'The War on Smoke Shops': Officials agree, illegal pot enforcement is needed, but how is it working?

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'The War on Smoke Shops': Officials agree, illegal pot enforcement is needed, but how is it working?

Most officials agree – in order for the legal cannabis market to thrive, the unlicensed market must be tampered down. But enforcement of the unlicensed market has ruffled feathers on both sides of the issue – some have pushed for greater enforcement, while others say the current tactics mirror the enforcement of the failed war on drugs that marijuana legalization in New York State was aimed at rectifying.

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Ardila avoids questions about sexual assault allegations at community event

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Ardila avoids questions about sexual assault allegations at community event

Juan Ardila, the Western Queens assemblymember who a month ago was accused of sexually assaulting two women at a 2015 party, refused to answer questions about an alleged independent investigation into the allegations when confronted by the Eagle at a neighborhood clean-up event his office hosted over the weekend. 

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As Assembly lines are approved, Queens locals rally against them in Richmond Hill

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As Assembly lines are approved, Queens locals rally against them in Richmond Hill

As lawmakers approved State Assembly district lines on Monday, a group of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean advocates rallied in South Queens to protest the newly approved lines, which they say maintain unfair districts that splits up and dilutes their growing political voice.

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Borough prez visits Jamaica Bay, Botanical Garden to push new sustainability report

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Borough prez visits Jamaica Bay, Botanical Garden to push new sustainability report

“​​This is the blueprint, it's the beginning. Those who fail to plan, plan to fail – we've seen the impacts of climate change from Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Ida and basically the report is Queens’ response.”

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Judge Richardson-Mendelson reflects on court system's equal justice report

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Judge Richardson-Mendelson reflects on court system's equal justice report

Judge Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, the deputy chief administrative judge for Social Justice Initiatives who oversees the courts efforts to combat bias and racial injustice, is now reflecting on the past year and what still needs to be done in the state’s courthouses. 

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