Lawsuit heads to trial as tenants allege years of neglect at Jamaica towers

Lawsuit heads to trial as tenants allege years of neglect at Jamaica towers

While most New York City apartments come with at least one headache, tenants living at The Crossing, a two-building affordable housing apartment complex on Archer Avenue and 148th Street, say that nearly everything that could go wrong in a building has gone wrong in theirs.

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‘A hero, plain and simple’: Queens family mourns fallen local soldier

‘A hero, plain and simple’: Queens family mourns fallen local soldier

Sergeant Angel Sarah Rampersad, the Queens soldier killed in the ongoing war with Iran, was remembered by her family and community as a local hero who always wanted to serve during a vigil outside her Ozone Park home on Thursday.

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Brooklyn Defender Services strike ends after tentative labor deal reached

Brooklyn Defender Services strike ends after tentative labor deal reached

The threat of a mass citywide public defender strike wreaking havoc on the city’s courthouses appeared to be averted on Tuesday after striking attorneys reached a deal on a new labor contract with the city’s second-largest public defender group.

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Attorneys at second-largest public defense org in city authorize strike

Attorneys at second-largest public defense org in city authorize strike

Unionized attorneys at the second-largest public defender organization in the city voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike this week, increasing the risk of hundreds of lawyers and support staff walking off the job and hampering criminal courts in Queens and Brooklyn.

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