Mayor unveils Office of Community Safety
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani took a step toward meeting a key campaign promise on Thursday, announcing the creation of an Office of Community Safety.
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Historic group of Queens court leaders reflect on Women’s History Month
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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 DA asks for $12.5M budget increase
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Queens 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 MoreFour Queens races dominate in recent campaign filing
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More than half a million was raised by candidates in four of Queens’ most competitive races for the state legislature over the last two months, new campaign finance filings show.
Read MoreCourt of Appeals revives charges against man accused of throwing urine at prison guard
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A 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 MoreQueens building workers brace for ‘rough’ contract negotiations with landlords
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Queens residential building services workers joined more than 34,000 porters, doorpersons, superintendents, handypersons and resident managers across the five boroughs as they began negotiating a new labor agreement with building owners throughout the city this month.
Read MoreCourts dismiss mandatory judicial retirement lawsuit
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A lawsuit claiming the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age law is unconstitutional was thrown out by a state appellate court on Thursday.
Read MoreSchool zone speed limits to dip to 15 mph following Sammy’s Law
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Speed limits around schools in Queens and across the city will dip to 15 miles per hour in an effort to make traversing streets safer for New York’s students, the mayor announced from Flushing on Monday.
Read MoreRed Storm head to the big dance as 5-seed, BIG EAST champs
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Queens’ St. John’s University is heading back to the NCAA Tournament as a 5-seed following a repeat as BIG EAST champions.
Read MoreDA improperly indicted Jabez Chakraborty, attys allege
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The 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 MoreQueens judge dismisses most terroristic threat charges against man accused of threatening Mamdani
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Several 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 MoreAdvocates call for more funding for atty student loan relief programs
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As 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 MoreQueens Republicans ditch Common Sense Caucus
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Queens’ only two Republican elected officials are ditching the conservative-leaning Common Sense Caucus in the City Council after having a falling out with their fellow members.
Read MoreNY chief judge faces ethics complaint from GOP lawmakers
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A 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 MoreLongtime Queens lawmaker Catherine Nolan dies at 67
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Catherine Nolan, who represented Queens in the State Assembly for nearly four decades, passed away on Wednesday, one day before what would have been her 68th birthday.
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