Nearly 500 Queens workers were laid off after Amazon ended contracts with their employers without providing proper notice, the Teamsters union alleged in a new federal complaint.
Read MoreA Queens councilmember introduced legislation that she says would help notify New Yorkers when ambulances are delayed or unavailable.
Read MoreOfficials are sticking with their hopes that Queens drivers and passengers will finally traverse a construction-free Van Wyck Expressway this year – but exactly when that day will come remains unclear.
Read MoreFor countless Queens residents who felt lost in the legal system when suddenly faced with threats of foreclosure, bankruptcy or debt collection, their saving grace was Mark Weliky.
Read MoreThe federal government has yet to explain why Queens soldier Staff Sergeant Angel Sarah Rampersad and three other troops were removed from the official list of Iran War casualties, a week after a Queens lawmaker set a deadline to do so.
Read MoreNew data released this week shows that the number of NYPD arrests over low-level or non-criminal issues remains as high, if not, higher, under Mayor Zohran Mamdani than it was under former Mayor Eric Adams, angering advocates and lawmakers.
Read MoreNew York’s top judge will not face any consequences for advocating for the passage of a sentencing reform bill, which Republican lawmakers claimed crossed an ethical line.
Read MoreThe state is putting up more than $7 million to pay for legal representation for unaccompanied children in immigration court after the Trump administration ended its contract with legal services providers, leaving 1,400 children in New York to represent themselves in deportation cases, officials announced on Wednesday.
Read MoreAs federal immigration officers have been spotted with increasing frequency in Queens, local officials on Monday told their constituents to prepare themselves in the event that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempt to arrest them or their neighbors.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani threw his support behind a Queens legislator's bill that aims to rein in Amazon and other companies’ use of contracted delivery drivers.
Read MoreThe state Commission on Judicial Conduct last week ordered a Queens Civil Court judge to be removed from the bench, marking the first time the top level of discipline has been doled out by the commission to a judge in the World’s Borough in nearly a decade.
Read MoreA federal appeals court recently upheld a lower court ruling that found that New Yorkers have the right to access prosecutorial disciplinary proceedings and records, which are currently shrouded in secrecy.
Read MoreMost had expected election night to be a long haul for sophomore Assemblymember Claire Valdez, who was running in a competitive four-way race to succeed a revered New York lawmaker.
Read MoreTenants of a building owned by the city’s “worst landlord” say their Elmhurst apartment complex remains in poor condition, nearly two months after a Queens judge ordered the owners to repair it.
Read MoreThe Independent Rikers Commission is hoping to remind New Yorkers why the city first began to endeavor closing its dangerous jail complex, even if it has no shot at hitting the legally-mandated 2027 deadline to do so.
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