Despite funding questions, MTA rolls on with the IBX
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While funding for the ambitious Interborough Borough Express is still in limbo, the MTA is going full throttle on the proposed Brooklyn-Queens connector.
Read MorePrison guards charged for murdering Robert Brooks
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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 MoreTrump moves to kill congestion pricing
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The 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 discovery continues in Albany
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Debate 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 MoreControversial Creedmoor migrant shelter to close
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The massive migrant shelter on the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Eastern Queens will close in the coming weeks, state officials announced last week.
Read MoreBird flu found in Queens as gov closes live poultry markets
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The Avian flu, better known as bird flu, was found in a number of locations in Queens and several other boroughs last week.
Read MoreGov leaves out atty student loan relief from budget
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Despite 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 MoreCommission holds historic discussion on reparations in Queens
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Residents of Southeast Queens gathered this week for a historic public forum tackling a complex issue – reparations.
Read MoreBorough prez gives stamp of approval to Cohen’s casino plan
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Queens 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 MoreUniversal e-filing bill makes it to gov’s desk
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A 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 MoreClean Slate Act takes effect
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Millions 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 More‘Justice denied’: Survivors of sex abuse behind bars call on city, state to address their lawsuits
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On 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 launches controversial crackdown on Roosevelt Ave
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Mayor 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 MoreJFK redevelopment reaches milestone
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Construction was topped off at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s $4.2 billion new Terminal 6 on Tuesday.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams charged with bribery
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Eric Adams became the first New York City mayor in modern history to be criminally charged while in office on Thursday.
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