Queens mayoral candidate pitches new Department of Community Safety
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A Queens lawmaker running for mayor said Monday that he would build a new $1.1 billion public safety department in City Hall if he wins the upcoming mayoral election.
Read MoreBP asks city to keep Forest Hills Stadium concerts going
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards wants the city to get the Forest Hills Stadium concert season back on track after a permitting decision made by the NYPD last week cast it into doubt.
Read MoreQueens cops arrested for robbing sex worker
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Two Queens police officers robbed and groped a woman working in an illegal brothel while they were on duty, prosecutors alleged on Monday.
Read MoreVast majority of criminal court decisions still go unpublished, report shows
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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 MoreMTA to hold open houses on IBX
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The 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 MoreG line gets open-gangway cars
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The 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 MoreGlendale man sentenced for threatening to choke judge to death
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A 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 MoreNY’s criminal justice system isn’t working, chief judge says
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New 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 Courts celebrates the Year of the Snake
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Queens’ legal community gathered this week in a courtroom decorated in red to celebrate the 2025 Lunar New Year.
Read MoreTen alleged members of international gun trafficking gang arrested in Queens
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The 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 MoreQueens assigned counsel panel holds recruitment drive
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It’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 MoreTop Queens Criminal Court judge gives state of the judiciary address
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The 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 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 MoreGhost guns discovered in home of Queens Village man
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A Queens Village man was charged on Thursday for allegedly manufacturing ghost guns using a 3D printer.
Read MoreNew report claims NY judges are undermining bail reform
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It’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.
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