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Past newsletters
- August 19, 2026 A Garden, a Library, and a Destroyed Box
- August 12, 2026 The Ledger Checks the Math
- August 5, 2026 One park or 57 Apartments. Sometimes we need to choose.
- July 31, 2026 983 apartments are coming. Here's how long you'll wait
- July 29, 2026 We're not funding the emergency response data says we need
- July 23, 2026 A Neighborhood of New Arrivals
- July 22, 2026 A Renter Neighborhood Without Enough Grocery Stores
- July 16, 2026 Empire Bins Coming to LIC
- July 14, 2026 Who Lives Here, and How They Work
- July 9, 2026 HPL, By the Numbers
- July 3, 2026 Democracy is a Verb
- June 29, 2026 Our Neighborhood, By the Numbers
- June 26, 2026 Our Streets Are Changing
- June 23, 2026 The Narrow Lot Opportunity
- June 18, 2026 OneLIC oversight kicks off, how to speak at a public meeting, and more
- June 12, 2026 Knicks Game 5 Watch Parties
- June 8, 2026 Knicks, Gantry fishing, and what's changing in the neighborhood
Empire Bins coming to LIC
Over 100,000 residents are going to have cleaner waste handling thanks to the Empire Bin
A Renter Majority That Has Held for Fifteen Years
Census data shows 78.7 percent of occupied housing units in Hunters Point South and Long Island City’s residential core are renter-occupied, well above New York City’s rate and nearly 24 points above Queens as a whole. The gap has held steady for fifteen years.
How a Community Board Meeting Works
An explainer for Hunters Point South and Long Island City residents on how a Community Board meeting works.
What Is a Community Board?
A community board is a volunteer advisory body that weighs in on land use, the city budget, and local services in a defined neighborhood district.
Tips for Public Testimony
How to increase your public testimony’s impact through preparation, practice, and humanity
World Cup watch parties
The US Men’s National Team faces Paraguay on Friday, June 12, at 6 p.m on FOX or at these viewing parties.
LIC Neighborhood Income
The Median Household Income in HPS & LIC Is More Than Twice the Queens Average. Every census tract in the neighborhood earns more than twice the Queens median. The gap has grown every year since 2010.
DOT Proposes Parking Overhaul for Hunters Point South Streets
Hunters Point South has a parking problem that everyone experiences daily: cars parked in travel lanes, buses unable to make turns, trucks cutting wide through intersections. On Tuesday night, NYC DOT came to Community Board 2 with a plan to fix it.
Hunters Point Ledger
Local news for Hunters Point South and Long Island City. Not Queens. Not New York City. This neighborhood.
more Explainers
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How Queens CB2 Decides What To Ask The City For
Read more: How Queens CB2 Decides What To Ask The City ForEvery fall, Queens Community Board 2’s committees sit down and spend time debating a list. By the time they’re done, that list becomes the district’s official request to City Hall for the next fiscal year’s spending, capped at 40 capital projects and 25 expense items.
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Voters Sped Up the Approval Process for Some Housing Projects
Read more: Voters Sped Up the Approval Process for Some Housing ProjectsNew York voters approved two charter changes in 2025 that speed up how affordable housing projects move through city review. Here is how each one works.
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Units Got Smaller. Households Didn’t
Read more: Units Got Smaller. Households Didn’tCensus data shows the neighborhood’s housing stock has shifted decisively toward smaller units, even as its average household size didn’t shrink to match, a mismatch which we can’t untangle.