Around a dozen public defender firms are urging a state regulatory board to temporarily reject a request from the New York State Police to utilize a powerful new form of DNA testing that has been used to solve several prominent cold cases, including the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
Read MoreThe Family of Win Rozario family rallied alongside advocates at City Hall on Thursday after learning that Salvatore Alongi, one of the officers involved in the shooting, had retired, avoiding disciplinary charges from the Civilian Complaint Review Board in an apparent violation of the watchdog group’s agreement with the NYPD.
Read MoreLawmakers said Wednesday that they remain concerned about conditions inside the Borden Avenue Veterans’ Residence in Long Island City, several weeks after the city pulled out of a federal program that funded the shelter and a week after two Queens officials were turned away when they tried to enter the building.
Read MoreThe Queens District Attorney asked a parole board last week not to release the Queens man convicted of the 1988 murder of rookie NYPD officer Edward Byrne, whose killing sparked outrage nationwide and kickstarted a police crackdown on the violent crack gangs that dominated the city.
Read MoreWhile the fight for leadership of the Brooklyn Democratic Party has spiraled into chaos over the past several weeks, the story couldn’t be more different in Queens, where hundreds rallied around incumbent leadership on Monday night ahead of the midterm elections.
Read MoreChristopher Watler will lead the Board of Correction’s oversight of Rikers Island at a time of major change – and continued troubles – for the city’s criminal justice system.
Read MoreNearly half a dozen bomb threats have been made against the busy Flushing Library on Main Street over the past several weeks, the Eagle has learned.
Read MoreChip City, a cookie company founded in Astoria, suddenly shuttered all of its storefronts nationwide this week amid a messy legal dispute between the company and its former CEO and founder, who was asked to answer for the mismanagement of nearly a million dollars of the company’s funds.
Read MoreThe federal monitor tracking conditions on Rikers Island said the dangerous jail has remained mired in dysfunction and constitutional violations a little more than six months after a federal judge stripped the city of its control of the jail complex and appointed a remediation manager to lead the reform effort.
Read MoreFive of the 12 communities in New York City that have seen the least amount of new, affordable housing over the past half decade are in Queens – and are now being targeted by the Mamdani administration for fast-tracked housing projects, angering some local legislators.
Read MoreThe group hoping to push along an ambitious plan to build a new train line in South Queens is moving forward with three studies it hopes will illuminate the potential benefits of the project.
Read MoreSeveral Queens lawmakers say the city needs to do more to bring emergency resources to the borough’s far-flung communities on the Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreAs the city’s “worst landlord” gets ready to head to court next week over conditions at one of its Queens buildings, Elmhurst tenants say they’ve been living without hot water for days and that many court-ordered repairs to crumbling building still haven’t taken place.
Read MoreA civil rights lawsuit alleging a blind man was discriminated against and prevented from participating in jury service because of his disability will proceed after receiving the green light from a federal judge on Thursday.
Read MoreThe state must disclose all memos it sends to judges about how to interpret the law after an appellate court ruled against the Office of Court Administration’s contention that the memos were protected from the public.
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