Queens nabes to be proving ground for trash overhaul plan
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Several Western Queens neighborhoods will get the city’s first taste of a long-awaited overhaul to New York City’s notorious private waste industry.
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Detainee programming on Rikers declined after DOC cut ties with nonprofit providers
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The city’s Department of Correction has significantly struggled to provide re-entry services, educational programs, life skills training and other programs to detainees after cutting ties last year with around a half dozen nonprofit service providers as a cost savings measure.
Read MoreCouncil overrides mayor’s vetoes of criminal justice bills
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The City Council on Tuesday voted to override the mayor’s veto of a bill aimed at increasing transparency in the NYPD and a bill to ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails, putting to an end a weeks-long public debate riddled with accusations from both councilmembers, Mayor Eric Adams and his allies that the other side purposely were spreading half-truths or outright lies.
Read MoreSouth Queens electeds want troubled contractor off Rockway project
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A group of South Queens elected officials are calling on the city to pull a private contractor from an affordable housing project in Rockaway after the company failed to notify the city of an injury that occurred on the construction site last year.
Read MoreGov signs Queens pols’ Rape is Rape bill
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Governor Kathy Hochul signed a Queens assemblymember’s bill, which looks to expand the state’s definition of rape, into law on Tuesday.
Read MorePaul Vallone, former Queens councilmember, dies at 56
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Paul Vallone, a former Queens councilmember and member of one of the borough’s most notable political families, died over the weekend of an apparent heart attack. He was 56.
Read MoreNew leader of Fortune Society talks Rikers, receivership and criminal justice in NY
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CEO and President of Fortune Society Stanley Richards recently sat down with the Eagle to discuss the organization’s legislative agenda, the troubled jail complex on Rikers Island, the Department of Correction’s new commissioner as well as his goals as Fortune’s president.
Read MoreQueens native Dennis Walcott named to state redistricting commission
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Queens Public Library CEO, borough native and former Department of Education Chancellor Dennis Walcott was appointed to the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission by the state senate majority leader on Friday.
Read MoreCourt boss asks Albany for $131 mil budget increase
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Leadership of the state’s court system asked lawmakers on Thursday to approve their proposed $2.7 billion budget, which comes in over 5 percent larger than their budget for the previous year.
Read MoreLocal pols want G train restored to former Queens glory
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Several Queens and Brooklyn elected officials are calling on the MTA to consider running the G train along its former route, deeper into Queens, now that the transit authority has announced plans to do work on the line that will likely cause major service disruptions.
Read MoreCity pitches Willets Point proposal to planning commission
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The second phase of the development of Willets Point took another step in its long road to city approval this week, appearing before the commissioners of the City Planning Commission on Wednesday.
Read MoreMayor delivers State of the City address
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Mayor Eric Adams delivered the third State of the City speech of his term from the Bronx on Wednesday, touting his administration’s efforts to reduce crime and boost the economy while also laying out a number of policy goals his administration will attempt to deliver ahead of his expected bid for reelection next year.
Read MoreBattle over pair of criminal justice bills unfolds at City Hall
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The fight between the City Council and Mayor Eric Adams over a pair of vetoed criminal justice bills came to a boil Tuesday as both attempted to make their cases for and against the legislation from City Hall.
Read MoreMayor vetoes pair of criminal justice reform bills
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Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed a pair of recently passed City Council bills, setting up an imminent showdown with the legislature that the mayor is likely to lose.
Read MoreQueens man cuffed for stabbing spree
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Police arrested a 27-year-old on Wednesday that they believe stabbed half a dozen people in separate incidents across Queens this month.
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