The City Council on Tuesday voted to override the mayor’s veto of a bill aimed at increasing transparency in the NYPD and a bill to ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails, putting to an end a weeks-long public debate riddled with accusations from both councilmembers, Mayor Eric Adams and his allies that the other side purposely were spreading half-truths or outright lies.
Read MoreNearly a year after the mayor announced that his administration was choosing to build a park over a 3.5 mile strip of abandoned rail that cuts through Central and South Queens, a group of supporters hoping to revive the rail line rallied at City Hall on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe city came closer than it has ever been to having its control over Rikers Island stripped away on Thursday after a federal judge said that she’d consider installing a federal receiver in the coming months.
Read MoreQueens City Councilmember Robert Holden this week said Rikers Island had a “great atmosphere” after taking a tour of the jail complex where over two dozen people have died in the last two years.
Read MoreAhead of the primary, which falls on Tuesday, June 27, the Queens Daily Eagle sent a five-question survey to every candidate running for one of the borough’s 15 City Council seats.
Read MoreAlmost three years removed from the onset of the COVID pandemic, Mayor Eric Adams pulled back the vaccination requirement for city workers this week, repealing a measure put in place by his mayoral predecessor in the fall of 2021.
Read MoreTake a look at who has started raising money in the upcoming Queens City Council races.
Read MoreQueens residents agree – the New York City Districting Commission’s proposed map of new council districts in the borough leave a lot to be desired.
Read MoreAs the invasion of Ukraine continues, residents from the World’s Borough are stepping up to support resistors and refugees in need with a series of donation drives.
Read MoreAfter the latest crash at a notorious Glendale intersection, officials from Queens and the Department of Transportation gathered at the site to outline their plan to make the deadly intersection safer.
City Councilmember Robert Holden recently introduced a bill that aims to bring back punitive segregation for young adults who commit repeated violent acts in the city’s jails.
Read More“If they pay their taxes, as I did when I had a green card, then they should have a right to elect their local leaders.”
Read More“Individuals arrested for hate crimes should not be released without bail.”
Read MoreIt’s still very early in the count and nothing is official, but a few candidates in Queens held sizable leads Tuesday night.
Read MoreThough it’s taken 15 years, a plan to redevelop Willets Point has taken a big step forward.
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