Getting state approval for a proposed Willets Point development that would include a mall and a movie theater could require the development team to...

Queens state Senator Tony Avella wants to create special architectural districts throughout the state, which would still protect neighborhoods from non-contextual buildings without requiring historic...

Queens state Senator Tony Avella, despite denouncing the Real Estate Board of New York’s $8 million in contributions to New York City Council candidates,...

In the far stretches of the city limits, development is encroaching the once-suburban-style neighborhood of College Point — bringing traffic at certain times of...

A state senator in Queens is calling for New York City Department of Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri to step down, citing LiMandri’s alleged failure...

After a recent controversial land sale in the Bellerose section of Queens, State Senator Tony Avella has written legislation requiring that all New York...

Residents in Queens have been complaining to the city that room-sized moving and storage boxes from a company called Pods have been remaining on...

The Home Shopping Network Is Moving Into 545 Madison Avenue Construction begins on new police academy Construction has begun on a controversial new police...

Though a new Queens police academy has been approved by the City Council, local leaders are concerned that the $1.5 billion project will have...

A Chinatown landlord has agreed to make drastic repairs to his single-room occupancy building, after formerly evicted residents and the Chinatown Tenants Union protested...

The proposal to redevelop Coney Island comes up for a City Council vote today. City Council member and mayoral candidate Tony Avella, the only...