After AG’s bodycam pledge, family of Queens teen shot by cops seeks footage
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“I don’t know how it could possibly take seven months.”
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Council weighs carbon cap on large polluting apartment buildings
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“We have ten years to be able to not only implement changes required with this law but changes to reverse significant impact to our planet related to greenhouse gas emissions.”
Read MoreColleagues and adversaries recall ‘ferocious’ attorney Anthony Lombardino
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“He was an able and worthy adversary and his summations were routinely complete with his own special brand of flash and pizzazz.”
Read MoreQueens Tibetans were suspicious of NYPD officer well before foreign spying charge
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“Some members had raised flags about the way he communicates.”
Read MoreWoodside woman charged with hate crime in racist outburst caught on camera
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The Queens Criminal Court building. Eagle photo by David Brand
By David Brand
A Woodside woman filmed throwing a glass bottle at a Black jogger while calling her the n-word was charged with aggravated assault as a hate crime Tuesday.
Lorena Delaguna, 53, was seen on video throwing the bottle and screaming slurs as the 37-year-old jogger passed the corner of 53rd Place and Broadway in Woodside on Aug. 17. Police released a month-old cell phone video of the bias attack in an effort to identify Delaguna. They announced her arrest on Sept. 21.
She was arraigned before Queens Judge Jeffrey Gershuny Tuesday.
“Crimes like this, which are fueled by hate, are in a special category for a reason,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. “No one should have to endure being called a vile slur or being attacked simply because of the color of their skin, their religion, or who they love.”
Delaguna’s attorney Samantha Diaz argued that throwing a bottle to the ground not demonstrate “harm” and said there was a “mental health component” to her client’s behavior, the Daily News reported.
Delaguna faces up to 7 years in prison if convicted.
NYC Climate Week shines spotlight on Queens’ fight for renewable energy
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The climate crisis threatens to submerge the Rockaway peninsula, flood low-lying communities and exacerbate health problems, particularly among low-income residents, in the borough of 2.3 million people.
Read MoreCCRB takes longer to close cases as cops and COVID hinder probes, report shows
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An investigation resulting in a substantiated complaint took an average of 326 days to complete.
Read MoreState court system taps business leaders to foster access to justice
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The state’s top judge has tapped some of New York’s top business leaders to help drive access to justice for all litigants and defendants.
Read MoreHeastie urges NY tenants to 'stop worrying' about evictions, with no details
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“I'm saying to you that there will not be mass evictions in this state.”
Read MoreConstantinides bill would cross jaywalking off list of NYC offenses
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“Every New Yorker crosses in the middle of the block, but that can end in a ticket depending on your skin color.”
Read MoreSouth Jamaica seniors face looming eviction threat without state action
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“My husband is a dialysis patient, a double amputee, and it’s hard to find a place that’s suitable for us and with this pandemic coming along it made it even harder.”
Read MoreAssigned Counsel Association of Queens Family Court installs new board of directors
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The Assigned Counsel Association of Queens Family Court celebrated the induction of its new board of directors on Wednesday with a virtual ceremony officiated by Family Court Judge Gilbert Taylor.
Read MoreHousing Court judges examine landlord-tenant uncertainty amid eviction moratoriums
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“As the courts continue to re-open and the backlog of unresolved conflicts flood the system, the 800-pound gorilla in most cases will be the colossal economic damage that has affected both property owners and their tenants.”
Faulty probe and prosecution led to 2001 Queens murder conviction, lawyers say
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Wrongful conviction lawyers have submitted the case to the Queens DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit.
Read MoreQueens Supreme Court secretary tests positive for COVID-19
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She’s the first COVID-positive staffer known to report to the building since March.
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