Queens Defenders' board forces out controversial executive director
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Lori Zeno, the controversial executive director of the Queens Defenders, was forced to go on immediate leave by the group’s board of directors this week.
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MTA approves new Queens bus map
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Six years after the MTA began redrawing Queens’ bus map, riders will finally begin seeing new routes hitting the streets as soon as June.
Read MoreFailure to decarcerate led to higher rates of COVID infections in NY jails and prisons, report finds
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A new report from the Legal Aid Society this week details the failures of local and state governments to decarcerate its jails and prisons as the pandemic raged inside of them.
Read MoreTen alleged members of international gun trafficking gang arrested in Queens
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The NYPD and Queens district attorney’s office arrested and charged 10 alleged members of the international weapon trafficking gang Tren de Aragua this week.
Read MoreQueens assigned counsel panel holds recruitment drive
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It’s been over a year since lawsuits against New York State resulted in the first pay raises for assigned counsel attorneys in decades, but the Queens 18-B Assigned Counsel panel is still looking to bolster their numbers for 2025.
Read MoreDOT completes first phase of Queens greenway workshops, but community still split on plan
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The New York City Department of Transportation wrapped up the first phase of community input sessions for the planned Queens Waterfront Greenway on a high note Tuesday night, but the communities along the proposed greenway are still split on the idea.
Read MoreDueling Queens casino bidders unveil new models of proposals
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The competing developers behind Resorts World New York City’s casino expansion project and Metropolitan Park almost simultaneously this month opened new models and visual representations of their projects to the public.
Read MoreTop Queens Criminal Court judge gives state of the judiciary address
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The top judge in Queens’ Criminal Court laid out the successes and failures of the court in the last year and mapped out the road for the year ahead during the Queens County Criminal Bar Association’s State of the Judiciary meeting on Tuesday.
Read MoreQueens on edge as ICE makes arrests in the Bronx and Chicago
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Immigration advocacy groups and officials in the city and in Queens are on edge this week as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have made their way to the five boroughs.
Read MoreCouncil Republicans split over minority leader vote
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A schism has opened up right down the middle of the City Council’s Republican conference over who should be their next minority leader.
Read MorePaladino draws criticism after suggesting violence in social media post
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Queens City Councilmember Vickie Paladino, who is no stranger to social media spats and controversy, drew criticism online and from the Council's leadership on Tuesday after she posted a seemingly violent message directed at a member of New York City’s press corps.
Read MoreRajkumar jumps from comptroller to public advocate race
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Queens Assemblymember and omnipresent Mayor Eric Adams ally Jenifer Rajkumar is running for public advocate, shifting away from a bid for the city’s comptroller as she appeared to be lagging in the crowded race.
Read MoreInside a young Queens pol’s fight for his first law
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How Queens’ youngest elected got his first bill passed.
Read MoreMTA holds one last hearing but says new Queens bus map is final
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The MTA gave Queens residents one last look at their new bus routes before the plan, which has been in the works for over half a decade, heads to its final stage.
Read MoreCity nominates itself to take over Rikers
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City Hall late Friday told a federal judge that she should look no further than the current Department of Correction commissioner should she choose to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island and hand the notorious jail complex over to a receiver.
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