Opinion: Queens is NYC’s misdemeanor incarceration capital
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Queens last year sent 2,501 misdemeanor defendants to Rikers Island, more than any other borough in the city.
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Queens DA asks judge to replace defense team in case of man charged in cop’s death
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But the defense team says they should stay on the case.
Read MoreQueens to host town hall on gun violence
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Through the end of April, there were 43 reported shootings across Queens in 2019.
Read MoreQueens community board rejects city jails plan in unanimous vote
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‘This resolution is opposing very strongly this jail to be erected in Kew Gardens.’
Read MoreRichmond Hill street renamed for slain CO
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“The community was shocked by this tragedy, another young man was killed by gun violence.”
Read MoreQueens CB9 votes tomorrow on city jails plan
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“Let’s put it this way: The people in Kew Gardens on the board are all against it.”
Read MoreJudge denies motion to dismiss charge in Daniel Pantaleo disciplinary trial
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Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr, a civil rights activist, has called on the city to charge the other police officers involved in the chokehold death.
Read MoreNYC jails violate city law by holding people hours after posting bail, report finds
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“Any amount of time a presumptively innocent individual needlessly spends in jail is too much time.”
Read MoreState lawmakers vote to let inmates use phone before solitary
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Under the bill, inmates would also be allowed to make one phone call per week while held in isolation.
Read MoreABA releases guidelines on prosecuting misdemeanor cases
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“A prosecutor must avoid offering, negotiating and entering pleas on terms that knowingly misrepresent the consequences of acceptance.”
Read MoreQueens leads NYC in marijuana cases, public defender data finds
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Queens accounts for more low-level weed prosecutions than Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island combined.
Read MoreQueens man gets 25 years in prison for MS-13 shooting
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Queens resident Kevin Paniagua was sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted murder in June 2018.
Read MoreAppellate court ruling blocks warrants against foster kids who leave home
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“ACS must devise a way to deal with these situations that does not involve handcuffs.”
Read MoreDeath of 3-year-old found in burning car is ruled a homicide
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She died Sunday at a hospital after police found her, critically injured, in a blazing car at a Springfield Gardens intersection.
Read MoreGridiron star keeps focus on Queens DA race
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Star NFL defensive back Devin McCourty said he plans to remain engaged with the race to replace Richard Brown, who died Friday.
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