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.
Read MoreCriminal and civil court summonses in New York City skyrocketed since Mayor Eric Adams took office and disproportionately affected on Black, brown and underserved communities in Queens and other boroughs, according to two new reports.
Read MoreIn the wake of the police killing of an Ozone Park teen last week, communities in Queens are grappling with the 19 year old’s death and again asking questions about how the city should respond to its mental health crisis.
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 MoreAn NYPD officer was shot and killed in Far Rockaway on Monday evening.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed a pair of recently passed City Council bills, setting up an imminent showdown with the legislature that the mayor is likely to lose.
Read MorePolice arrested a 27-year-old on Wednesday that they believe stabbed half a dozen people in separate incidents across Queens this month.
Read MoreA new police precinct in Southeast Queens was originally supposed to be completed this month. However, the project with a history of delays is again delayed, and won’t be completed until at least the spring.
Read MoreAs public defenders, we know that even low-level encounters impact New Yorkers’ core constitutional “right to be left alone.” Under the law, we have the right to refuse to answer questions or simply to leave these encounters. In reality, few people feel empowered to walk away from an armed police officer questioning them.
Read MoreEleven people were arranged on drug charges across three counties this week, including Queens, as part of a wild family business – peddling cocaine and fentanyl-laced heroin around the greater New York area.
Read MoreA violent and bloody stabbing spree in Far Rockaway on Sunday left the perpetrator and four others dead and three people, including two cops, injured.
Read MoreDoctors, police officers, a serial killer, scores of correctional officers, a trailblazing rapper, a prominent restauranteur and a dozen others were accused of sexual abuse in Queens last week as the window to file claims under the state’s Adult Survivors Act came to a close.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams and the NYPD unveiled a new subway-patrolling robot on Friday, which, despite recent criticism of crime fighting bots, Adams hopes will get a warm reception from New Yorkers.
The city is deploying drones o patrol the city’s beaches for sharks after a woman was sent to the hospital with an apparent shark bite on Monday.
Read MoreThe Eagle recently sat down with Department of Probation Commissioner Juanita Holmes to discuss the workings of the department, what her goals for the agency are, how she views public safety in New York, the impending closure of Rikers Island, her relationship with the former police commissioner and more.
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