The Queens District Attorney asked a parole board last week not to release the Queens man convicted of the 1988 murder of rookie NYPD officer Edward Byrne, whose killing sparked outrage nationwide and kickstarted a police crackdown on the violent crack gangs that dominated the city.
Read MoreNearly half a dozen bomb threats have been made against the busy Flushing Library on Main Street over the past several weeks, the Eagle has learned.
Read MoreChip City, a cookie company founded in Astoria, suddenly shuttered all of its storefronts nationwide this week amid a messy legal dispute between the company and its former CEO and founder, who was asked to answer for the mismanagement of nearly a million dollars of the company’s funds.
Read MoreFive of the 12 communities in New York City that have seen the least amount of new, affordable housing over the past half decade are in Queens – and are now being targeted by the Mamdani administration for fast-tracked housing projects, angering some local legislators.
Read MoreThe group hoping to push along an ambitious plan to build a new train line in South Queens is moving forward with three studies it hopes will illuminate the potential benefits of the project.
Read MoreSeveral Queens lawmakers say the city needs to do more to bring emergency resources to the borough’s far-flung communities on the Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreAs the city’s “worst landlord” gets ready to head to court next week over conditions at one of its Queens buildings, Elmhurst tenants say they’ve been living without hot water for days and that many court-ordered repairs to crumbling building still haven’t taken place.
Read MoreA Queens dentist was arrested this week for filing $300,000 worth of allegedly fake Medicaid reimbursements, including some that claimed he performed dental procedures while he was jet-setting on a European vacation.
Read MoreOver 25,000 Queens residents have lost access to federal food assistance programs over the past year — and elected officials said more could lose the benefit once new cuts go into effect this week.
Read MoreStreets, sidewalks and subway stations across Southeast Queens were inundated with several inches of floodwater as a September nor’easter bore down on the East Coast over the weekend.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday they have agreed to move an ambitious plan to build 12,000 homes in Queens at Sunnyside Yard to a “new level.”
Read MoreA 20-year-old man died in Department of Correction custody inside Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday.
Read MoreQueens officials want an East Elmhurst office complex to stop immigration agents from using its parking lot as a staging area.
Read MoreQueens courts reflect on Sept. 11 on the 25th anniversary.
Read MoreThe Maspeth firehouse on 68th Street, home to Squad 288 and Hazmat 1, lost more members than any fire station in the five boroughs during the attacks.
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