A pilot program from the state’s court system meant to reduce the ballooning population on Rikers Island has seen early successes, officials claim.
Read MoreQueens’ St. John’s University men’s basketball team has achieved a lot this year, and one they hope to add too that success as they head into the Big East Tournament Thursday night, where they are the top seed. Should they win, it will be their first title in 25 years. It would also make them a team to beat in the upcoming NCAA March Madness tournament.
Read MoreThe Department of Correction’s civilian watchdog board accused the agency on Tuesday of repeatedly ignoring their authority and enacting changes on Rikers Island behind their backs.
Read MoreBoth the State Assembly and Senate rejected Governor Kathy Hochul’s attempt to rollback reforms to the state’s evidence-sharing laws on Tuesday, setting up a fight over the proposal as the deadline to pass the state budget approaches.
Read MoreThe City Council on Wednesday approved New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Citi Field.
Read MoreFor about two hours over the weekend Southeast Queens was the center of the city’s political galaxy –– a place Queens as a whole has been increasingly finding itself in.
Read MoreIt’s been five years this week since the first confirmed case of coronavirus was reported in Queens, which would soon become the epicenter of the pandemic that has since killed at least 1.2 million people in the U.S.
Read MoreTop officials at the Department of Correction said Friday that the mayor’s office has yet to speak with them about the potential return of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers to Rikers Island, despite Mayor Eric Adams announcing the change weeks ago.
Read MoreCity Council Speaker Adrienne Adams became the ninth candidate attempting to unseat Mayor Eric Adams in the upcoming June primary – and the fourth from Queens.
Read MoreComplaints made against New York judges reached a record high in 2024, according to the commission charged with investigating judicial conduct.
Read MoreCongressional Democrats blasted Mayor Eric Adams over allegations that he agreed to help the Trump administration with its deportation efforts in New York City in exchange for the dismissal of the corruption charges federal authorities brought against him last year during an oversight hearing Wednesday.
Read MoreCity Council Speaker Adrienne Adams may have called her State of the City address her “grand finale” on Tuesday, but what is an end if not a new beginning?
Read MoreActivists and elected officials rallied in Albany on Tuesday to call for prison reforms after a 22-year-old incarcerated man was killed after allegedly being beaten by prison guards over the weekend.
Read MoreThe G train is getting some new life as two new open-gangway train cars were deployed on the city’s only Queens-Brooklyn connector on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Queens County Democratic Party recently tapped seven judges to run on their party’s line in the upcoming Democratic primary election.
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