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Join our QNS electronic mail publication to get information, updates, and native insights delivered straight to your inbox! Quite a few Queens officers have criticized the Trump administration for introducing a funding freeze for a lot of federal help applications, together with assist to nonprofits, universities, small enterprise loans, and authorities grants. The federal funding freeze, which was quickly blocked by U.S. District Decide Loren L. AliKhan minutes earlier than going into impact Tuesday night, aimed to quickly pause all actions associated to federal monetary help to evaluation whether or not they conflicted with President Donald Trump’s agenda. A White…

New York Waterway is christening the latest addition to its fleet, named after one of the crucial groundbreaking athletes of all-time. The Jackie Robinson is a 500-seat passenger ferry named in honor of the Brooklyn Dodgers legend and civil rights icon. New York Waterway officers, together with the Jackie Robinson Basis and Robinson’s granddaughter, kicked off the ferry’s first official journey with a champagne bottle-breaking ceremony on Tuesday. “Our family is really honored to have the opportunity to have young people and all…ride on the Jackie Robinson and have an opportunity to reflect on his legacy, not just on the…