GOP Pols Build Asian Bloc in Queens

Traffic along Union Turnpike, which cut Kew Gardens and Kew Gardens Hills into two, virtually indistinguishable neighborhoods buzzed quietly while shop owners and passersby baked in the afternoon sunlight. With less than a week before the November 6th elections, the North and South sides of the turnpike, lined by Chinese restaurants, take-out sushi joints, storefront [...]

Toothless Tigers Fight University Expansion

Queens has not had much in common with Harlem since the 17th century, when both had been buried in the wilderness. Now that St. Johns University has leased a private building for student housing, the area has become a scene of protests, picketing and civil disobedience talk reminiscent of Morningside Heights.
“We protested outside of St. [...]