Unconstitutional NYPD stops rise under Adams, monitor says
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The number of illegal stops made by the NYPD has risen each year Mayor Eric Adams has been in office, a new report found.
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Jury selection begins in case of murdered Queens lawyer
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Jury selection began this week in the trial of a woman accused of killing a Queens immigration lawyer and pro-democracy advocate whose death shook the borough’s legal community.
Read MoreFormer Queens political player accused of secretly acting as Chinese agent
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A former top aide in the governor’s office with Queens ties was indicted on Tuesday for allegedly secretly attempting to influence New York officials at the behest of the Chinese government.
Read MoreNo charges for cops who killed St. Albans man in 2022
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New York’s attorney general said Friday that her office will not attempt to prosecute a group of NYPD officers who shot and killed a man wielding a gun while experiencing an apparent mental health crisis in St. Albans in July 2022.
Read MoreRikers detainees missed over a third of medical appointments last year, BOC says
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Over one-third of all detainees on Rikers Island who requested a trip to the doctor last year were never taken to their scheduled appointment, a new report from the Department of Correction’s watchdog says.
Read MoreCourts graduate largest-ever officer class
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Courthouses in Queens and throughout the city will likely soon see a much-needed increase in their court officer ranks after the state’s court system says it just recently graduated its largest and most diverse group of officer candidates ever.
Read MoreLongtime jurist named interim administrative judge of Queens' top criminal court
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Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder will serve as the interim administrative judge in Queens County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, beginning Sept. 3, according to a memo obtained by the Eagle.
Read MoreThe city has three years to close Rikers – can it be done?
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As the three-year countdown to the closure of the jails on Rikers Island begins this week, major questions remain about whether or not the city will – or even can – meet the August 2027 deadline to shutter the notorious complex.
Read MoreBorough prez says ‘yes’ to City of Yes – with conditions
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Queens Borough Donovan Richards told the Adams administration on Monday that he tentatively supports their controversial citywide rezoning plan, which was rejected by more than two-thirds of the borough’s community boards.
Read MoreAlternative justice basketball program returns to Queens prison
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For the second year in a row, a unique initiative that looks to steer teens away from the criminal justice system and help rehabilitate those already in it took a trip to Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City.
Read MoreOpening of pedestrian-only lane on Queensboro Bridge appears to be delayed – again
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While the city said it planned to fix the chaotic conditions on the North Outer Roadway of the Queensboro Bridge by adding a separate path for cyclists by the end of the summer, their self-imposed deadline now appears entirely out of reach – again.
Read MoreQueens’ AOC speaks at DNC, criticizes Trump
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Queens Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made an energetic speech during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday night in Chicago.
Read MoreRikers detainee dies of alleged medical emergency
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A man being held on Rikers Island died on Tuesday in a Queens hospital after suffering an apparent medical emergency.
Read More‘Insult on top of injury’: Attys claim DOC falsified records about Rikers detainee’s death
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A new filing in a wrongful death lawsuit claims that the city’s Department of Correction falsely claimed in records that they acted quickly to provide Narcan to a 26-year-old dying of an overdose on Rikers Island in 2022 when instead it was the man’s brother, coincidently being held in the cell next door, who attempted to revive his sibling just before he died.
Read MoreQueens judge orders Harvey Weinstein to remain on Rikers ahead of retrial
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Notorious former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein appeared in Queens Criminal Court on Monday where a judge ordered him to remain on Rikers Island.
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