President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy took aim at the new Queensboro Bridge pedestrian lane, which will open this weekend after years of delays.
Read MoreNew York Mets owner Steve Cohen's recent string of luck continued this week after the State Assembly voted to grant him a crucial permission that would allow him to build an $8 billion casino and entertainment complex in Queens should he win one of the three casino licenses to be handed out by the state later this year.
Read MoreImmigrants living in New York who were unlawfully held on Rikers Island because federal immigration agents asked the city to do so have another three months to claim their share of a $92.5 million class action lawsuit settlement.
Read MoreAfter years of delays and setbacks, the city is finally opening a long-awaited pedestrian-only lane on the Queensboro Bridge.
Read MoreA federal judge took the extraordinary step of stripping the city of its control over Rikers Island, ruling that City Hall could no longer be trusted to tamp down the violence that has plagued the dangerous jail complex for decades.
Read MoreAfter years of delays and questions over whether the defendant behind a violent killing in Queens was mentally fit to face the charges, the trial of a murdered FDNY veteran who was stabbed to death in 2022 began on Monday.
Read MoreA handful of Queens Council candidates received matching funds on the sixth payday from the Campaign Finance Board on Monday, while a few others were denied.
Read MoreQueens prosecutors and police officers claimed a Rockaway man attempted murder a pair of cops during a late-night chase last July – but a jury had their doubts.
Read MoreAs the population on Rikers Island continues to grow past 7,000 detainees – its highest point since 2019 – a collection of criminal justice groups are calling on judges and the court system to do more to keep New Yorkers out of the troubled jail complex.
Read MoreThere’s no single clear frontrunner in the race to represent one of the city’s most diverse Council districts – there’s three.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul and the city’s five district attorneys celebrated changes to the state’s evidence-sharing laws that were worked into the state budget Wednesday.
Read MoreNew York’s legal community kicked off Asian American and Pacific Islander month with a who’s who gathering of court leaders on Tuesday.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams continued to stray from the city’s current plan to shutter Rikers Island on Tuesday, suggesting that he believes the troubled jail complex could remain open and be repaired, rather than shuttered.
Read MoreLocal officials rolled out a plan on Tuesday to address quality-of-life issues along Liberty Avenue in Queens’ Richmond Hill neighborhood.
Read MoreState lawmakers and legal advocates rallied in Albany on Tuesday for a new bill that would eliminate a host of administrative fees associated with criminal court proceedings.
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