Queens Borough President Donovan Richards gave Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Citi Field’s parking lot his stamp of approval on Monday, bringing Cohen one step closer to having the $8 billion plan approved at the city level.
Read MoreAs the end of the year approaches, the New York legal community this week made their pitch to Governor Kathy Hochul for expanding student loan assistance for attorneys working in the public sector, who often get paid far less than their private sector counterparts.
Read MoreMets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Western Queens was overwhelmingly approved by all five community boards charged with reviewing the proposal under the city’s land use review process.
Read MoreWestern Queens Assemblymember and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani officially launched his long-rumored bid for mayor of New York City on Wednesday.
Read MoreSex workers and activists in Queens say that the city and state’s plan to send more police onto Roosevelt Avenue to quell quality of life issues is both an overblown and potentially dangerous response.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday that the city would up its effort to cut down illegal vending, littering and sex trafficking on Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue. But critics said the mayor’s dedication to cleaning up the notorious street in Western Queens sounded eerily familiar to his past efforts to cut back on crime on Roosevelt, leading some to wonder if the new plan will actually lead to any lasting change.
Read MoreEric Adams became the first New York City mayor in modern history to be criminally charged while in office on Thursday.
Read MoreQueens State Senator Jessica Ramos is announcing that she will be running for mayor, joining a growing list of primary opponents to Mayor Eric Adams.
Read MoreDrivers on certain streets in Queens are going to need to slow down in the near future as the city begins to implement a state law designed to increase safety on city streets.
Read MoreLast week, eight Queens residents graduated from the borough’s treatment courts. The courts are designed to divert people away from traditional criminal prosecution and toward services that could help them turn their life around. They may soon be expanding.
Read MoreAfter nearly a year of playing her cards close to her chest, Queens State Senator Jessica Ramos dropped her poker face Tuesday and announced that she won’t support New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s bid to bring a casino to Citi Field.
Read MoreTenants in three Queens neighborhoods are suing the state after it greenlit rent increases requested by their landlord, who the tenants say inflated the costs of building improvements to justify the allegedly unfair rent hikes.
Read MoreState Senator James Skoufis, a Hudson Valley lawmaker who was raised in Queens, introduced a bill last week that he believes will clear up some confusion about New York’s halls of justice.
Read MoreA trio of lawmakers this week upped the peer pressure on State Senator Jessica Ramos to open the door for Mets owner Steve Cohen to build an $8 billion casino and entertainment complex in Corona.
Read MoreNew York’s top judge last week urged Albany to pass into law a pair of bills that he said would go a long way toward reforming the state’s sentencing laws and toward correcting historic inequities in the state’s criminal justice system.
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