By Connor Adams Sheets
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Queens Borough President: Borough President Helen Marshall officially recommended the City Council approve an application to allow the construction of the Flushing Commons and Macedonia Plaza mixed-use development projects.
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By Ivan Pereira
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Queens Borough President: With unemployment still high in New York City, elected officials in the borough said corporations and nonprofits must come up with new ways to get displaced workers back on their feet and working again.
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By Connor Adams Sheets
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Queens Borough President: Borough President Helen Marshall held a public hearing Tuesday morning on two large-scale, mixed-use development projects proposed for construction in the heart of downtown Flushing.
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By Ivan Pereira
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Queens Borough President: The borough’s elected officials and community activists rallied on the steps of Borough Hall Tuesday to take a stand against the mayor’s proposal to significantly cut funding to the city’s community boards.
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By Anna Gustafson
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Queens Borough President: The Forest Hills Stop & Shop Supermarket made an emergency donation of 1,000 pounds of food to the Queens Jewish Community Council Tuesday to help the group restock its kosher food pantry that had been depleted of its Passover packages.
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By Nathan Duke
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Queens Borough President: Queens Borough President Helen Marshall honored six borough students with scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000 at an annual awards reception in Corona which celebrates African-American heritage.
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By Jeremy Walsh
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Queens Borough President: A decade after the health care merger that brought St. John’s and Mary Immaculate hospitals under the aegis of St. Vincent’s and five years after that organization filed for bankruptcy, Borough President Helen Marshall’s office is disappointed with the outcome.
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By Howard Koplowitz
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Queens Borough President: Borough President Helen Marshall struck an optimistic tone despite the harsh economy and the loss of two borough hospitals last year as she addressed the crowd assembled for her ceremonial swearing-in ceremony Tuesday at York College.
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By Anna Gustafson
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Queens Borough President: Borough President Helen Marshall appointed former state Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik as her new deputy borough president Tuesday.
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