Local leaders visit Cambria Heights to unite against hate
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Speakers discussed solidarity across boundaries in the face of intolerance and emphasized the need for unity and action.
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Queens’ new wrongful conviction unit fields first application
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An attorney alleges that investigators manufactured a reason for interrogating his client and that a prosecutor withheld key pieces of evidence.
Read MoreFirst defendants arraigned under new Queens DA, state bail reform
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DA Melinda Katz has vowed to implement several changes to the way justice is dispensed and defendants are treated in Queens.
Read MoreA year in Queens land use
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Land use concerns took center stage from Far Rockaway to Long Island City.
Read MoreDeath of Woodhaven baby ruled a homicide
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Two-month-old Mason Sanchez was found unconscious in his Woodhaven home on Aug. 16. The boy’s father was charged with manslaughter.
Read MoreA memorable year on the roads and rails
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Check out some of the stories that shaped the transit system serving 2.3 million Queens residents.
Read MoreFair fares is unfair for disabled New Yorkers, lawyers say
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Attorneys from the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest have criticized the city for excluding Access-A-Ride from the Fair Fares program.
Read MoreThe year in photos: 16 images that defined Queens in 2019
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
Read MoreKatz outlines Day One plea policy reform for Queens DA’s Office
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Katz outlined the reform during an interview with Brian Lehrer on WNYC.
Read MoreQueens’ first Vietnam War Memorial finally opens in Elmhurst
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The memorial features the names of the 371 Queens service members who died during the Vietnam War or who are classified as missing in action.
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Katz will replace Queens DA executive staff with justice reform ‘true believers’
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But Katz declined to name the person who may remain in the executive staff.
Read MoreClemency advocates call on Cuomo to release long-serving inmates
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“Governor Cuomo needs to know that there are people inside who deserve the clemency I got.”
Read MoreDeath of Queens detective inspires creation of new body armor
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NYPD officials said that the need for a light-weight version of a bullet-resistant vest was made clear by the death of Detective Brian Simonsen.
Read MoreAstoria Boulevard station reopens to riders
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Riders had full subway service at Astoria Boulevard beginning Wednesday night.
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