Courts to fire unvaxxed employees
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Around 150 court employees face the pink slip if they don’t get the jab in the next week and a half, the Office of Court Administration announced this week.
Council grills Rikers leadership
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Lawmakers blasted Department of Correction officials for the crisis in the city’s jails Wednesday during a budget hearing.
Queens CUNYs launch STEM program
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Two Queens CUNYs are teaming up to create a new science, technology, engineering and mathematics program.
Read MoreQueens lawmaker looks for answers about Flushing temporary shelter
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A proposed temporary housing facility in Flushing is again facing questions this week after a Queens councilmember asked the city about alternative housing options at the site.
Richards shares city budget status with Queens
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The Queens Borough Board met last week to discuss the best way to spend the nearly $5.1 million allocated to the borough president’s office in the city’s proposed budget.
Read MoreReformists rally against Hochul plan for rollbacks
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“This is an unacceptable way to pass legislation. It is also bad policy.”
Read MoreClemency reforms wait in limbo
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In New York and in many other states, governors typically grant clemencies, whether they are sentence commutations or pardons, around the holidays. For Robert Webster, Christmas came and went without news from Governor Kathy Hochul’s office.
Read MoreRikers staffing still a wreck: Federal Monitor
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Another damning report on the conditions inside the Rikers Island jails was released, outlining pervasive pitfalls and mismanagement that has contributed to the continued crisis inside the city’s jail.
NRG Astoria plant appeals hearing draws opposition
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During an appeals hearing Queens residents, environmental advocates and lawmakers once again condemned the proposal to upgrade the NRG Energy gas power plant in Astoria.
Read MoreAirTrain do-over takes off
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The Port Authority hosted the first of two public comment sessions on alternative transit options to LaGuardia Airport, next door to the very place the state says the public has trouble accessing.
Five-alarm Flushing fire tears through mall
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A five-alarm fire ravaged a Downtown Flushing building early Thursday morning, bringing out nearly 200 firefighters from 44 different units and halting traffic in the area.
Read MoreHochul breaks on bail reform
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After months of resisting calls to rollback bail laws and other recently passed criminal justice reforms, Governor Kathy Hochul is reconsidering her stance, according to press reports.
Read MoreLive from New York, it’s a trial!
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The bill, introduced by Manhattan State Senator Brad Hoylman, would require that the Office of Court Administration broadcast and archive most trial court proceedings and offer them free of charge to the public and press.
Adams teases plan for additional Rockaway hospital
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During the early days of the pandemic, the Rockaway peninsula faced higher than average rates of COVID-19 – and it did so with just one hospital. Last week, Mayor Eric Adams promised more support was on the way.
Read MoreState house budget shows support for justice reforms
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The Senate’s one-house budget resolution outlined spending priorities for the upcoming year including support for the justice system and reform efforts.
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