“Know Your Rights Week: Closing Cases, Opening Doors” public workshops will take place in various parts of the borough from Oct. 24 to 26. The workshops enable attendees to meet with lawyers to confidentially discuss how to apply to seal their non-violent criminal conviction records and clean up their rap sheet.
Read MoreState Sen. Michael Gianaris and State Assembly Member Aravella Simotas both threw their support behind Cruz at a press conference in Jackson Heights. Last month, Cruz defeated incumbent Ari Espinal in the Democratic primary.
Read MoreGun violence is on the rise across Queens, claiming more than 110 victims this year to date. To help stop the shootings and engage more residents, organizers in Astoria, Long Island City and across the borough are hosting a special fundraiser this weekend.
Read MoreThe city’s Department of Transportation is backing a plan that would temporarily replace the famous Brooklyn Heights Promenade with a six-lane highway during the reconstruction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street.
Read MoreInside the Queens County Courthouse in Long Island City a janitor cleaned the second floor bathroom, a lone security guard watched the front door while his colleagues took their lunch breaks and a judge sat chatting with visitors on the empty benches of his courtroom.
The dark hallways, normally bustling with people, sat mostly empty during a lull Wednesday, leaving signs of the building’s rich history out in the open for visitors to admire.
Read MoreA ferry passenger plunged into the East River during a trip from DUMBO, Brooklyn to Hunters Point shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Read MoreFor years, Community District 12 — which includes Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Baisley Park, Rochdale Village and South Jamaica — has been a literal dumping ground for the rest of New York City, but starting next year, the trash burden will lighten.
Read MoreThe CUNY School of Law Class of 2021 officially embarked on their journey toward a career in public interest law when classes began Wednesday. First-year students and a crop of talented new professors face a challenging and exciting mission.
Read MoreThe constant roar of passing planes started in 2012 when a flight path usually used a handful of times a year became a permanent route.
Read MoreThe FDA found some fishy food handling practices at a Long Island City processing plant and now the Department of Justice is shutting them down.
Read MoreA Florida man who knocked on a car window because he thought it was his Uber ride has died after the driver got out and punched him in Long Island City.
Read MoreWhen students return to CUNY School of Law later this month, they will encounter a new cohort of professors who, like them, reflect the diversity of Queens and New York City.
Read MorePolice say the suspect in a New York City murder-suicide was armed with a pair of pistols and seven extra magazines loaded with about 70 more rounds.
Read MoreFour people, including a young boy, were shot and killed Monday night at an apartment building in Astoria, police said.
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