Nearly 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 MoreA Western Queens Assembly race was too close to call after results came in on election night and will now likely head toward a recount.
Read MoreWhile democratic socialist members across the city celebrated on Tuesday night, the atmosphere was different inside State Senator Jessica Ramos’ Election Day watch party.
Read MoreA Queens County Democratic Party candidate and an insurgent candidate both won the Democratic primary race for Civil Court on Tuesday.
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 MorePowered by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s support and the political energy he generated a year ago, democratic socialist candidates in Queens were on track to sweep races for Congress, the State Senate and State Assembly on Tuesday.
Read MoreHere’s a snapshot of election day in Queens, where dozens of candidates ran in contested primaries on Tuesday.
Read MoreNew York’s mandatory retirement age for judges will remain in place after the state’s top court rejected an argument from a trio of elderly justices who claimed that the retirement rules amounted to a form of discrimination.
Read MoreQueens Supreme Court Justice Sandra Perez was officially sworn into the bench last week. The judge is a founding member of the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, which has successfully pushed to get a number of its members elected to the courts in recent years.
Read MoreJudges in a state appellate court issued rulings in two separate lawsuits against Forest Hills Stadium last week, sending one back to a Queens court for further proceedings while dismissing another.
Read MoreWhile the federal monitor tasked with tracking conditions on Rikers Island appears optimistic about the leadership of the two new officials in charge of the city’s jails, violence in the troubled complex remains high, the monitor said in a new report.
Read MoreQueens locals joined the millions of New Yorkers who lined the Canyon of Heroes in Manhattan to celebrate the 2026 NBA champion New York Knicks on Thursday.
Read MoreYears of legislative debate over the role state judges should play in granting custody rights during cases of alleged abuse may finally be over after the legislature passed a bill that includes new procedures, evidentiary standards and considerations for those cases.
Read MoreQueens State Senator Michael Gianaris may be retiring at the end of the year, but that hasn’t stopped him from endorsing those he hopes will become future members of the legislature – except when it comes to the race to fill his own seat.
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