NEWS REPOSITORY - QUEENS

Your Health - Flu & CoVid Season is Here - You Don't have to be a Victim

Acting NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse Provides an Update on NYC Respiratory Diseases, the Updated Vaccines to Prevent them & Vaccine Access

October 22, 2025 / NYC Health. Bronx News NYC / Brooklyn News NYC / Manhattan News NYC / New York City News NYC / Queens News NYC / Staten Island News NYC.

Click this link to view a video of Acting NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse providing an update on flu, RSV and CoVid diseases, and the vaccines you can use to keep them at bay.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LHaBx2AaEouKbVoT3gyTauTB4EwL1JKm/view

In the talk video referenced above, there is also information about vaccine access for those who may not be able to afford vaccinations on their own, as NYC and NYS have allocated funds to reduce / remove financial barriers to those who wish to be vaccinated but may not be able to afford the shots. In the video they also mention the NYC Health Map link where visitors can find locations where they may obtain access to vaccines, made affordable or free for eligible applicants. But please call 311 to find out how to go about qualifying first. Click this link to view the NYC Health Map, which also includes quite a bit of other health related information.

The image above or at right shows that the respiratory illness season has begun, including CoVid 19, the Flue and RSV. Flu and RSV are on the rise - but from very low levels currently - while CoVid 19 has been declining. Generally things look good as of this posting.

https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/health-map.page

Flu, CoVid 19 & RSV in NYC - Currently Updated Chart of Data

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/respiratory-illness-data/index.html

Governor Hochul Bans use of AI in Rent Pricing

October 16, 2025 / Queens Business & Real Estate / Queens Politics / Queens News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz NYC.

On October 16, 2025 Governor Hochul signed into law a bill which bans the use of AI / software used by landlords to price rents. On August 23, 2024, the Biden Administration Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in tandem with the attorney generals of eight states, including the state of California, to ban the use of algorithyms in rental pricing software, claiming that it was essentially price fixing, which is a violation of anti-trust law.

Governor Hochul Signs Law Banning Use of AI in Rental Pricing

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-legislative-package-bolster-homeownership-and-strengthen-protections

Governor Hochul Signs Bill Banning Price Fixing Rentals by Landlords

https://citylimits.org/governor-signs-bill-banning-ny-landlords-from-setting-rents-via-algorithms/

Biden Administration files Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against AI Rentals Pricing / Price Fixing

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters

Queens News - Weekly Updates

Miss Immigrant Lawsuit

August 18, 2025 / NYC Social Issues / Queens Politics / Queens News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz NYC.

Miss Immigrant USA filed a lawsuit in the federal U.S. District Court which, among other things, is seeking legal recognition of “Immigrant Identity” as a protected civic expression under U.S. and New York civil-rights law. For details see -

Miss Immigrant USA Files Lawsuit

https://www.missimmigrantusa.com

Queens News - Weekly Updates

October 15, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / Queens Politics / Queens News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz NYC.

Are the Charter Revisions on the 2025 Ballot Pro Affordable Housing or Another Real Estate Developer Power Grab?

Billionaires & Big Real Estate Funded Pols Support the Measures, While Community Activists Oppose Them

You Decide - See Below to Inform Yourself & See Onsite Ads 'Don't Wait, Vote by Mail' for Early & Regular Voting Times & Locations

September 9 - October 13, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

The New York League of Conservation Voters did a nice job of articulating what's on the ballot and identifying what both proponents and naysayers say about each [1st link]. We also posted an OpEd dated October 12, 2025 for details of the position of City Club, a civic-minded community group, on four of the ballot measures. City Club has initiated a lawsuit over Charter Revision changes [2nd link]. And lastly, we've included the report of an informative local news source about the measures [3rd link].

NYC News - New York League of Conservation Voters Describes the Pros / Cons of the Charter Revisions on the 2025 NYC Ballot

https://nylcvef.org/citizens-toolkit/nyc-general-election-2025-whats-on-the-ballot/?sourceid=1014461&emci=38590d43-a0a8-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=92c289eb-eca8-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=1384937

NYC News - City Club on NYC Sues to Review Zoning Changes of NYC Ballot Proposals 2, 3 & 4

https://www.gothambuzz.nyc/article/30/nyc-opinions-op-ed-new-york-city

NYC News - Ballot Proposals are a Developer Power Grab that Concentrates Power so It is Easier to Manipulate

https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/09/council-weakening-housing-proposals-survive-board-elections/408000/

While Governor Hochul parroted the real estate developers' talking point [not plural], stating it's 'to solve the [25 year] affordable housing crisis', her statement was tepid [4th link]. But an outright NO would have been better. But all pols in NYC, NYS and the USA are challenged by the Supreme Court Citizens United decision which essentially allows the super rich billionaires to limitlessly spend to buy pols and elections, so that once in office, the pols will do whatever they want in order to get the funding to get re-elected. That said, Hochul appears to have tried to strike a balance versus press releases I've seen from the real estate industry pushing the changes in their favor.

It's worth noting that the billionaires, real estate developers, and the pols they financially support - including Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo - have been working to solve the affordability crisis in NYC for the past twenty-five years - with something close to ZERO success. To keep letting these same people, keep feeding at the public trough [via public land transfers, tax breaks, cheap financing, government subsidies, favorable zoning changes et al], with no end in sight, makes no sense at all.

Albany NYS News - Governor Hochul's Tepid Statement Supporting NYC Charter Revision Ballot Measures

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/statement-governor-kathy-hochul-108

Vote No on #2, #3, #4 & #6 if you want to protect yourself, your community and your children from even more NYC Oligarchy money and power grabs by billionaires and real estate developers. Eric Adams has already done enough damage to New Yorkers' ability to exercise their community rights, so don't let him hit us one last time, with this donor power grab, on his way out onto the street.

Queens News - Weekly Updates

NYS Inflation Refund Checks Coming Soon

To be Deposited or Mailed in October & November 2025

September 26, 2025 / Queens Business & Real Estate / Queens Politics / Queens News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz NYC.

The Hochul Administration began sending NYS Inflation Refund checks to the 8.2 million residents of NYS. The refunds will be $150 / $200 or $400 per person depending on income and tax paying related persons status. The ostensible purpose of the checks is to help New Yorkers combat the negative impact of inflation on New Yorkers' household budgets. For details see -

NYS Albany News - NYS has begun Distributing Inflation Refund Checks

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-inflation-refund-checks-are-now-being-sent-82-million-new-york

Three Casino Proposals Gain Approval by Fairly 'New' Community Boards

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 / Queens NYC / Queens Business & Real Estate / Queens Politics / Queens News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz NYC.

Proposals for casinos at Resorts World in Queens, Ballys in the Bronx, and the most recent approval at in Flushing Meadows Corona Park were all approved by community boards that have undergone significant turnover in the past five to ten years. Many of the reconstituted community boards now appear to serve the billionaires and real estate developers instead of their communities.  A fourth casino proposal is for MGM Empire City in Yonkers, which was also approved.

NYC Queens News - CitiField Casino Proposal Passes Community Board

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/30/citi-field-casino-queens-casino-steve-cohen/

Mets Eliminated from the MLB Playoffs - but the Biggest Part of this Story went Unreported by Billionaire TV News

Mets Owner, Billionaire Steve Cohen, was the Founder of a Securities Firm that was Involved in One of the Largest Insider Criminal Cases Against a Hedge Fund in U.S. History. Now Cohen is Vying for a Casino. Should Someone with Cohen's History be Allowed to Operate a Casino in NYC? And is Cohen Competing Fairly for a Casino License?

Sunday, September 28, 2025 / Queens Business & Real Estate / Queens Politics / Queens News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Queens Buzz NYC.

Mets owner Steve Cohen has been preoccupied vying for a casino license in the CitiField parking lot. This is why Cohen didn't have much time this summer to find a 'black edge' equivalent to win a pennant for the Mets. Now the question is whether Cohen has found some 'black edge' equivalent to use to win a casino license, because someone convinced the board member appointee of former NYC mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos, to change their vote from valiantly advocating against the proposed casino, to voting for it.

Queens News - Mets Eliminated from MLB Playoffs

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/mets-eliminated-from-playoffs-as-humiliating-collapse-is-complete/ar-AA1NtKFL

Queens News - Steve Cohen - Scroll Down to Racketeering and Insider Trading Charges

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cohen_(businessman)

Queens News - Scroll down to George Dixon Changing his Vote from Nay to Aye

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/30/citi-field-casino-queens-casino-steve-cohen/

Is the FEC Chelsea NYCHA Demolition Project being Railroaded thru by Stephen Ross, Related Companies & Eric Adams prior to a Mamdani Mayoralty?

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 beginning at 6.30 pm - Manhattan CB 4 Meeting - Find out what's going on with NYC owned property that appears Eric Adams is giving away. Attend via Zoom or in person. For details and to rsvp click here - FEC Chelsea NYCHA Demoliton Project. The train is departing the station, so there's little time to waste. Here's some related information we reported about this same subject [generally] a number of years ago - Bloomberg Mayoralty property give aways to Stephen Ross & Related Companies.

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Stagflation, Adams Tepid Endorsements but Strong Real Estate Funding & U.S. Taxpayers Funding Israeli Expansionism and Efforts to Deprive Palestinians of a Homeland

August 15, 2025 / NYC Business & Economy / NYC Politics & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Stagflation May be Headed our Way

It Looks Like We May be Heading for a Stagflation Economy. According to 8.15.25 Yahoo Finance report, wholesale prices rose faster than expectations, up 0.9% in July, far faster than expectations. The core rate grew 3.7% vs an expected 3%. The Fed target rate is 2%. Services, not goods, were the driving force behind the inflation increase, and services are not tied to tariffs. We might be heading into a stagflation economy, where inflation continues or picks up, while jobs growth slows, as happened this month.

The contributors to a staglationary economy include that the U.S. dollar has lost 10% of its value since the beginning of the year. This means everything purchased outside of the U.S. will essentially cost 10% more to Americans. And tariffs will eventually add further to the inflation problem by increasing the cost of goods further.

TV News doesn't seem to understand that there's a lag time between when changes in the economy occur [like tariffs or currency valuation changes], and when the impact of them shows up at the cash register. Macroeconomic lag times range from three to eighteen months as these changes work their way through the economy. And speaking of TV News, it's worth mentioning that a stagflationary economy would be just the opposite of the 'Trump Economy' touted by Fox News during the Fall 2024 campaign cycle. For details see - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-hotter-than-expected-wholesale-prices-make-the-feds-september-rate-cut-decision-harder-155711746.html

Eric Adams Support Seems Fueled by Narrow Self Interests

Is Eric Adams Recycling Faith Based Campaign Endorsements? About a week ago, Eric Adams announced that he was being endorsed by 100 faith based leaders. The endorsements appeared to come from some of the same people who've been supporting Adams all along, some of whom I've seen at various mayoral events, and some of whom I believe stood with him when he announced his re-election bid as an Independent in June of 2025.

Earlier this week Adams also picked up an endorsement from former NYS Democrat Governor Paterson, who is legally blind, and who switched his allegiance from Cuomo in the Democratic primary, to Adams running as an Independent.

A group of police unions also endorsed Adams this week, but notably missing was the largest NYC police union, the NYPBA. The NYPBA had previously endorsed Adams in the 2021 election, reportedly unenthusiastically. This may be why the NYPBA is holding back their endorsement again, or it could be that the NY Patrolmens Benevolent Association union is not happy that Adams has sullied the name of the NYPD, having been charged in a lawsuit with turning the NYPD into his own personal "racketeering enterprise".

• CLICK here to read the rest of our NYC News & Weekend Briefs regarding possible Stagflation, Adams, Mamdani & Israeli takes steps for deny Palestinians a homeland using U.S. taxpayer aid.

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In Nearly Four Years has Eric Adams done Anything to Rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires? Have Privately Controlled TV News Networks Spread & Amplified another seemingly Trump Epstein Big Lie? Why Did Trump Have to Travel to Scotland to Find out that the Palestinians are Starving in Gaza?

August 1, 2025 / NYC Politics & Government / NYC Social Issues / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Eric Adams has Succeeded in Helping Billionaires Build Luxury Housing, but He has Failed to Stop Landlord Harassments of NYC Tenants & the Alleged Cheating of Black & Brown Homeowers out of Their Properties via Deed Theft - Documented in Film Slumlord Millionaire and in an OpEd by FEC NYCHA Tenants

News Analysis, Opinion & Insight. This story is not likely to show up on your TV screen in a timely fashion, because real news stories and real news insights rarely do. And too often, by the time they do, it's far too late to make a difference.

This is the trailer to a recent film that came out regarding landlord harassment in NYC, as well as about black and brown homeowner deed theft - neither of which Eric Adams appears to have done much about, during his nearly four years in office as NYC Mayor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuuBlQJh86M

If you find the trailer interesting enough, you can watch the full one hour and 22 minute long film on PBS until 8.26.25 - at which time it expires. Viewing the film now is free, but it is preceded by two short PBS promos before the film begins - https://www.pbs.org/video/slumlord-millionaire-3sgi7g/

Eric Adams claims to be a pro housing Mayor. It is true that he's been very supportive of housing projects by billionaires and international investors. But Adams has not advocated much - if at all [eg. the Rent Guidelines Board rent increases during his one term in office] - for tenants. And he's not been a champion of the black and brown people to whom he tells what now seems his phony personal housing insecurity story. You know, the one about him bringing his clothes to school as a child for fear of eviction. This story wouldn't be the first nor the only lie he has publicly told New Yorkers. And Adams appears to be helping multi-billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross move FEC NYCHA tenants out of their homes, so that Ross can grab even more NYC land than he already has.

But don't take my word for it.

• CLICK here to read the rest of our report about Eric Adams doing nothing to rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires? Billionaire controlled TV News Networks Spread & Amplify what seems another Trump Epstein Big Lie and Why Did Trump Have to Travel to Scotland to Find out that the Palestinians are Starving in Gaza?