Buds and bureaucracy: Legal pot seller convinces community board to green light new shop
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Want to open a pot shop in Queens? Well, you’ll have to go through the community board first.
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City and State Bar rate chief judge picks
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The New York State and New York City Bar Associations released their ratings of chief judge candidates this week. All but one received a “well qualified” rating. That one candidate? Anthony Cannataro, the only person on the list who has actual experience serving as chief judge.
Read MoreQueens man arrested: As Trump faces felony charges, Queens goes about its daily life
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As former president – and Queens man – Donald Trump was being arraigned in Manhattan on Tuesday, Queens residents went about their daily lives, giving little thought to the man who once called the borough his home.
Read MoreConditions on Rikers ‘improve’ but remain ‘troubling’
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In the first major report on Rikers Island since last fall, the federal team monitoring the troubled jail complex says that while conditions remain dire, improvements have very slowly begun to take root.
Read MoreCouncil proposes more funds for legal services
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Leadership of the New York City Council and its budget negotiating team proposed boosting funding for legal services providers by $195 million on Monday.
Read MoreArdila’s accuser cooperates with sexual assault probe
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One of the women who recently accused Queens State Assemblyman Juan Ardila of sexual assault during a 2015 party is participating in a sex crimes probe into the incident.
Read MoreOpposition grows over bill to fast-track top court nominations
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Opposition has begun to grow over a new bill recently brokered between the governor and legislature that would fast-track Court of Appeals judicial nominations if passed into law.
Read MoreLegal pot comes to Queens
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Queens’ first-ever legal weed shop opened in Jamaica this week.
Read MoreQueens 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.
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