DOC sued for alleged ‘mass surveillance’ practices
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The city’s Department of Correction unlawfully recorded all calls made and received by detainees in the city’s custody, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
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Electchester corner named after late lawmaker Nettie Mayersohn
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Several members of the New York State Senate, Assembly and City Council gathered Sunday morning in Eastern Queens to honor the late former Assemblymember and Queens community leader Nettie Mayersohn.
Read MoreDespite residents’ complaints, concerts at Forest Hills Stadium will go on, judge rules
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It is likely the concert season at Forest Hills Stadium will start on time this year, after a Queens judge ruled against a group of locals hoping to at least delay the start of concert season while the court considers their allegations that the venue has lowered quality of life in the residential neighborhood.
Read More'The direction of justice': Richards lays out vision for the future in annual State of the Borough address
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Justice was at the center of Borough President Donovan Richards' State of the Borough Address on Friday, where the BP laid out plans to make the technology industry, housing and the environment more equitable for the people of the World’s Borough.
Read MoreWillets Point soccer stadium approved by Council
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Decades of the city’s failed attempts to develop a long-polluted corner of Queens appeared to come to an end on Thursday as the City Council overwhelmingly voted to approve a plan to bring affordable housing and the city’s first soccer stadium to Willets Point.
Read MoreBP to give green to Queens schools for new hydroponics labs
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is set to announce he’s allotting $2.3 million for hydroponics labs in nine schools across the borough during his State of the Borough speech on Friday, the Eagle has learned.
Read MoreQueens killer sentenced for shooting of 14-year-old that sparked gang war
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A Queens man was sentenced to three decades in prison on Wednesday for the mistaken murder of a teenager which subsequently sparked a gang feud that turned South Jamaica into a battlefield.
Read MoreOfficers, jail workers and detainee cuffed in Rikers smuggling scheme
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Three former correctional officers, a Rikers Island program counselor, a jails contractor and a detainee were all charged this week in federal court for scheming to smuggle drugs and other contraband into the city’s notorious jail complex.
Read MoreQueens CB9 honors 50-year member Sylvia Hack
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Queens Community Board 9 honored member Sylvia Hack for half a century of community service on Tuesday night.
Read More120-year-old Queens-BK bridge gets step closer to replacement
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After years of complaints, an over 100-year-old bridge connecting Queens and Brooklyn came one step closer to being replaced this week – but questions over the project’s total cost remain.
Read MoreWith nowhere else to turn, Ardila appears to form partnership with disgraced former pol
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A year after sexual misconduct allegations made Western Queens lawmaker Juan Ardila persona non grata in Albany, the freshman lawmaker has teamed up with a disgraced former elected official who himself knows all too well the struggle of attempting to come back from scandal.
Read MoreSummonses skyrocket under Adams administration, report finds
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Criminal and civil court summonses in New York City skyrocketed since Mayor Eric Adams took office and disproportionately affected on Black, brown and underserved communities in Queens and other boroughs, according to two new reports.
Read MoreQueens takes in the solar eclipse
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Queens residents got a rare celestial view on Monday afternoon as around 90 percent of the borough’s view of the sun was covered by the moon.
Read MoreCourts revamp bail law training for judges
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New York’s judges will now have access to revamped trainings aimed at ensuring the judiciary is up to speed on the state’s bail laws, court officials announced last week.
Read MoreDid you feel it?: Earthquake shakes up a quiet Friday morning in NYC
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Friday got off to a shaky start in Queens and throughout the Northeast when a 4.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled through the region shortly after 10 a.m.
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