Sex Trafficker Couple Convicted for Pimping Out of Flushing Hotel
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A Queens jury convicted a married couple who coerced a 21-year-old woman into sex work out of a Flushing hotel.
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Disgraced Assemblymember Pamela Harris Gets 6 Months For Stealing $70K
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The judge explained that Harris, who grew up in Coney Island, was beaten by her mother with a belt as a teenager and never knew her father. He said that the unexpected death of her only child drove her to live on the streets while worked as a prostitute with a crack cocaine addiction.
Read MoreThree Queens Pharmacies Participating in This Year’s National Drug Takeback Day
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Three pharmacies in Queens will serve as safe drop-off locations for unused prescription drugs as part of Saturday’s National Drug Takeback Day, Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced on Monday.
Read MoreJamaica Furniture Store Charged With Ripping Off Poor Shoppers
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The Department of Consumer Affairs is taking a shady Jamaica home furnishings store to the mat.
Read MoreAG Sues Fresh Meadows Landlords For $500K Property Tax Fraud
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A pair of Fresh Meadows property owners are in hot water for skipping out on paying almost $500,000 in taxes and deceiving their tenants’ leases in order to profit off the sale of the building, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreSmuggling Ring Shipped 4 Million Cigarettes to Queens and Staten Island
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Authorities say a dozen people collaborated to smuggle nearly 4 million cigarettes from Virginia to New York City and resell them in Queens and Staten Island, dodging over $1.3 million in city and New York state taxes.
Read MoreJackson Heights Man Is Latest Proud Boy Arrested
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Police arrested a Jackson Heights resident on Monday for his role in a violent assault by the white supremacist Proud Boys gang in Manhattan on Oct. 12.
Read MoreCops Looking For Knife-wielding Straphanger Who Threatened Queens Man
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A Queens straphanger was threatened by a knife-wielding man aboard a Flushing-bound No. 7 train during an early-morning dispute, cops said on Monday.
Read MoreDA Brown, President Katz Offer Hundreds of Low-Level Offenders A Clean Slate
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More than 400 people made the trip to Universal Church on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside on Saturday in order to attend the Second Chance Summons Warrant Forgiveness Event, where over 350 participants were able to get their low-level summonses cleared without fear of arrest, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown.
Read MoreQueens’ Trans Community Fights Trump Attempt To Limit Rights
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In the face of a federal attempt to limit the rights and recognition of transgender individuals, New York City protections for the transgender community will remain strong, advocates say.
Read MoreLong Island Pawn Shop Robber Convicted After Jury Trial
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A Queens man was found guilty on Thursday for attempting to rob a pawn shop in Melville, Long Island with another man while wearing disguises but failing to cover the license plate of their getaway car.
Read MoreNightclub Bouncer Fired Shots Into Crowd, Injuring One
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A Queens nightclub bouncer was arrested on Saturday for assaulting a clubgoer and shooting another, prosecutors said.
Read MoreLegal Aid, Katz Renew Fight For Conviction Sealing
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A year after the state implemented a conviction-sealing law that enables some offenders to have their records cleared, only a handful of Queens residents have benefited.
Read MoreElected Officials Team Up To Give Offenders A Second Chance
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Queens County District Attorney Richard A. Brown, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and other organizations are hoping to clear the warrants for dozens of residents on Saturday.
Read MorePolice Impersonator Demanding Cash, Still On the Loose
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It turns out that the police officer demanding cash donations from Queens residents on the street and threatening one person was not actually a police officer.
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