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Selvena Brooks-Powers

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: Link5G signals a more connected and resilient Queens

More affluent neighborhoods have long enjoyed high-speed broadband in our city, but working-class neighborhoods have not.

  • By Selvena Brooks-Powers

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: A long overdue response to groundwater flooding in Southeast Queens

A proposed City Council resolution would help affected residents make their homes more resilient to flooding.

  • By Nantasha Williams, Leroy Comrie, James Sanders Jr., Khaleel Anderson, Vivian Cook, Alicia Hyndman, Clyde Vanel and Selvena Brooks-Powers