The family of 19-year-old Win Rozario on Wednesday condemned the NYPD, the mayor and the handling of a March trip to the family’s Ozone Park home by a pair of officers who shot and killed the teen a few minutes after arriving.
Read MoreQueens’ borough-based jail set to be built in Kew Gardens will cost taxpayers at least $4 billion and may be completed four years after the city’s legally-mandated deadline to close Rikers Island, city records show.
Read MoreThe Adams administration officially began rolling out its controversial plan to rezone a large swath of the city, known as the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, last week.
Read MoreAs the city gets the ability to shutter illegal cannabis shops across the five boroughs, Western Queens electeds targeted a single one in Jackson Heights this week.
Read MoreThe race for the coveted spot on Queens’ Surrogate Court bench is down to two candidates.
Read MoreLess than three minutes after arriving at an Ozone Park home around a month ago, two police officers shot and killed a teen having an apparent mental health crisis as his brother and mother watched, newly released body-worn camera footage shows.
Read MoreJulie Milner, a judicial candidate seeking the Democratic party line in Queens, has seemingly called for the president’s execution online in the past. She also appears to have tweeted in support of a number of conspiracy theories espoused by the far-right.
Read MoreA little more than a year after successfully lobbying the State Senate to reject the governor’s chief judge nominee for the first time in history, the advocacy group behind the push is calling on the governor and state lawmakers to more closely scrutinize judicial appointments and nominations for judicial openings across the state.
Read MoreThough Mayor Eric Adams has said for months that if given the power, he could close all the city’s illegal smoke shops in 30 days, now that he’s been given that power, the mayor says he may need a little more time.
Read MoreMissed medical appointments, alleged sexual harassment and abuse, dirty cells and frequent violence – detainees on Rikers Island have had a lot to complain about.
Read MoreThe Whitestone Bridge, which connects northern Queens and the Bronx, celebrated its 85th birthday on Monday.
Read MoreIn a modern world where technology and, now, artificial intelligence permeates almost every aspect of life, Queens Borough Hall is looking to make sure Queens – in particular its Black and brown residents – keep up with the curve.
Read MoreNew York’s mental health courts got an approximately $12 million boost in the state’s recently-passed budget, the governor and chief judge announced this week.
Read MoreA Queens judge ordered the popular Forest Hills Stadium and its owner, the West Side Tennis Club, to monitor concert sound levels and control trespassing this concert season, granting relief to some Forest Hills residents who have complained of window-shaking noise and other nuisances stemming from the recently revived stadium.
Read MoreThe cost of replacing the crumbling jail complex on Rikers Island by building borough-based jails across the city has continued to balloon over the past year.
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