2, 2018 LIRR Station (Queens Chronicle)

 

MTA to lengthen two train platforms —Preliminary work underway at the Forest Hills, Kew Gardens stations

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May 10, 2018 Crime (Queens Chronicle)

 

‘Ninja’ ransacking KG Jewish locations — Arrests in car break-ins, fatal crash; teen punched and called ‘Jew boy’

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May 3, 2018 Water Tanks (Queens Chronicle)

 

Kew Gardens water tanks to come down — Structures built in the early 20th century haven’t been used in years

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March 27, 2018 Lefferts Bridge (QNS.com)

 

Queens lawmakers seek to rehabilitate Kew Gardens’ aging Lefferts Boulevard Bridge

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August 1, 2017 Rodney Dangerfield (NY Times)

 

The King of No Respect Finally Gets Some, in His Queens Hometown

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June 30, 2017 Lefferts Bridge (DNAInfo)

 

Community Proposes Plan to Save Kew Gardens Bridge, Officials Say

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