Reported Sex Crimes Rise In Queens Despite Overall Decline in Crime
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CompStat data for precincts located in Queens North shows a 71.9 percent increase in misdemeanor sex crime reports.
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New Queens Jail Would House All Detained Women in NYC
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The city plans to construct three other jails in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx and close Rikers detention center by 2017.
Read MoreNew Queens Jail Plan Assailed By Diverse Interests
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On March 12, CB9 voted 34-0 in favor of a resolution against the jail plan.
Read MoreMTA Touts Decreased Delays Amid Subway Action Plan, But Finances Remain ‘Dire’
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Weekday on-time subway performance in February 2019 reached approximately 76.4 percent.
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DA Candidates Clarify Stances On Cash Bail
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All call for significant reforms, some for the total elimination of cash bail.
Read MoreNYC Honors the Legacy of Labor Leader Kevin Lynch
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“Rest In Peace brother Lynch. You will be missed, your contributions to the House of Labor are many, our sympathy to your family, friends and comrades.”
Read More'Fix The Subway' Bingo Highlights Transit Woes
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Queens commuters and activists expressed their train disdain with a game of "#FixTheSubway BINGO" in Jackson Heights on March 10.
Read MoreMTA Says It's Speeding Up the Subway
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The 20 new areas of track that have received speed limit increases since January 21 are concentrated in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Read More‘A’ for Eco-Friendliness? Queens Councilmembers Make the Grade
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Queens councilmembers scores high marks for their environmental support, according to a report card by the New York League of Conservation Voters.
Read MoreRapper’s Fan Gathering Turns into Pandemonium at a Queens Mall
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Police say they don't know exactly what triggered the chaos Friday afternoon at the Queens Center mall.
Read MoreDA Candidates Describe Plans For Increasing Office Diversity
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In Queens, no single racial or ethnic group makes up more than a third of the population.
Read MoreMiddle Village Bank Robber Flees on Foot
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Police say the unidentified suspect entered the bank located at 80-10 Eliot Avenue just before 4 p.m. on March 6 and demanded money.
Read MoreNFL Linebacker Indicted for Allegedly Slugging Queens Cop
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Cops were set to release him until he allegedly lost control and hit NYPD Sergeant James O’Brien, splitting open the cop’s face near his eye.
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