Despite a boost in funding and resources for the state’s court system, Queens Criminal Court’s Supervising Judge Edwin Novillo says that large case volumes continue to be the greatest challenge for the court, and that more resources for additional judges, trial parts and technology capabilities are needed to efficiently process cases.
Read MoreAfter a month-long delay, street parking around Queens Criminal Court is scheduled to officially close down Monday as construction of the future borough-based jail progresses.
Read MoreNearly two dozen alleged members of a street gang faced new conspiracy and attempted murder charges on Thursday for their role in a “violent spree” of retaliatory shootings against other alleged rival gang members across Central Queens that left three victims injured.
Read MoreA man who was arrested for allegedly threatening Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a series of voicemails pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge on Wednesday, avoiding a 60-year prison sentence he once faced.
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 MoreA Queens man will again be tried for the murder of his estranged wife, 33 years after the killing. But whether or not the trial will mark the true conclusion of the case that has snaked its way through state and federal courts for decades remains to be seen.
Read MoreTwo and a half years after his 1993 murder conviction was overturned, a Queens man and his attorneys claim that they are ready for the retrial but have been subject to countless delays from the Queens district attorney’s office and the courts.
Read MoreA Texas man was charged in Queens with making terroristic threats after he allegedly made several menacing phone calls and wrote Islamophobic and exploitative-laced emails to Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, earlier this year.
Read MoreQueens’ Criminal Courthouse was packed with police officers last week as the trial for a 23-year-old accused of shooting a rookie cop in the leg last year began.
Read MoreQueens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder will serve as the interim administrative judge in Queens County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, beginning Sept. 3, according to a memo obtained by the Eagle.
Read MoreThe Long Island woman who in 2021 fatally ran over a highway patrol officer in Queens while driving drunk and high was sentenced to over two decades in prison on Wednesday.
Read MoreFor the second time in two years, Judge Michelle Johnson is leading Queens Criminal Court as court administrators look for a new permanent administrative judge.
Read MoreGeorge Grasso, the administrative judge for Queens County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, announced Tuesday that he would be resigning effective Friday, July 15.
Read MoreJagger Freeman, the man convicted of murdering an NYPD detective who was fatally shot by his fellow officers during a Queens robbery gone wrong in 2019, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Thursday.
Read MoreFollowing one of the longest trials in Queens Criminal Court this year, a jury convicted Jagger Freeman of murder in the death of an NYPD detective who was shot by his fellow officers during a robbery gone wrong in 2019.
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