Rikers detainee dies day after atty filed for his release
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A 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.
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Holding all the cards: Fate of Queens’ casino bidders rests with newly-appointed committees
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The local committees charged with reviewing bids from each of the developers hoping to snag one of the three downstate casino licenses up for grabs began to be formed this week, including the committees set to evaluate the two separate casino bids in Queens.
Read MorePogozelksi concedes to Wong in D30, Shanel Thomas-Henry holds lead
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Two City Council races appeared to come to an end on Tuesday after the Board of Elections released its latest vote count for the primary election that unfolded on June 24.
Read MoreICE detention of Queens student endangers New Yorkers and court system, Adams admin says
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The recent federal detention of a Queens high school student by ICE and continued federal deportation actions in the city are endangering New Yorkers as well as the sanctity of the city’s court system, the Adams administration said in a court letter this week.
Read MoreFederal judge blocks solitary confinement ban from taking effect on Rikers
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A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers Island, several days after a state judge said Mayor Eric Adams’ efforts to prevent the law from taking effect were illegal.
Read More‘More than a basketball tournament’: Nonprofit brings teens and incarcerated people together in Queens
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Flames basketball, a primarily Brooklyn-based youth basketball nonprofit, paid a visit to Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City.
Read MoreMamdani got Queens’ support on election day – can he now get it from his Queens colleagues?
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Queens Assemblymember and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani may have convinced the majority of voting New Yorkers to back him in the primary elections – but convincing his fellow Queens electeds to back him has proven a different story.
Read MoreQueens atty cleared of charges after Rikers guards said he brought drug-soaked papers to client
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The Bronx district attorney’s office will not bring charges against a Queens lawyer who was publicly accused by correctional officers of trying to sneak drug-laced papers into Rikers Island.
Read MoreMayor forms new office for free legal services
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As the city’s public defender landscape heads toward a potential crisis, the city this week announced plans to create a new office to connect New Yorkers with free legal services.
Read MoreQueensLink could see new life under Mamdani administration
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QueensLink, an ambitious and expensive transportation proposal for the World’s Borough has been put on the backburner under the current mayoral administration – but that could change if Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor in November.
Read MoreQueens Council races clear up after new vote count, but some too close to call
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Three Queens candidates running for open seats in the City Council declared victory in their respective races on Tuesday after the city’s Board of Elections released its first ranked-choice voting tabulation in June’s primary election.
Read MoreBrooklyn org takes charge at embattled Queens legal services provider
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Queens Defenders officially had its criminal defense practice taken over by a Brooklyn-based legal services provider on Tuesday, around three weeks after its former executive director was arrested on federal fraud charges.
Read MoreCity funds crucial step in bringing trauma center to Rockaway
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The money needed to fund a key step in the fight to build a trauma hospital in the Rockaways was included in the city’s budget this week.
Read MoreThousands of public defenders prepare to strike
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Attorneys working at the city’s largest public defender group are prepared to begin the largest public defender strike in 30 years if the organization they work for doesn’t increase their pay and meet other demands for a new labor contract.
Read MoreQueens BP weighs in on state of mayor’s race after staying mum on primary
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After mostly staying quiet during the lead up to June’s primary election, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards dished out his thoughts on the state of the mayor’s race to reporters on Monday.
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