Nearly 10 years to the day after Karina Vetrano was found brutally murdered in a Howard Beach park, the man serving a life sentence for her killing was given a chance to challenge his conviction.
Read MoreThe former executive director of Queens Defenders and her ex-husband were sentenced to prison on Tuesday after siphoning off over $656,000 from the nonprofit, “effectively destroying" the organization that once represented tens of thousands of low-income clients facing criminal charges in the World’s Borough.
Read MoreQueens Defenders’ former executive director and her ex-husband asked a judge for leniency ahead of their joint sentencing scheduled for next week after the pair admitted to defrauding and effectively bankrupting one of the borough’s largest public defense firms last year.
Read MoreThe NYPD is beefing up its presence around a Queens park where a teenager was shot and killed in April.
Read MoreA 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 MoreNearly two dozen alleged members of a street gang faced new conspiracy and attempted murder charges on Thursday for their role in a “violent spree” of retaliatory shootings against other alleged rival gang members across Central Queens that left three victims injured.
Read MoreThe family of Albert Itzkowitz, a beloved Queens community member who was found murdered in Kissena Park, is still searching for answers about why their beloved family member was killed last month.
Read MoreJonathan Rinaldi, a perennial candidate who repeatedly used artificial intelligence to create deceptive campaign materials during several failed bids for office, was arrested Wednesday morning in Queens, multiple sources told the Eagle.
Read MoreFor the second time in around three decades, a Queens jury found Michael Robinson guilty of murdering his estranged wife last week.
Read MoreTwo 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreCrime continued to plummet in the World’s Borough in the first five months of the year.
Read MoreAfter serving 26 years in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit, Michael Robinson was back in a Queens courtroom Thursday, facing a retrial around half a decade after new DNA evidence unraveled his original conviction.
Read MoreSeveral swastikas were found spraypainted in two Queens parks on Monday, a week after antisemitic graffiti was sprawled on a synagogue and a Jewish Center in the borough.
Read MoreLocal officials and religious leaders rallied Tuesday outside a Queens synagogue defaced with swastikas earlier this week, where they condemned the incident and called for more efforts to protect New Yorkers.
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