20-year-old man dies in DOC custody at Queens Criminal Court
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A 20-year-old man died in Department of Correction custody inside Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday.
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Queens pols want ICE out of Bulova Corporate Center lot
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Queens officials want an East Elmhurst office complex to stop immigration agents from using its parking lot as a staging area.
Read MoreMamdani’s new street safety plan takes cues from Queens legislators
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani laid out a broad plan to address safety on New York’s streets on Tuesday, featuring some ideas that have been strongly supported and championed by Queens officials for some time.
Read MoreAdvocates say Hochul is failing to keep promise on prison commutations
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Two weeks after Governor Kathy Hochul pardoned six individuals but chose not to commute the sentences of any of the more than 1,000 New Yorkers who have applied, advocates stood outside her Midtown office on Tuesday and called on the governor not to let political pressure prevent her from keeping her promise to regularly use her clemency powers to release reformed individuals from prison.
Read MoreJudge troubled after DOC leadership accused of attempting to stifle oversight
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A federal judge said that Department of Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards appeared to violate a number of court orders when he issued a recent directive limiting his top deputies from communicating with oversight officials charged with leading reform efforts at Rikers Island.
Read More‘People could die’: City, state sue Trump admin over immigration rule change
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New York City and State sued the Trump administration on Monday over a new rule that would force immigrant families to choose between their immigration status and potentially life-saving public programs and assistance.
Read MoreQueens court community reflects on 9/11
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Queens courts reflect on Sept. 11 on the 25th anniversary.
Read More25 years later, Maspeth firehouse remembers 19 firefighters lost on 9/11
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The Maspeth firehouse on 68th Street, home to Squad 288 and Hazmat 1, lost more members than any fire station in the five boroughs during the attacks.
Read MoreInterborough Express moves ahead as state prepares to release major environmental review
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The state is continuing to move ahead with its plan to build a 14-mile light rail connecting Queens and Brooklyn, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced this week that it was making major progress in the design and environmental review phase of the Interborough Express.
Read MoreQueens officials call for safety overhaul on new ‘Boulevard of Death’
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Queens officials in Jackson Heights want the city to fix longstanding dangerous road conditions along busy Northern Boulevard, which they dubbed the borough’s new “Boulevard of Death.”
Read MoreLegionella found at Forest Hills precinct before contamination became a threat
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The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease was discovered at a Forest Hills police station earlier this month, though the amount of bacteria found didn’t pose a real threat, officials said.
Read MoreNew schools open in Queens this week, but overcrowding problems remain
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Three new schools are set to welcome Western Queens students this week – but local education advocates say they’ll only make a marginal difference in addressing overcrowding in the borough’s schools.
Read MoreCity releases trove of 9/11 records showing officials knew of health risks but misled New Yorkers
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Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, New York City released tens of thousands of pages of documents confirming previous city officials were aware of the potential health hazards first responders and survivors faced but still encouraged New Yorkers to return to dust-strewn areas surrounding Ground Zero after the terror attacks.
Read MoreFormer Queens senator takes job with Metropolitan Park
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Michael Gianaris, the longtime Queens state senator who recently retired from his role in Albany, has been hired to work for billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen and his Metropolitan Park casino venture.
Read MoreRikers monitor rips DOC leadership over ‘grave concerns’ about transparency
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After months of praising a shift toward greater transparency at the Department of Correction, the federal watchdog overseeing Rikers Island sharply changed course Thursday, accusing agency leadership of taking steps that could undermine court-ordered reforms.
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