Queens Criminal Courthouse finds itself in a historic moment this Women’s History Month – for the first time, four of its leadership positions are held by women.
Read MoreQueens District Attorney Melinda Katz told lawmakers on Wednesday that her office needs an additional $12.5 million in this year's budget after the mayor’s preliminary spending plan proposed keeping her funding nearly flat.
Read MoreA New York man accused of throwing urine at a prison guard will face criminal charges after the Court of Appeals said that several lower courts improperly dismissed the charges against him.
Read MoreA lawsuit claiming the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age law is unconstitutional was thrown out by a state appellate court on Thursday.
Read MoreThe court-appointed remediation manager responsible for addressing the deeply rooted dysfunction and violence on Rikers Island is expected to cost taxpayers nearly $10 million for his first full year of work.
Read MoreThe Queens district attorney’s office quietly brought charges against Jabez Chakraborty, a 23-year-old Queens man with schizophrenia who was shot by police during a mental health crisis in late January, denying his right to testify on his behalf, his lawyers allege.
Read MoreSeveral major charges brought against a Texas man accused of making menacing phone calls and sending Islamophobic and expletive-laced emails to Mayor Zohran Mamdani were dropped Thursday after a Queens judge said the charges didn’t stand up to legal muster.
Read MoreThe Queens district attorney's office told a judge on Thursday that it plans to appeal her January decision to vacate the conviction of Allen Porter, a 54-year-old who served over three decades in prison for a double murder he says he didn’t commit.
Read MoreAs budget negotiations heat up in Albany, a group of legal aid advocates are making a push for legislation that would expand attorney student loan forgiveness.
Read MoreA group of Republicans in Albany this week filed a formal ethics complaint against New York’s top judge, claiming he went too far in advocating for the passage of a sentencing reform bill during a symposium in Queens last month.
Read MoreThe courtroom was packed on Tuesday for the start of the trial of Guy Rivera, who is accused of shooting and killing a police officer in Queens in 2024.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, Queens high school students competed in a civic essay competition, this time with the chance to defend their argument for a new constitutional amendment in front of the borough’s judges.
Read MoreQueens City Councilmember Vickie Paladino is suing her colleagues after the legislature’s ethics committee charged her with violating the Council’s anti-discrimination and harassment rules for a series of Islamophobic remarks she posted to social media.
Read MoreComplaints made against New York judges reached an all-time high for the fifth year in a row, according to the commission charged with investigating judicial conduct.
Read MoreQueens finds itself in the middle of a historic period for its courts – for the first time in the borough’s history, over half of the borough’s courts are being led by Black women.
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