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 MoreOfficers 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.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul and State Attorney General Letitia James laid out a new agenda of consumer protection and affordability plans on Tuesday, giving a preview of goals the governor will lay out in her 2024 State of the State address.
Read MoreThe New York State attorney general, a top bar association, scores of public defense organizations, several former New York City officials and a criminal justice nonprofit all called on a federal judge to strip control over Rikers Island away from the city and hand it over to a court-appointed receiver.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard arguments about whether or not New York’s congressional districts will be redrawn for the third time in the past two years, restarting a redistricting process that has been marred by partisan squabbles, multiple lawsuits and general confusion about where the state’s congressional lines stand.
Read MoreThe State Attorney General’s Office said last week that the NYPD officer who fatally shot a man in Far Rockaway last December during a foot pursuit will not face charges.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals judge who was previously considered the potential tiebreaker in the major redistricting case coming before the court next month has recused herself from the case.
Read MoreTop elected officials from across the city and state gathered in City Hall on Monday to announce that they were pouring nearly half a billion dollars into additional gun violence prevention measures.
Read MoreAn appeals court ordered the state’s failed redistricting commission to redraw the state’s congressional maps on Thursday, ruling that the maps used for the 2022 election not be used again in the future.
Read MoreQueens officials and advocates rallied in Long Island City on Thursday, celebrating the inclusion of abortion access protections in the final state budget. HMH Part U, a proposal from Queens State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Queens Assemblymember Nily Rozic was included in the state budget and contains provisions for protecting abortion access in New York following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Read MoreCivics, civility and collaboration – according to the New York State Bar Association, those are the “cornerstones of democracy.” But newly-sworn-in Chief Judge Rowan Wilson dissents.
Read MoreThe state’s attorney general, the mayor and a slew of law enforcement officials announced Thursday that they had busted a massive thievery ring, led by a Queens-based pawn shop owner, that stole and resold over $1 million worth of stolen goods over the course of four years.
Read More“I’m running for attorney general to be a voice for the voiceless, a champion for marginalized communities and a symbol that a son of Haitian immigrants from Queens can rise to the highest levels of law and government.”
Read More“It would be really nice to have a non-police officer witness describing what it was they saw from the sidewalk at the time of shooting.”
Read MoreThousands of New Yorkers rallied on the steps of Flushing Town Hall on Sunday to condemn the rise in anti-Asian attacks.
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