Queens’ borough-based jail set to be built in Kew Gardens will cost taxpayers at least $4 billion and may be completed four years after the city’s legally-mandated deadline to close Rikers Island, city records show.
Read MoreThe Adams administration officially began rolling out its controversial plan to rezone a large swath of the city, known as the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, last week.
Read MoreAs the city gets the ability to shutter illegal cannabis shops across the five boroughs, Western Queens electeds targeted a single one in Jackson Heights this week.
Read MoreLess than three minutes after arriving at an Ozone Park home around a month ago, two police officers shot and killed a teen having an apparent mental health crisis as his brother and mother watched, newly released body-worn camera footage shows.
Read MoreThough Mayor Eric Adams has said for months that if given the power, he could close all the city’s illegal smoke shops in 30 days, now that he’s been given that power, the mayor says he may need a little more time.
Read MoreThe cost of replacing the crumbling jail complex on Rikers Island by building borough-based jails across the city has continued to balloon over the past year.
Read MoreQueens has hit a morbid traffic violence milestone as 2024 is already on pace to be a deadly year on New York City’s streets, according to a new report from a transportation group.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams wouldn’t confirm or deny Tuesday if he plans to nominate attorney Randy Mastro to serve as the city’s next top attorney – but that didn’t stop the mayor from defending the embattled potential nominee.
Read MoreAfter months of calls for more power in policing illegal smoke shops, city officials finally got their wish by way of the state budget.
Read MoreA group of over a dozen city councilmembers this week called on the Adams administration to reverse its decision to up the number of beds in Queens’ yet-to-be-built borough-based jail facility.
Read MoreDecades of the city’s failed attempts to develop a long-polluted corner of Queens appeared to come to an end on Thursday as the City Council overwhelmingly voted to approve a plan to bring affordable housing and the city’s first soccer stadium to Willets Point.
Read MoreFriday got off to a shaky start in Queens and throughout the Northeast when a 4.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled through the region shortly after 10 a.m.
Read MoreFive of the city's seven major crime categories dropped during the first quarter of this year, the mayor and top police officials announced from the NYPD’s Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday.
Read MoreTwo neighborhoods in Queens are home to a large percentage of the city’s migrant shelters and while locals say they are happy to help amid the crisis, they also want the city and other neighborhoods to step up.
Read MoreThe City Council this week said the city should set aside the money in its upcoming $109 billion budget to build a long-asked-for trauma center on the Rockaway peninsula, a healthcare need advocates have been calling for for nearly a decade.
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