Posted inThings to Do

Our Queens Night Market tips

The Queens Night Market will be back again this year, and you can get a sneak peek next Saturday, April 23. To attend the preview you must book your $5 ticket online (children under 12 are free) by 1 p.m. on Saturday. If not, you will have to purchase tickets at the door for $8. The Queens Night Market will be free to the public when it officially opens on May 7. There is no timed entry this year, so you can arrive any time between 5 p.m. and midnight. 

Posted inSchools

Will the mayor keep control?

As you may remember from our March 9 newsletter, Mayor Eric Adams was pushing for state lawmakers to renew mayoral school control for the 2023 budget. While Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed a four year extension of mayoral control, it was ultimately left out of the $220 billion budget passed this past Saturday. Adams is now pleading with legislators to grant the extension and Gov. Hochul has promised that she will make sure it happens by the June 30 expiration date.

Posted inTransit

The Brooklyn subway attack, and what comes next

We still don’t know what exactly prompted Tuesday morning’s subway attack, though suspect Frank James’ extensive online record shows he was disturbed, afflicted with overwhelming anger toward official systems and plagued by conspiracy theories and fantasies of a race war. Investigators and journalists will spend the next several weeks parsing the man’s history and activities, including how he managed to legally purchase the firearm he used. But now that he’s in custody the more immediate question is how the authorities will respond to the public’s fear and apprehension.

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Uber app is helping yellow taxi drivers get out of the red

Without its iconic yellow taxis, New York City … simply wouldn’t be New York City. When taxi drivers to earn a living. However, things have been looking up for yellow taxi drivers. In October 2021, they received a much-needed debt relief package, and on March 24, Uber announced it was partnering with existing taxi software like Curb and Creative Mobile Technologies and integrating them into its app.