Queens officials in Jackson Heights want the city to fix longstanding dangerous road conditions along busy Northern Boulevard, which they dubbed the borough’s new “Boulevard of Death.”
Read MoreAhead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, New York City released tens of thousands of pages of documents confirming previous city officials were aware of the potential health hazards first responders and survivors faced but still encouraged New Yorkers to return to dust-strewn areas surrounding Ground Zero after the terror attacks.
Read MoreAfter months of praising a shift toward greater transparency at the Department of Correction, the federal watchdog overseeing Rikers Island sharply changed course Thursday, accusing agency leadership of taking steps that could undermine court-ordered reforms.
Read MoreThe group charged with nominating the city’s judges recently published its first-ever code of conduct for its members to abide by, an attempt to fulfill, in part, the mayor’s promise to make the powerful committee more transparent.
Read MoreThe City Council is currently drafting a bill to extend the deadline to close Rikers and replace it with four borough-based jails
Read MoreIn each of the last two years, the city has seen thousands of public defenders walk off the job threatening to upend the city’s court system. It could very well become a reoccurring trend unless the city finds a solution.
Read MoreA 41-year-old man who had been held on Rikers Island for over two years was pronounced dead on Tuesday morning.
Read MoreTenants and landlords of crumbling apartment buildings may have their day in court sooner than expected after the mayor and city court system launched a new “fast-track” procedure to bring the most urgent cases before a judge faster.
Read MoreQueens’ streets were deluged with flood water twice in the last week – an increasingly common problem for borough residents as severe rainstorms become more frequent.
Read MoreNearly 500 Queens workers were laid off after Amazon ended contracts with their employers without providing proper notice, the Teamsters union alleged in a new federal complaint.
Read MoreNew data released this week shows that the number of NYPD arrests over low-level or non-criminal issues remains as high, if not, higher, under Mayor Zohran Mamdani than it was under former Mayor Eric Adams, angering advocates and lawmakers.
Read MoreThe state is putting up more than $7 million to pay for legal representation for unaccompanied children in immigration court after the Trump administration ended its contract with legal services providers, leaving 1,400 children in New York to represent themselves in deportation cases, officials announced on Wednesday.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani threw his support behind a Queens legislator's bill that aims to rein in Amazon and other companies’ use of contracted delivery drivers.
Read MoreMost had expected election night to be a long haul for sophomore Assemblymember Claire Valdez, who was running in a competitive four-way race to succeed a revered New York lawmaker.
Read MoreThe Independent Rikers Commission is hoping to remind New Yorkers why the city first began to endeavor closing its dangerous jail complex, even if it has no shot at hitting the legally-mandated 2027 deadline to do so.
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