Mamdani sworn in as city’s first Queens mayor
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Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as the next mayor of New York City on Thursday, becoming the first elected official from Queens to lead the five boroughs from City Hall.
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No charges for officers in Rozario shooting, AG office says
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Attorney General Letitia James’ office will not bring charges against the two NYPD officers who shot and killed Queens teenager Win Rozario in his family’s home last year while he was allegedly in the throes of a mental health crisis.
Read MoreJudge tosses fed’s case against AG James and Comey
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A federal judge on Monday tossed out the criminal cases brought against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey after finding that the prosecutor that brought the charges had been illegally appointed by the Trump administration.
Read MoreJudge throws out Trump’s challenge of NY law barring arrests in courthouses
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A New York federal judge struck down a Justice Department lawsuit this week that sought to end a law that prevents immigration officials from arresting individuals in New York State courthouses.
Read MoreVideo shows lead up to police killing of knife-wielding man in Astoria
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The New York attorney general’s office on Tuesday released footage of the police shooting of a knife-wielding 60-year-old man in Astoria earlier this year as the AG continues their investigation into the officers who shot the fatal bullets.
Read MoreTwo charged for stealing Kew Gardens Hills home from dying woman
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Deepa Roy, 68, and Victor Quimis, 39, face up to 25 years in prison after they were charged for defrauding Bherwani, who has since died, and stealing her Kew Gardens Hills home. On the steps of the Queens County Criminal courthouse on Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her office was prosecuting Roy and Quimis under a new law passed by the state legislature last year.
Read MoreInfamous Queens building owner overcharged rent-stabilized tenants, suit claims
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A Queens real estate company was sued for violating rent stabilization laws, putting tenants in Jamaica and Elmhurst at risk of eviction, according to the New York attorney general’s office.
Read MoreBill to grow New York’s courts unlikely to pass in Albany
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A popular bill that would remove the population limit on new judicial seats appears unlikely to make it through the state legislature this year, but lawmakers say their plan to make a drastic change to the state’s constitution is very much alive.
Read MoreCourt orders infamous landlord to repair crumbling Queens building – again
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Tenants living in a Jamaica apartment building embroiled in a long court battle with their infamous landlord won a temporary victory on Tuesday – but they say they aren’t ready to celebrate quite yet.
Read MoreSpeaker’s final State of the City address doubles as potential mayoral campaign launch
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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams may have called her State of the City address her “grand finale” on Tuesday, but what is an end if not a new beginning?
Read More‘You will be caught, you will be prosecuted’: AG rolls out crackdown on fraudulent Medicaid billings
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Dozens of companies that offer transportation services for disabled New Yorkers have been taking advantage of New York’s Medicaid program, Attorney General Letita James claimed on Wednesday.
Read MoreAG won’t bring charges against officer who didn’t call for help as detainee died
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The state attorney general’s office said last week that it would not bring charges against a former correctional officer on Rikers Island who failed to help a detainee while he died of a fentanyl overdose in 2022.
Read MoreNo charges for cops who killed St. Albans man in 2022
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New York’s attorney general said Friday that her office will not attempt to prosecute a group of NYPD officers who shot and killed a man wielding a gun while experiencing an apparent mental health crisis in St. Albans in July 2022.
Read More‘Horrifying’: NYPD footage shows speedy escalation of Ozone Park police shooting that left teen dead
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Less 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 MoreNYPD fatally shoots man on Roosevelt Avenue
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Officers from the NYPD shot and killed a man on Roosevelt Avenue over the weekend, marking the second time police have fatally shot a person in Queens in a month.
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