Chinese national found guilty of murdering Queens lawyer
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A Chinese national was found guilty last week of murdering her former lawyer two years ago inside his Queens office.
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Cohen's casino plan to begin city review while questions about state approval remain
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Mets owner Steve Cohen officially submitted his plan to bring a casino and entertainment complex to Citi Field’s parking lot to the city for review this week.
Read MoreQueens pols call on state to fund long-desired Far Rock trauma hospital
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Queens electeds and locals want the governor to help fund a potential new trauma center on the far-flung Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreAG won’t bring charges against officer who didn’t call for help as detainee died
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The state attorney general’s office said last week that it would not bring charges against a former correctional officer on Rikers Island who failed to help a detainee while he died of a fentanyl overdose in 2022.
Read MorePedestrian-only lane on crowded Queensboro Bridge delayed
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The city's Department of Transportation said this week that the opening of the pedestrian-only lane on the Queensboro Bridge will again be delayed, a month after they told the Eagle that "no changes to the timeline" of the project had been made.
Read MoreQueens electeds warn against City of Yes as milestone approaches
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Elected officials primarily from Northeastern Queens gathered in Bayside this week and imagined a world where the mayor’s controversial City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal becomes a reality – and they don’t like how it looks.
Read MoreMTA says it wants to kickstart IBX – but funding questions remain
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The MTA proposed allocating over $2 billion to pay for the first steps needed to build the Interborough Express, a 14-mile light rail that would connect Queens to Brooklyn.
Read MoreFormer FDNY chiefs arrested for bribery
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Two former FDNY chiefs were cuffed by federal authorities on Monday after prosecutors said they took bribes to expedite fire inspections on behalf of developers, including one behind a number of hotels in Queens.
Read MorePols rail against shared e-scooter program in Queens
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Elected officials in Northeastern Queens railed against a relatively new city-backed program that brought shared electric scooters to their neighborhoods, many of which lack robust access to public transportation.
Read MoreQueens pol throws hat into mayor’s race
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Queens State Senator Jessica Ramos is announcing that she will be running for mayor, joining a growing list of primary opponents to Mayor Eric Adams.
Read MoreBloody body camera footage shown at trial in murder of Queens lawyer
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Prosecution called in their first witnesses in the trial of 27-year-old Xiaoning Zhang, who stands accused of murdering Queens immigration lawyer Jim Li in his law office in Flushing in 2022.
Read MorePolice Commissioner resigns amid federal probe
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New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned on Thursday amid federal probes into him and his brother that saw his phone seized and house raided by FBI agents.
Read MoreQueens immigration lawyer murder trial begins
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The trial for the murder of a Queens immigration lawyer well known in the legal community began this week in Queens County Criminal Courthouse.
Read MoreAdams deflects amid federal probes into members of his admin
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Mayor Eric Adams deflected several questions from reporters on Tuesday days after several members of his administration were wrapped up in federal investigations last week.
Read MoreNYPD violated laws when policing street vendors, advocates say
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A group of Queens street vendors are saying the NYPD broke the law when they confiscated and threw out their belongings in late August.
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