Mayor Zohran Mamdani late Monday renewed a long-running state of emergency on Rikers Island, signing an executive order he acknowledged would prolong a controversial legal workaround used by his predecessor for years to skirt rules dictating how the city should treat detainees.

The Queens Democratic Party nominated Democratic socialist Diana Moreno to succeed Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the State Assembly, her campaign announced Monday.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday tapped a prominent Queens lawyer to lead City Hall’s judicial selection committee, a little-known group the new mayor vowed to “revitalize” by opening its work to the public.

Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as the next mayor of New York City on Thursday, becoming the first elected official from Queens to lead the five boroughs from City Hall.

As Mamdani gears up to become the city’s next mayor, one of the most pressing questions revolves around how his administration will address those everyday issues, the ones New Yorkers often demand be solved quickly but often aren’t.

Two attorneys with long careers in public service were tapped to join Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s administration on Tuesday.

Mayor Eric Adams on Monday heaped praise on the city’s anti-violence workers for helping to bring shootings in the five boroughs to a record low, an achievement he’s often credited to the work of the NYPD and his administration’s tough-on-crime approach.

Adrienne Adams, the first Black woman to ever serve as City Council speaker and only the second from Queens, presided over her final meeting as the legislature’s leader last Thursday.

Prison reform advocates blasted last-minute changes made by the governor to a prison reform bill she signed into law last week.

A trio of Queens elected officials are asking for a full investigation into a police shooting that left a 29-year-old man dead in Far Rockaway over the weekend.

“With the mayoral elections coming up, it's important that we seek out representatives who will do right by their constituents and abolish Rikers once and for all. “

The Oklahoma-based Williams Transco company is proposing a pipeline through lower Hudson Harbor again. New York first rejected this pipeline in 2020, and now we must do it again. What’s good for a Tulsa gas company is terrible for Queens’ health and our wallets.

“For a corporate center that hosts more than a thousand employees every day — including staff at the Department of Corrections, Skanska, numerous firms and the headquarters of the Queens Chamber of Commerce — this change is more than an inconvenience. It is a step backward for our borough’s economy.”

“Metropolitan Park is a project that has been shaped by the people who live here. A steadfast partner of the community and Elmcor, Metropolitan Park has been intentional with its support for putting the community first. “

A LaGuardia Community College STEM grant program was cut by the Trump Administration and the professor is calling for it to be reinstated.

If we want LIC to stay accessible, we need to build more homes here. That’s why I support the OneLIC proposal.