Queens reps call on Con Ed to reimburse SEQ customers after outage
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Two Queens representatives are calling on Con Ed to reimburse Southeast Queens customers who were left in the dark during the city’s recent heatwave.
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One last round with retiring Queens Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato
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Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato is retiring – but not before she grabs one last drink at a local watering hole after officially opening New York’s beaches.
Read MoreQueens community boards continue to diversify
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Queens’ community boards are getting younger and more diverse.
Read MoreAttorneys at second-largest public defense org in city authorize strike
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Unionized attorneys at the second-largest public defender organization in the city voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike this week, increasing the risk of hundreds of lawyers and support staff walking off the job and hampering criminal courts in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreQueens lawmaker’s office windows shattered
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Queens Councilmember Phil Wong’s office windows were shattered this week after the lawmaker said his landlord received “threatening phone calls.”
Read MoreGotham FC to call Queens home starting in 2028
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Two-time National Women’s Soccer League champions Gotham FC will soon call the World’s Borough home, joining New York City Football Club at the soon-to-be-completed Etihad Park in Willets Point.
Read MoreLongtime Queens criminal court judge retires
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A longtime Queens criminal court judge who oversaw some of the most high-profile murder cases in Queens over the past decade is stepping down from the bench.
Read MoreState-commissioned report finds systemic failures in New York prisons after killings
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A highly anticipated report commissioned by the state after two incarcerated men were killed by prison officers last year found that New York’s prisons are plagued by a slew of issues that have left the state facilities dangerous for both incarcerated people and guards alike.
Read MoreQueens man dies after setting himself on fire near UN in protest of China’s rule over Tibet
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A Queens man set himself on fire last week in protest of the Chinese government’s control over his native Tibet. He later died of his injuries.
Read MoreTwo votes divide Democrats in tight Queens Assembly race headed to recount
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Only two votes separated a pair of Democrats running to represent a portion of western Queens in the Assembly this week after a vast majority of ballots had been counted by the Board of Elections in the week since Election Day.
Read MoreMan convicted twice in 1993 Queens murder sentenced again to 25 years to life
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A 1993 murder in Queens has become a gruesome case of déjà vu after a man found guilty of killing his estranged wife by two different juries three decades apart was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Wednesday, seven years after he completed his 26-year prison term for the same crime.
Read MoreRockaway trauma center goes mostly unfunded in city budget
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Capital funding for a new trauma center on the Rockaway peninsula was left out of the city’s $126 billion budget passed by the City Council Tuesday, despite growing calls from the community to finance the project in the isolated area in Queens.
Read MoreQueens dad claims cops beat him unconscious at July 4 barbecue
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A new lawsuit claims that last July 4, a group of police officers slammed the 46-year-old Queens man to the ground, knocked him unconscious, and beat him so badly that a judge immediately demanded he be taken from the courthouse to a hospital.
Read MorePublic defender labor contracts expire as potential strike looms
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Labor contracts for some of the city’s largest public defender organizations expired at midnight on Tuesday, raising the possibility for over 1,000 attorneys to walk off the job if a deal isn’t reached soon.
Read MoreMayor, Council settle housing voucher lawsuit and pass $125 billion budget
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The end of a prolonged legal battle between the mayor’s office and the City Council over an expensive housing voucher program known as CityFHEPS was baked into the city’s colossal $125 billion budget, which was passed by the Council late Tuesday.
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