The dispute over the existence of “deadlocking,” or the practice of locking up detainees on Rikers Island for weeks or months at a time in violation of Department of Correction policy, cutting them off from health care, services and other people in custody, continued during a jail oversight meeting on Tuesday.

Watch the World Cup in the World’s Borough at one of nearly a dozen free watch parties happening across Queens over the next month.

A popular bill that promised to give New York the means to appoint more desperately needed trial court justices failed to make it out of the legislature last week, leaving its future, as well as the prospect of increasing the number of justices in the state, uncertain.

Elected officials in Western Queens want the MTA to turn its attention to their properties in the area, which have been plagued by delayed construction, poor conditions and illegal dumping.

Two Queens men who each served around three decades in prison are asking a judge to toss their conviction after they uncovered new evidence that they say proves their innocence.

Borough, city and state officials said they were optimistic about the future of Queens at a forum held at New York Law School on Wednesday.

A bill passed by the state legislature on Tuesday offers a small first step into shedding light on how judges make important decisions that affect every day New Yorkers.

A man who was arrested for allegedly threatening Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a series of voicemails pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge on Wednesday, avoiding a 60-year prison sentence he once faced.

Forest Hills Stadium will donate a portion of all beverage proceeds made this concert season to a Queens youth charity.

Crime continued to plummet in the World’s Borough in the first five months of the year.

“Families are being presented with a false choice: Send your children to a brand-new, $92 million facility, or continue using an aging building that has been allowed to deteriorate.”

“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.