Queens man arrested for attacking rabbi on Holocaust Remembrance Day
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A man was arrested for an alleged antisemitic attack on a Queens rabbi in Forest Hills on Tuesday, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Queens lawmakers given top roles in new Council
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Queens may no longer be in possession of the City Council speaker’s office, but several members of Queens’ Council delegation were appointed to significant leadership roles by Speaker Julie Menin on Thursday.
Read MoreHochul wants to ban AI in political campaigns
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Governor Kathy Hochul plans on Tuesday to outline her plan to limit political campaigns’ use of artificial intelligence, a tool that was used – sometimes deceptively – by campaigns in Queens this past year.
Read MoreImmigration judge withdraws from public defender leadership role amid staff backlash
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One of the city’s top public defender organizations recently faced backlash from its union after an announced candidate for director of their immigration practice sparked outrage.
Read MoreQueens elects three new councilmembers, sends all incumbents back to office
/Queens elected three new representatives to the City Council on Tuesday, while also sending all Council incumbents on the ballot back to the legislature for another four years.
Read MoreQueens council hopeful continues voter misinformation campaign
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A Republican City Council candidate in Queens has doubled down on posting AI-generated videos and doctored photos seemingly designed to mislead voters in the weeks after the Eagle first reported on his misinformation campaign.
Read MoreCity plants funds into QueensWay after feds cut cash
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The city is trying to cover some of its losses on its plans to build the QueensWay, a High Line-like park planned for Central Queens, after the federal government snatched $117 million from the proposed linear park plan earlier this year.
Read MoreQueens council candidate flaunts fake endorsements and doctored news articles
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A Queens City Council candidate has posted a number of seemingly doctored and AI-created images flaunting fake endorsements and made-up news articles about his campaign.
Read MoreMatching funds flow in first payout of general election
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Money has begun to flow following the first public matching fund payout for the upcoming general election season, with several Queens candidates pulling in cash for their campaigns.
Read MoreQueens candidates go to court to get opponents kicked off the ballot
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Starting on Monday, lawyers for a handful of Queens City Council hopefuls will appear before a judge in Queens Supreme Civil Court to argue their client should stay on the ballot for the upcoming primary election – or that someone else should be kicked off of it.
Read MoreCity of Yes gets final ‘yes’ from City Council
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The mayor’s sweeping and controversial plan to address the city’s housing crisis known as the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity cleared its final and highest hurdle on Thursday when it was approved by the New York City Council.
Read MoreQueens electeds warn against City of Yes as milestone approaches
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Elected officials primarily from Northeastern Queens gathered in Bayside this week and imagined a world where the mayor’s controversial City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal becomes a reality – and they don’t like how it looks.
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 MoreQueens CB9 honors 50-year member Sylvia Hack
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Queens Community Board 9 honored member Sylvia Hack for half a century of community service on Tuesday night.
Read MoreFederal officials pour $117 million into QueensWay project
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Federal officials put $117 million into a proposal to bring a park to an abandoned rail line in Central and South Queens dubbed the QueensWay this week.
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