On Tuesday, de Blasio praised new legislation signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that will enable Rikers Island corrections officers to use airport-style body scanners to search for blades hidden in detainees’ bodies.
Read MoreNew York State Court Officers Association Dennis Quirk is not happy with the implementation of the Raise the Age law and he’s not shy about it.
Read MoreTwo days into New York’s new Raise the Age law Queens Family Court has yet to see significant changes — though court officers say they are waiting to see how the law unfolds. A similar attitude persists throughout the court system.
Read MoreThe Queens District Attorney’s office will partner with Borough President Melinda Katz, The Legal Aid Society and the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County for a summons warrants clearing “Second Chance” event on Oct. 20 at the Universal Church on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, located near the 69th Street-Fisk Avenue 7 train station.
Read MoreHip hop superstar Cardi B was issued a desk appearance ticket in a Flushing police precinct Monday for her alleged role in a College Point strip club brawl.
Read MoreArmena Gayle, second vice president of the Brooklyn Bar Association, responds to Thursday’s Senate hearing.
Read MoreAfter months of preparation, District 24 Council Member Rory Lancman officially announced his candidacy for Queens County District Attorney in a video message this morning.
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 MoreQueens criminal defense attorney John Scarpa Jr. was indicted in federal court in Brooklyn Tuesday for allegedly bribing a witness who testified in his client’s murder trial.
Read MoreThe Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District hosted its second annual Harvest Festival Saturday.
Read MoreStarting Friday, Sept. 28, the Far Rockaway Library at 1637 Central Ave. will close for three years to make way for a brand new, two-story library twice as big as the current facility.
Read MoreA new law that took effect at the beginning of the school year mandates that all public schools must stock pads and tampons and provide them free of charge to students in grades six through 12 starting.
Read MoreParaguay’s former soccer federation faces sentencing in Brooklyn federal court today for his role in sprawling FIFA bribery scandal.
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.
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