Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center Dramatically Reverses the Outlook of Lung Cancer Through Novel Screening, Early Intervention, Precision Care and Community Engagement   Queens Voice   December 2, 2025 Queens LOCAL NEWS - Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) is proud to announce that for the first time in decades, more people in its community are being diagnosed with stage I, versus stage IV lung cancer.  The five-year survival rate for stage I or II lung cancer is more than 65%, compared to just 8% for later-stage III and IV disease, according to the American Lung Association . MECCC clinicians are now finding cancers when they are most treatable and curable thanks to enhanced screening, novel care, access to clinical trials, and community education. For several decades, the Bronx has experienced higher-than-average lung cancer mortality rates compared with other New York City boroughs, primarily due to Bron...

Two years after a deal with City Hall to remain in business, the 23 remaining vendors work limited hours at the once-thriving Queens market square, hoping the incoming Mamdani administration will help them find a more secure future. This article originally in The City. By Haidee Chu  Queens Voice  December 1, 2025 QUEENS LOCAL NEWS -  Two years ago, street vendors returned to Corona Plaza in diminished numbers after a sweeping crackdown by the Sanitation Department on the Queens public square earlier that summer upended their livelihoods.  The energetic but unregulated market that drew neighborhood complaints was no more, and in its place came what Mayor Eric Adams called the city’s “first-ever community vending area ” — an experimental model for vending outside the existing, backlogged permitting system.  Eighty legacy sellers vied to operate one of just 14 stalls, permitted for five days a week from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.  Much has change...