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The law makes it illegal for employers to initially ask if job-seekers have criminal histories.
Check out our roundup of events in the neighborhood.
Carol Maraj, a domestic violence survivor, returned to her old neighborhood to discuss the issue.
The annual New York Peace Week kicked off Friday.
The event will take place at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning next Wednesday.
Learn to cook Japanese dumplings or help beautify Hunters Point by planting daffodil bulbs this weekend.
Several Queens cultural institutions organize events celebrating the heritage of African-Americans.
The Afrikan Poetry Theatre is organizing two Kwanzaa events.
The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning is organizing a free family oriented Halloween event.
The Jamaica Center BID is organizing its first reading series in the neighborhood.
Jamaica Arts and Music Summer Festival will take place in Rufus King Park and along Jamaica Avenue.
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning's First Fridays are modeled on Brooklyn Museum's First Saturdays.
The Jamaica Performing Arts Center is often closed because it needs funds and can't attract events.
Southeast Queens artists will get discounted workspaces at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.