Queens residents filed into an Elmhurst elementary school last week to hear MTA officials pitch the Interborough Express, a proposed light rail line to connect Queens to Brooklyn that could eventually eliminate an aggravating and time-consuming trip through Manhattan for thousands of riders a day.
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‘A miracle’: Queens residents get excited about IBX, but new rail line likely won’t come any time soon
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Jail honchos threaten to intercept and digitize mail sent to incarcerated people in NYC
As New York City’s jail system emerges from its deadliest year in a decade, a controversial proposal to intercept and digitize mail sent to incarcerated people will be reviewed by an internal committee, officials with the Board of Correction announced on Tuesday.
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Queens heroes honored at ticker tape parade
With thousands of cheering onlookers lining police barricades, Sandra Lindsay, a Queens critical care nurse and the first person in the United States to receive the COVID-19 vaccine outside of a trial setting, was chauffeured up Broadway Wednesday afternoon.
