Rikers detainee becomes seventh person to die in DOC custody this year
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For the fourth time in as many weeks and for the seventh time this year, a man in the custody of the city’s Department of Correction has died.
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Schumer calls for creation of ‘Tony Bennett Day’
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U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer announced on Sunday he is introducing a resolution to honor a Queens legend. Schumer, a Brooklyn native, announced this week that he intends to introduce a resolution to dub Aug. 3 “Tony Bennett Day,” in honor of the Queens-born singer who died last week.
Read MoreQueens continues deadly pace for transportation fatalities
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Traffic deaths continue to reach record numbers in Queens, transportation advocacy group Transportation Alternatives found in a recent report.
Read MoreQueens court interns hear wrongfully convicted man’s story
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Wrongfully incarcerated man turned justice advocate Jeffrey Deskovic speaks to students and interns at Queens Supreme Court, Civil Term.
Read MoreBrooklyn’s borough-based jail proposal expands by 150 beds
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Brooklyn’s borough-based jail facility, one of four facilities expected to replace Rikers Island before the end of the decade, will be larger than originally anticipated, the city revealed this week.
Read More‘Exonerated but not vindicated’: Top court rejects Queens DA’s attempt to reverse wrongful conviction
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The Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by Queens prosecutors to overturn a ruling made by a mid-level court earlier this year that found that a local man had been wrongfully convicted of a Bayside murder three decades ago.
Read MoreMayor says Creedmoor, Aqueduct migrant shelters ‘still on table’
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Despite another day of local pushback from Queens officials over the city's plan to bring migrant shelters to two sites in the borough, the mayor says all options to house asylum seekers arriving to the city are “still on the table.”
Read MoreJail boss blames courts for rising Rikers population
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Rikers Island’s population is growing larger when it should be getting smaller. DOC Commissioner Louis Molina said the blame lies with the state court system during a Board of Correction meeting this week.
Read MoreSubway rides to increase by fifteen cents come August
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This week, the MTA voted unanimously to increase the price of a trip on a city subway or bus from $2.75 to $2.90.
Read MoreFederal prosecutor joins call for Rikers receivership
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The city’s grip over Rikers Island appeared to slip further earlier this week as the federal prosecutor for New York’s Southern District called on the notorious jail complex be turned over to a court-appointed receiver.
Read MoreCity scraps plan to bring migrant shelter to Aqueduct
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Off the side of a highway on Monday evening, protesters and local elected officials gathered to oppose plans to construct a tent shelter for asylum seekers at the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Queens. However, just before the demonstration was set to begin, officials learned that the plan had been scrapped.
Read MoreQueens’ ties to Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’
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Richard Feynman, a Queens born physicist , will be portrayed in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” which opens in theaters this week.
Read MoreRikers detainee dies: William Johnstone becomes sixth person in DOC custody to die this year
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For the sixth time this year and the third time in as many weeks, a person in the Department of Correction’s custody has died. William Johnstone, 47, was found unresponsive in the cell he was being held in on Rikers Island around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Department of Correction.
Read MoreFormer Queens pol to be hit with bribery charges: Reports
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Eric Ulrich, the former commissioner of the Department of Buildings and a former Queens city councilmember, could be officially charged in a criminal investigation spearheaded by the Manhattan district attorney’s office as early as this week, multiple outlets reported on Monday.
Read MoreQueens councilmember introduces bill to gather drowning data
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In an effort to address the drowning issues that have plagued her community for years, Rockaway Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers has introduced legislation that requires the city to establish an annual report on drowning incidents.
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