Advocates call for prison sentencing reform
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Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered on the steps of the State Capitol to call on lawmakers to pass a series of prison sentencing reform bills on Monday.
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Former Queens Defenders boss admits to stealing over $100,000 from nonprofit
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The co-founder and former executive director of Queens Defenders on Tuesday admitted in federal court to stealing over $100,000 from the taxpayer-funded nonprofit that provides legal defense services to New Yorkers who can’t otherwise afford it.
Read MoreFeds make another arrest in Queens Defenders fraud case
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A music media personality was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly hiding evidence in the ongoing fraud case against former Queens Defenders executive director Lori Zeno and her husband, Rashad Ruhani.
Read MoreTexas man arrested for making ‘terroristic threats’ against Mamdani
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A Texas man was charged in Queens with making terroristic threats after he allegedly made several menacing phone calls and wrote Islamophobic and exploitative-laced emails to Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, earlier this year.
Read More‘Sickening’: Victims blast prison sentence for Queens doctor who raped patients
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A former Queens doctor who raped at least eight women, some of whom came to him as patients, was sentenced to 24 years in prison at Queens Criminal Court on Thursday, angering a group of victims who say his sentence should keep him behind bars for life.
Read MoreFormer Queens Defenders boss stole tens of thousands of dollars from organization she founded, feds say
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Lori Zeno, the former head of Queens Defenders, allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars from the organization she founded to fund luxury vacations, a teeth-whitening procedure and other personal expenses, prosecutors said this week.
Read MoreVehicle stop-and-searches increased in 2024, report shows
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The number of vehicle stop-and-searches committed by the NYPD skyrocketed last year – and the vast majority were conducted on Black and Latino drivers, newly released data shows.
Read MoreTrial begins in case of attempted murder of Queens police officers
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The trial of a Far Rockaway man accused of attempting to shoot two NYPD police officers began on Monday.
Read MoreAG releases video of police shooting of 79-year-old outside of Bayside precinct
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The New York attorney general’s office last week released videos of a deadly police shooting outside a Queens precinct as an investigation into the shooting continues.
Read MoreQueens cops arrested for robbing sex worker
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Two Queens police officers robbed and groped a woman working in an illegal brothel while they were on duty, prosecutors alleged on Monday.
Read MoreTen teens shot outside Jamaica nightclub on New Year’s Day
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2025 started in horror for residents of Jamaica, as a mass shooting left 10 teenagers injured and the community reeling last week.
Read MoreThirty years later, Queens DA IDs murder victim
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Over thirty years after her dead body was discovered and her killers were brought to justice, Judy Rodriguez has officially been found.
Read MoreFormer Queens priest fired from St. Francis prep after credible abuse allegations
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A former priest who was working as a religious teacher at St. Francis Preparatory High School in Fresh Meadows was recently fired after being accused of sexually abusing minors throughout the 1990s.
Read MoreBrooklyn man involved in viral staged Queens car crash arrested
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A Brooklyn man was cuffed last week after he allegedly staged a car crash on a Queens street that was caught on a video that soon went viral.
Read MoreTrial begins for man who allegedly shot officer last year
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Queens’ Criminal Courthouse was packed with police officers last week as the trial for a 23-year-old accused of shooting a rookie cop in the leg last year began.
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