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Program Offering Free Rides for Seniors in Northeast and Central Queens to Continue

By Christina Santucci

The Free Senior Transportation Program, started by Council Member Paul Vallone in 2017, recently received an injection of $150,000 from Vallone and Council Member Bob Holden, allowing the service to c...

Queens councilman wants a committee devoted to animal welfare

By Gabrielle Fonrouge

Councilman Bob Holden wants the City Council to create a committee devoted to animal welfare, following The Post’s coverage of squalid and neglectful conditions at the Big Apple pound, according to a ...

Queens councilman and Manhattan BP join public advocate’s call for city to improve COVID-19 vaccine site accessibility

By Angélica Acevedo

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Wednesday, Jan. 13, was joined by Queens City Councilman Robert Holden and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer in a virtual press conference to call on the city...

Queens councilman urges mayor to spare community boards from more budget cuts

By Angélica Acevedo

City Councilman Robert Holden is urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to spare the city’s 59 community boards, including the 14 in Queens, from further budgetary cuts....

Holden Secures Record $11 Million in City Council Capital Funding for District

By Laura Hanrahan

The New York City Council finalized its $92.8 billion budget for fiscal year 2020 on Wednesday and Council Member Robert Holden walked away with a record breaking $11 million in capital funding for Di...

Save our city: Mayor de Blasio's war on NYC's middle class

By Robert Holden

Mayor Bill de Blasio hates the middle class. Imagine yourself on a date at the nicest restaurant. You are the middle class, and across the table is the mayor....

'Broken' city: How New York forgot the ABCs of public virtue

By Robert Holden

We’re living in an upside-down city: Wrong is right. Cops are villains. Criminals are victims. Virtues are vices. The Greek philosopher Aristotle said virtuous behavior (or “excellence,” as he also...

Councilman: City Hall wants to nix standardized testing to hide school failures

By Selim Algar

City Councilman Robert Holden on Wednesday accused City Hall and the Department of Education of attacking standardized testing to hide systemic failures — which were laid out in a shocking New York Po...

By dumping mentally ill prisoners, homeless on streets, de Blasio hurts everyone

By Robert Holden

Walls riddled with bullet holes. Blood and empty casings on the streets. Syringes and open-air shooting galleries. Addicts walking around in a daze. Emboldened criminals menacing frightened residents....

Queens councilman brings more cleaning services to district to offset budget cuts

By Bill Parry

In response to the citywide budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the $1.6 million that was slashed from the Department of Sanitation affecting public wastebasket collection and litte...

FBI probes 'deep-rooted fraud' in NYC public schools

By Susan Edelman

City Councilman Robert Holden met this month with officials in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York after his call for a federal probe of “deep-rooted...

Are NYC’s gun laws still tough?

By Robert Holden

New York City is thought to have some of the toughest gun laws in the country. In fact, it seems easier to get a gun illegally here than to get approved for a license or permit and purchase one, as ev...

De Blasio, Steve Banks and Andrew Cuomo have all deepened NY's homeless crisis

By Robert Holden

For any New Yorker who still believes the city’s Department of Homeless Services is capable of solving the homelessness crisis in Gotham, consider this: It took a global pandemic to...

Beware de Blasio’s rush to appease #DefundNYPD

By Robert Holden

After more than a week of protests and unrest in New York City following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Mayor de Blasio has finally given in to the pressure and joined many of my colleague...

Politicians’ outrageous pandemic-protest pandering

By Robert Holden

While our nation mourns the unsettling murder of George Floyd and the persistence of racism, we have suddenly forgotten that we are still in the grip of a global pandemic that we have been working so ...

Get set for another de Blasio homeless 'fix' bound to fail

By Robert Holden

When Mayor de Blasio stepped to the podium at his news conference last week with Timothy Cardinal Dolan and the Rev. Al Sharpton over his shoulders, it felt like déjà...

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Program Offering Free Rides for Seniors in Northeast and Central Queens to Continue

Queens councilman wants a committee devoted to animal welfare

Queens councilman and Manhattan BP join public advocate’s call for city to improve COVID-19 vaccine site accessibility

Queens councilman urges mayor to spare community boards from more budget cuts

Holden Secures Record $11 Million in City Council Capital Funding for District

Save our city: Mayor de Blasio's war on NYC's middle class

'Broken' city: How New York forgot the ABCs of public virtue

Councilman: City Hall wants to nix standardized testing to hide school failures

By dumping mentally ill prisoners, homeless on streets, de Blasio hurts everyone

Queens councilman brings more cleaning services to district to offset budget cuts

FBI probes 'deep-rooted fraud' in NYC public schools

Are NYC’s gun laws still tough?

De Blasio, Steve Banks and Andrew Cuomo have all deepened NY's homeless crisis

Beware de Blasio’s rush to appease #DefundNYPD

Politicians’ outrageous pandemic-protest pandering

Get set for another de Blasio homeless 'fix' bound to fail

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Fighting For The Residents Of Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale, Ridgewood, Woodside & Woodhaven

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Program Offering Free Rides for Seniors in Northeast and Central Queens to Continue

Queens councilman wants a committee devoted to animal welfare

Queens councilman and Manhattan BP join public advocate’s call for city to improve COVID-19 vaccine site accessibility

Queens councilman urges mayor to spare community boards from more budget cuts

Holden Secures Record $11 Million in City Council Capital Funding for District

Save our city: Mayor de Blasio's war on NYC's middle class

'Broken' city: How New York forgot the ABCs of public virtue

Councilman: City Hall wants to nix standardized testing to hide school failures

By dumping mentally ill prisoners, homeless on streets, de Blasio hurts everyone

Queens councilman brings more cleaning services to district to offset budget cuts

FBI probes 'deep-rooted fraud' in NYC public schools

Are NYC’s gun laws still tough?

De Blasio, Steve Banks and Andrew Cuomo have all deepened NY's homeless crisis

Beware de Blasio’s rush to appease #DefundNYPD

Politicians’ outrageous pandemic-protest pandering

Get set for another de Blasio homeless 'fix' bound to fail

Your Generous Contribution Will Help To Protect Our Community

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