Progressive candidates showed strong early results in open races in Queens, most Assembly incumbents cruised to victory and an upset in the race for a spot on the bench in Queens Civil Court. Check out how Tuesday’s primary played out.
Read MoreGlenn Hirsch, the Briarwood man accused of shooting a delivery driver in Forest Hills to death in April, was released on bail by a Queens Criminal Court judge on Monday.
Read MoreThe auction for the last of a generation of subway cars has buyers ready to play ball.
Read MoreBeloved District 30 Superintendent Philip Composto has officially been reappointed to his position, following community outcry over earlier announcements that he had been removed from the running.
Read MoreQueens voters tell the Eagle their thoughts on the first of two primary elections to be held in New York this year.
Read MoreA Staten Island judge ruled Monday that a recently passed New York City law to expand the franchise by hundreds of thousands of people is unconstitutional.
Read MoreAttorneys representing incarcerated clients on Rikers Island argued in court that the Department of Correction has been potentially fudging its data to show that it’s in compliance with its mandate to offer medical care to people in custody.
Read MoreState Senate or Assembly? That is the question. Albert Baldeo, a Queens man previously jailed for campaign related improprieties a decade ago, says both.
Read MoreFollowing the deaths of three detainees in less than a week, Mayor Eric Adams made a trip to Rikers Island on Wednesday to tout the Department of Correction’s clamp down on illegal weapons and to defend the agency's officers who have come under fire in the past year for missing work in large numbers.
Read MoreNew York State has given approval for an energy storage project in Astoria, opening the door to the next steps in the city’s journey away from fossil fuels.
Read MoreThe local Astoria community board denied developers’ request to reshape five-city blocks in the neighborhood, known as Innovation QNS, on Tuesday. The meeting was tense, as was the rally that saw supporters and opponents of the project clash face-to-face beforehand.
Read MoreFor the seventh and eighth times this year, two people detained on Rikers Island died while in Department of Correction custody on Monday and Tuesday.
Read MoreTwo of the four candidates running for one of two vacancies on the Queens Civil Court bench were given an “approved” rating by two local bar associations last week.
Read MoreQueens City Councilmember Vicki Paladino may be facing sanctions after she went on an online screed, vowing to withhold funding from schools that host drag queen events last week.
Read MoreA group of New York law professors had their right to free speech violated last year when the city’s top attorney attempted to prevent them from publicly publishing a number of misconduct claims against nearly two dozen current and former Queens prosecutors, a judge ruled this week.
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