The Queens District Attorney asked a parole board last week not to release the Queens man convicted of the 1988 murder of rookie NYPD officer Edward Byrne, whose killing sparked outrage nationwide and kickstarted a police crackdown on the violent crack gangs that dominated the city.
Read MoreNearly half a dozen bomb threats have been made against the busy Flushing Library on Main Street over the past several weeks, the Eagle has learned.
Read MoreSeveral Queens lawmakers say the city needs to do more to bring emergency resources to the borough’s far-flung communities on the Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreThe bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease was discovered at a Forest Hills police station earlier this month, though the amount of bacteria found didn’t pose a real threat, officials said.
Read MoreThe NYPD’s specialized patrol units continued to make unconstitutional stop-and-frisks last year, failing to meet nearly every compliance requirement set by a court-appointed federal monitor, according to a new report.
Read MoreNearly 10 years to the day after Karina Vetrano was found brutally murdered in a Howard Beach park, the man serving a life sentence for her killing was given a chance to challenge his conviction.
Read MoreThe NYPD is beefing up its presence around a Queens park where a teenager was shot and killed in April.
Read MoreA new lawsuit claims that last July 4, a group of police officers slammed the 46-year-old Queens man to the ground, knocked him unconscious, and beat him so badly that a judge immediately demanded he be taken from the courthouse to a hospital.
Read MoreThe family of Albert Itzkowitz, a beloved Queens community member who was found murdered in Kissena Park, is still searching for answers about why their beloved family member was killed last month.
Read MoreCrime continued to plummet in the World’s Borough in the first five months of the year.
Read MoreAntisemitic graffiti was found at several locations in Queens, including the Rego Park Jewish Center and a synagogue in Forest Hills, on Monday morning.
Read MoreDespite not being convicted of the top murder charge, the man who shot and killed an NYPD officer in Queens was sentenced to 115 years in prison by a judge on Monday.
Read MoreThe NYPD officer who ran over a man lying in a roadway in Flushing Meadows Corona Park last year will not be charged in his death, the New York State attorney general’s office said this week.
Read MoreThe Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, which represents homeowners in the historic Queens neighborhood, has settled a lawsuit it brought last year against the city over how the NYPD polices the area during events at Forest Hills Stadium.
Read MoreOver 1,000 NYPD misconduct suits were disposed of in New York City courts last year, the most since 2019. All together, the cases cost taxpayers over $117 million, marking the fourth year running where misconduct payouts topped $100 million.
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