A vast majority of criminal court judges in New York do not choose to publish the decisions they make in the cases they oversee, a new report released this week found.
Read MoreThe MTA will soon hold a series of public town halls on their ambitious plan to build a light rail from Queens to Brooklyn, even as funding for the project remains in question.
Read MoreThe G train is getting some new life as two new open-gangway train cars were deployed on the city’s only Queens-Brooklyn connector on Tuesday.
Read MoreA Queens man pleaded guilty on Tuesday for threatening to assault and murder a United States district judge in retaliation for dismissing his civil claim.
Read MoreNew York’s top judge on Monday called on lawmakers and judges to enact major sentencing reforms to address a criminal justice system in New York that “just isn’t working.”
Read MoreQueens’ legal community gathered this week in a courtroom decorated in red to celebrate the 2025 Lunar New Year.
Read MoreThe NYPD and Queens district attorney’s office arrested and charged 10 alleged members of the international weapon trafficking gang Tren de Aragua this week.
Read MoreIt’s been over a year since lawsuits against New York State resulted in the first pay raises for assigned counsel attorneys in decades, but the Queens 18-B Assigned Counsel panel is still looking to bolster their numbers for 2025.
Read MoreThe top judge in Queens’ Criminal Court laid out the successes and failures of the court in the last year and mapped out the road for the year ahead during the Queens County Criminal Bar Association’s State of the Judiciary meeting on Tuesday.
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 MoreA Queens Village man was charged on Thursday for allegedly manufacturing ghost guns using a 3D printer.
Read MoreIt’s been over five years since New York State implemented contentious legislation that ended the use of cash bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.
Read MoreThose who drive to work at the Queens Criminal Courthouse say they are expecting their commute to become even more of a headache after the city shut down a large parking lot previously reserved for court employees.
Read MoreChief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas and First Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Norman St. George this week elevated six members of the bench to supervising judge appointments in New York City’s Criminal, Civil and Housing Courts, including two in Queens.
Read More2025 started in horror for residents of Jamaica, as a mass shooting left 10 teenagers injured and the community reeling last week.
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