25 Took First Step to Second Chance at LIFE Camp
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Roughly 25 Queens residents visited LIFE Camp in Jamaica to take the first step toward a second chance Monday night.
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25 Took First Step to Second Chance at LIFE Camp
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Roughly 25 Queens residents visited LIFE Camp in Jamaica to take the first step toward a second chance Monday night.
Read MoreLIBI, Plaza and NYSCR Are the Key To Lucrative Court Reporting Careers
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Fast fingers mean big bucks for court reporters in Queens. In fact, court reporters can earn well over $100,000 a year once they learn to write 225 words per minute.
Release of Man From Jail Before Murder, Rape Spurs Outrage
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Only weeks before a nurse was slain and another woman sexually assaulted on opposite sides of the country, a New York judge released the suspect without bail in a separate strangulation case — not knowing he had a violent criminal history involving women.
Read MoreCrime-Free Decade Lets Offenders Have Their Convictions Sealed, But Only 24 Have Benefited in Queens
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It was supposed to steer people with criminal convictions toward a second chance, but so far, a state record-sealing law has been stuck in first gear.
Read MoreTouro Law ‘17 Achieves All-Time High Employment Rate
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With more than nine out of 10 graduates securing jobs in their first ten months after law school, Touro Law Center’s Class of 2017 found employment at a record rate, according to the American Bar Association’s latest employment report.
Read MoreCrime-Free Decade Lets Offenders Have Their Convictions Sealed, But Only 24 Have Benefited in Queens
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It was supposed to steer people with criminal convictions toward a second chance, but so far, a state record-sealing law has been stuck in first gear.
Read More9 New Professors Join CUNY Law Faculty
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CUNY School of Law students will encounter nine new faculty members, including three alumni, when classes resume later this month.
Read MoreJamaica Swindler Tried to ‘Housejack’ A 101-Year-Old
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He swindled a centenarian out of house and home. Now he’s facing 15 years in the big house.
Ricardo Bentham, 58, was hit with a slew of charges for allegedly filing a fake deed and stealing a home from his 101-year-old neighbor, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced Thursday.
Read MoreQueens Murder Dropped, Shooting Incidents Rose In ‘Safest July’ on Record
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Murder dropped boroughwide last month, contributing to a citywide decrease in crime that resulted in the safest July on record and earned plaudits from top city officials. But in Queens, the number of shooting incidents, shooting victims and rapes all increased in Queens over the past 28 days.
Read MoreNYPD Won’t Arrest Fare-Beaters With Summons Warrants
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Slipping through the closing emergency door, squeezing two people into one section of a revolving subway entrance, hopping over the turnstile — every straphanger has seen it. So have the cops.
Legal Hand Empowers Low-Income Queens — And Wants Help
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Amid an immigration crackdown, affordable housing crisis and pervasive poverty, one Jamaica organization is reaching out to low-income residents and putting power and knowledge into their hands.
Read MoreCuomo Moves to Kill Death Penalty
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In an ode to the Holy Father and his own father, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that he will introduce legislation to ban the death penalty in New York State once and for all.
New CUNY Law Faculty Reflect Borough’s Diversity
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When students return to CUNY School of Law later this month, they will encounter a new cohort of professors who, like them, reflect the diversity of Queens and New York City.
Read MoreDAs, Attorneys Work to Seal Convictions But Statute Is Limited, Leading Lawyer Says
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An attorney championing record-sealing for individuals with past convictions said the state’s sealing law has two major problems, and only one can be addressed at next week’s Know Your Rights Week.
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