Legal pot comes to Queens
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Queens’ first-ever legal weed shop opened in Jamaica this week.
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Queens man indicted
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The first Queens man to be impeached – and then impeached again – was indicted on state charges on Thursday.
Read MoreDozens of law professors challenge gov’s bail proposal
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A group of 100 law professors wrote an open letter to Governor Kathy Hochul this week opposing her proposals to the state’s bail laws, which have already reportedly soured budget negotiations in Albany.
Read More'A long journey': Appellate court overturns Queens man’s 30-year-old murder conviction
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Three decades after Michael Robinson was arrested for a Queens murder he says he didn’t commit, an appellate court overturned his conviction. He now waits for the Queens district attorney to decide whether or not to retry him or to clear his name once and for all.
Read MoreAdams admin dodges questions about struggling legal program
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The Adams administration had difficulty answering questions about the city’s struggling Right to Counsel program during a City Council oversight hearing held on Monday.
Read MoreBoroughwide composting program returns
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Scrappy has returned from a winter slumber and it’s time for Queens to dominate the city’s composting efforts again.
Read MoreHistorically long 12-week trial wraps up six years after Queens murder
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The 12-week trial marks the longest murder trial in recent Queens Criminal Court history, and is potentially the longest in the history of the court.
Read MoreChief judge search again narrowed to seven candidates
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The Commission on Judicial Nomination recommended on Friday seven legal professionals for Governor Kathy Hochul to consider nominating to the top judicial position in the state.
Read MorePols protest Sanitation Department’s new vendor enforcement role
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Following the Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to transfer the enforcement of street vendors from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to the Sanitation Department, vendors, advocates and lawmakers rallied outside City Hall on Wednesday to call for the reversal of the move and reforms to the city’s vending rules.
Read MoreNew Yorkers sound off on lengthy and expensive Brooklyn borough-based jail proposal
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The Department of Design and Construction on Thursday got an earful from New Yorkers upset over a proposed construction contract that would likely delay the closure of Rikers Island by at least two years.
Read MoreQueens pol intros bill to pave way for Citi Field casino
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A Queens lawmaker introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot.
Read MoreSix Queens prosecutors named in new batch of misconduct complaints
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A group of law professors this week released around a dozen prosecutorial misconduct complaints, over half which were made against current and former prosecutors with the Queens district attorney's office.
Read MoreDozens of alleged warring SE Queens gang members arrested
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday a massive gang bust that resulted in the indictment of nearly three dozen alleged gang members.
Read MoreNYPD brass addresses bloated overtime spending at budget hearing
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The NYPD spent $552.5 million on overtime for its officers last year, around 22 percent more than the $453 million budgeted for overtime spending.
Read MoreCourts reform controversial bar exam question
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“It's a small step and it's good for the people who no longer have to answer the particular parts of the inquiry that they decided to remove, but [OCA] doesn't get brownie points for making a question halfway legal.”
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