Acting Queens DA John Ryan will step down when next DA takes office
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“I don’t think it would be helpful for the next DA or for me to stay around.”
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Journalist's court challenge would reveal uncounted Queens DA primary ballots
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“They counted the votes in Florida after Bush v. Gore — and they should do it in Queens.”
Read MoreLetter to the editor: ‘There is nothing progressive’ about not closing Rikers
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And for Queens residents facing serious charges (to whom he does not seem to want to grant the presumption of innocence), who are remanded by a judge, does he propose they are left on a toxic penal colony? There is nothing progressive about that.
Read MoreWoman confronts AOC with cannibalism proposal at Corona town hall
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“I think your next campaign slogan has to be this: ‘We’ve got to start eating babies,’” a woman who claimed she was concerned about the climate crisis, told Ocasio-Cortez as she took questions from the audience in LeFrak City.
Read MoreNYC voter guides will now have sign language option
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Election Day will be on Nov. 5, where residents will be voting on offices like Queens District Attorney.
Read MoreAnti-gay subway attacker pleads guilty after fracturing woman’s spine
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The Manhattan man who hurled homophobic insults and fractured a 20-year-old woman’s spine after seeing her kiss a female friend on the cheek on a Queens E train pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault as a hate crime.
Read MoreTransgender woman’s death spurs new task force to look into NYC jail system
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Manhattan Councilmember Helen Rosenthal proposed the creation of the task force in June shortly after Layleen Polanco’s death, and it was passed in the same month.
Read MoreCM Richards announces bid for Queens BP
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Southeast Queens Councilmember Donovan Richards officially announced his candidacy for Queens borough president on Wednesday, throwing his hat into the ring for a position that could open up in a 2020 special election.
Read MoreNYC poverty rate reaches historic low
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The New York City poverty rate dropped to a historic low in 2018, according to data collected by the American Community Survey.
Read MoreForest Hills mural celebrates famous former resident Helen Keller
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“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
Read MoreGroups call on city to explain immigrant protections at borough-based jails
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“Mayor de Blasio has not laid out a clear plan to explain how undocumented New Yorkers will be adequately protected from ICE surveillance and detention under his BBJs [borough-based jails] proposal. And as far as we know, the City Council has not yet formally addressed this issue,” the letter reads.
Read MoreMore than 3,000 Queensbridge residents experience hot water outage
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More than 3,000 Queensbridge residents were without hot water on Monday, after the New York City Housing Authority reported an unplanned outage in the entire Queensbridge North development.
Read MoreLong Island City library opens to public after $40 million construction
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Long Island City’s Hunters Point Library reopened on Tuesday after a $40 million renovation and a decade in the making, and book lovers across Queens are rejoicing.
Read MoreQueens DA won’t join lawsuit to stop ICE arrests, Katz ‘100% supportive’ (Updated)
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"Acting Queens DA John Ryan said he does not think the state has “the authority to prevent federal agents from carrying out their duties.”
Read MoreSix-term incumbent Assemblyman DenDekker faces first primary challengers
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“The world has changed and we need people up in Albany who will actually fight for these things.”
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