The former head of the city’s Department of Buildings said in court last week that Eric Ulrich asked her to help reopen a Brooklyn bakery connected to two men who have since admitted to bribing Ulrich in exchange for favors.
Read MoreDefendants found unfit to stand trial can spend upwards of six months waiting on Rikers Island for a bed in an upstate hospital to become available. Meanwhile, they have little to no contact with a judge, meaning any improvements they make may go unnoticed.
Read MoreJohn Surico, a journalist and activist, has been tapped to herald the QueensWay project into the future. He is the first executive director ever hired to lead the project.
Read MoreFormer Queens City Councilmember Eric Ulrich used his influence in Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to score his co-defendant’s daughter a high-paying job in the Department of Correction, recorded phone calls played in court on Tuesday showed.
Read MoreQueens buses have been speedier in the 12 months since the MTA’s implementation of a new, controversial bus map in the borough, transit officials said Monday.
Read MoreQueens voters turned out for the first two days of early voting in this year’s midterm elections in numbers that trounced recent years.
Read MoreAfter years of headaches brought on by incessant bumper-to-bumper traffic, Queens residents may be able to look forward to smoother rides on the long-troubled and construction-plagued Van Wyck Expressway.
Read MoreDays before Queens voters began casting ballots in this year’s general election, the City Council passed two pieces of legislation that aim to make it easier for detainees on Rikers Island to cast their ballots.
Read MoreWho is running to be a judge in Queens?
Read MoreNew York ranks number one in the nation for food stamp fraud, but a new security initiative coming next year aims to cut back on the tens of millions of dollars in government benefits stolen each year, Queens officials said on Thursday.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani joined legislators and union members on Thursday to call for the passage of the Delivery Protection Act, which would regulate Amazon’s use of third-party delivery drivers.
Read MoreCity officials defended the conditions and policies at the embattled Borden Avenue Veterans’ Residence in Long Island City during a highly anticipated hearing before the City Council on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe owner of an illegal South Queens gambling den who loaned money to former Queens City Councilmember Eric Ulrich had been pressuring the former politician for a position with city government before both got busted for bribery, recorded phone calls played during Ulrich’s trial on Wednesday showed.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani named a new executive director and senior legal officer to the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary on Tuesday.
Read MoreSixteen people, including one man from Queens, were arrested as part of a statewide investigation into staged car accidents that the governor said resulted in more than half a million dollars in fraudulent insurance claims.
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