City announces new Rikers reentry pilot program
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The city is piloting a program that gives Rikers Island detainees municipal IDs in the hopes that it eases their transition back into city life.
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Two charged for stealing Kew Gardens Hills home from dying woman
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Deepa Roy, 68, and Victor Quimis, 39, face up to 25 years in prison after they were charged for defrauding Bherwani, who has since died, and stealing her Kew Gardens Hills home. On the steps of the Queens County Criminal courthouse on Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her office was prosecuting Roy and Quimis under a new law passed by the state legislature last year.
Read MoreRockaway to get its first-ever public pool
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The Rockaway peninsula will soon get its first-ever public pool after Queens Borough President Donovan Richards infused the project with $26 million, the largest single capital allocation of his tenure.
Read MoreInfamous Queens building owner overcharged rent-stabilized tenants, suit claims
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A Queens real estate company was sued for violating rent stabilization laws, putting tenants in Jamaica and Elmhurst at risk of eviction, according to the New York attorney general’s office.
Read MoreDiscovery law changes take effect
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A rollback to the state’s evidence-sharing laws took effect this week, nearly four months after debate over the changes held up the passage of the state’s budget.
Read MoreState cuts hundreds of housing units from Creedmoor plan
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A deal has been struck that will greatly reduce the amount of housing units planned for the redevelopment of the long-vacant Creedmoor campus in Eastern Queens.
Read MoreLocal committee begins review of Steve Cohen’s casino plan
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A local community advisory committee began reviewing Mets owner Steve Cohen’s bid to build a casino next to Citi Field this week.
Read MoreOne-on-one with mayoral candidate Jim Walden
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Jim Walden recently sat down with the Eagle to discuss his campaign and his plan for gaining traction before the November election.
Suicides in state prisons doubled last year, report finds
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Suicides in prisons more than doubled in 2024 compared to the previous year, new data obtained from the New York State Office of Mental Health shows.
Read MoreQueens cannabis shops burned by state after surprise rule change
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Several legal cannabis shop owners in Queens have been left in the lurch after the state said changes to its own rules may require over 100 pot shops to pack up and move.
Read MoreAgencies violate federal law during immigration court arrests, new lawsuit claims
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A new lawsuit brought by a group of law firms and nonprofit organizations claims the Trump administration violated federal law by sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest migrants at their court hearings.
Read MoreState begins design of Queens-Brooklyn light rail
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Three years after Governor Kathy Hochul kickstarted the state’s effort to build a 14-mile light rail connecting Queens and Brooklyn, the Interborough Express was officially moved from the planning to the design and engineering phase.
Read MoreLegal Aid labor dispute ends with ratified union contract
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Over a thousand public defense attorneys ended a labor dispute with the city’s largest legal aid organization when they voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday.
Read MoreThreat of mass legal aid strikes averted, but picket lines persist
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While the threat of a mass legal aid strike in the city has passed, over 100 attorneys and staffers at a trio of legal services providers have remained on the picket line with little hope of returning to work any time soon.
Read MoreMayor vetoes Council bill that decriminalizes illegal vending
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Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a bill that would have eliminated criminal penalties for street vendors that the City Council passed with a veto-proof majority in June.
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