On Wednesday, a sold out crowd filled Citi Field in Flushing to watch soon-to-be Queens locals Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League play their first match in the World’s Borough.
Read MoreRikers Island’s power remediation manager issued his much-anticipated first report this week, detailing his plans to begin to curb the violence that has plagued the city’s jails for decades.
Read MoreOver 500 attorneys and legal staff at the city’s second-largest public defender organization went on strike Thursday.
Read MorePatrick Martinez won the Democratic primary for Queens Assembly District 30 by a mere seven votes after an automatic recount was triggered in the paper-thin race between him and candidate Shamsul Haque.
Read MoreDespite a boost in funding and resources for the state’s court system, Queens Criminal Court’s Supervising Judge Edwin Novillo says that large case volumes continue to be the greatest challenge for the court, and that more resources for additional judges, trial parts and technology capabilities are needed to efficiently process cases.
Read MoreThe NYPD is beefing up its presence around a Queens park where a teenager was shot and killed in April.
Read MoreThe hand recount for Assembly District 30 began on Tuesday.
Read MoreTwo Queens representatives are calling on Con Ed to reimburse Southeast Queens customers who were left in the dark during the city’s recent heatwave.
Read MoreAssemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato is retiring – but not before she grabs one last drink at a local watering hole after officially opening New York’s beaches.
Read MoreQueens’ community boards are getting younger and more diverse.
Read MoreUnionized attorneys at the second-largest public defender organization in the city voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike this week, increasing the risk of hundreds of lawyers and support staff walking off the job and hampering criminal courts in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreQueens Councilmember Phil Wong’s office windows were shattered this week after the lawmaker said his landlord received “threatening phone calls.”
Read MoreTwo-time National Women’s Soccer League champions Gotham FC will soon call the World’s Borough home, joining New York City Football Club at the soon-to-be-completed Etihad Park in Willets Point.
Read MoreA longtime Queens criminal court judge who oversaw some of the most high-profile murder cases in Queens over the past decade is stepping down from the bench.
Read MoreA highly anticipated report commissioned by the state after two incarcerated men were killed by prison officers last year found that New York’s prisons are plagued by a slew of issues that have left the state facilities dangerous for both incarcerated people and guards alike.
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