As 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 MoreA little more than a year after successfully lobbying the State Senate to reject the governor’s chief judge nominee for the first time in history, the advocacy group behind the push is calling on the governor and state lawmakers to more closely scrutinize judicial appointments and nominations for judicial openings across the state.
Read MoreNew York’s legal community has responded with outrage after the governor decided to move forward with a sweep of a pot of money meant to fund civil legal services for low-income New Yorkers.
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 bill that aims to increase safety protections for judges and court staff has officially been included in the state’s tardy budget.
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 MoreIn a rare show of unity, a bi-partisan group of city councilmembers, including several from Queens, penned a letter calling on the state to give the city more power to enforce illegal cannabis.
Read MoreFollowing a number of headline-grabbing violent incidents inside the city’s subway system – but as subway crime, in general, continues to decrease – the city said on Thursday that it will soon be installing weapons scanners in stations throughout the five boroughs.
Read MoreThe State Senate this week passed a bill created in response to lobbying efforts in support of and against Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial pick for chief judge last year.
Read MoreAfter years of debate over one of New York City’s most controversial political topics, the MTA officially passed its final congestion pricing plan on Wednesday morning.
Read MoreOver half a dozen good government groups this week issued their support for a bill that would effectively boost the budget and power of the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct, the oversight agency that investigates ethics complaints made against New York’s judges.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul may have reversed her plans to strip $100 million from a fund meant to pay for civil legal services in New York, but a similar proposal to take funds from an indigent defense attorney fund remains on the table as legislators and the governor head into the final week of negotiations over the state’s budget.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul ordered a review of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management amid the agency’s troubled legal weed rollout. Officials hope the audit officials can better the process of creating the state’s legal marijuana market, which the governor has previously called a “disaster.”
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul announced several sweeping subway safety measures on Wednesday, including a proposal that would temporarily ban some convicted New Yorkers from using the system.
Read MoreA group of nearly 100 organizations demanded on Monday that the governor and legislative leaders increase funding for the implementation of New York’s Raise the Age laws in the state’s budget, which is due in a little less than a month.
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