Five New York prison guards were charged with murder Thursday after they allegedly beat 43-year-old Robert Brooks to death while his hands were cuffed behind his back in Marcy Correctional Facility in December.
Read MoreThe Department of Transportation on Wednesday yanked its approval of New York’s congestion pricing program, putting the future of the controversial toll into extreme doubt.
Read MoreDebate over New York’s evidence-sharing laws dominated a budget hearing on the state’s criminal and civil legal system held by the state legislature last week.
Read MoreThe massive migrant shelter on the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Eastern Queens will close in the coming weeks, state officials announced last week.
Read MoreThe Avian flu, better known as bird flu, was found in a number of locations in Queens and several other boroughs last week.
Read MoreDespite widespread support from lawmakers, district attorneys and public defenders alike, Governor Kathy Hochul did not allocate the $4 million in her recently released Executive Budget Proposal needed to enable legislation that would expand the District Attorney and Indigent Legal Service Attorney Loan Forgiveness program.
Read MoreResidents of Southeast Queens gathered this week for a historic public forum tackling a complex issue – reparations.
Read MoreQueens Borough President Donovan Richards gave Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Citi Field’s parking lot his stamp of approval on Monday, bringing Cohen one step closer to having the $8 billion plan approved at the city level.
Read MoreA bill that would make e-filing universal in the state’s courts and bring the system further into the 21st Century was placed on the governor’s desk this week.
Read MoreMillions of New Yorkers will soon see their criminal convictions automatically sealed after a bill known as the Clean Slate Act took effect over the weekend.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, dozens of survivors of sexual abuse in the city’s jails and state’s prisons called on officials at all levels of government to recognize the hundreds of women and men abused behind bars, expedite the over 2,000 pending lawsuits and generally take the allegations seriously.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday that the city would up its effort to cut down illegal vending, littering and sex trafficking on Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue. But critics said the mayor’s dedication to cleaning up the notorious street in Western Queens sounded eerily familiar to his past efforts to cut back on crime on Roosevelt, leading some to wonder if the new plan will actually lead to any lasting change.
Read MoreConstruction was topped off at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s $4.2 billion new Terminal 6 on Tuesday.
Read MoreEric Adams became the first New York City mayor in modern history to be criminally charged while in office on Thursday.
Read MoreQueens electeds and locals want the governor to help fund a potential new trauma center on the far-flung Rockaway peninsula.
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