160 languages, 41 interpreters: Queens courts have interpreter shortage, leading to delays
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Queens’ courts have a shortage of court interpreters and have seen a major reduction in their ranks over the past half decade.
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‘Killing hope’: Advocates say gov has abandoned clemency reforms after failing to commute sentences
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Issuing her first round of clemencies in eight months, Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday pardoned 13 people but chose not to commute the sentence of a single New Yorker, despite the fact that commutation request make up a vast majority of the hundreds of clemency applications sent to the governor’s desk each year.
Read MoreQueens BP backs Mamdani for mayor
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards officially endorsed the Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, on Friday after declining to weigh in during the Democratic primary.
Read MoreLabor issues flare up at org that absorbed Queens Defenders
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Attorneys at Brooklyn Defender Services, the legal services group that absorbed Queens Defenders’ criminal practice last month, picketed their employer on Thursday over a recent change in employment policy.
Read MoreControversial proposed pipeline off Queens’ coast could make comeback
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An energy company is trying to resurrect a controversial and potentially harmful fracked gas pipeline that would run off the coast of Queens, and is being met with a familiar backlash after trying to build the pipeline three times before.
Read More‘Indefinite legal limbo’: State sued for failing to treat those found unfit for trial
/The state consistently violates judicial orders by leaving detainees in need of psychiatric treatment ahead of their trial behind bars for months at a time, a new lawsuit alleges.
Read MorePlan to rezone Downtown Jamaica moves to City Council
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The city’s plan to rezone a major section of Jamaica in the hopes that it invites massive housing and commercial development was approved by the City Planning Commission on Wednesday, the final step before the plan comes for a final vote before the City Council.
Read MoreCity proposes major citywide greenway plan
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The city is proposing a new massive effort to expand greenways across Queens and the five boroughs.
Read MoreOrganizations jump to defend Protect Our Courts Act amid Trump admin challenge
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A group of public defender organizations and immigration nonprofits are calling on a federal court to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit challenging a New York State law that protects immigrants when they appear in court.
Read MoreVideo shows lead up to police killing of knife-wielding man in Astoria
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The New York attorney general’s office on Tuesday released footage of the police shooting of a knife-wielding 60-year-old man in Astoria earlier this year as the AG continues their investigation into the officers who shot the fatal bullets.
Read MoreMeeks still mulling over making mayoral endorsement
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Despite Democratic party bosses in several other boroughs in the city throwing their weight behind Zohran Mamdani in his bid for mayor, Congressman Gregory Meeks, who serves as the chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party, has yet to weigh in on the race since Mamdani cruised to victory in the Democratic primary in June.
Read MoreNYPD’s quality-of-life units hit Queens’ streets
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Every police precinct in Queens will soon be outfitted with a team of officers whose sole purpose is to address quality-of-life issues, the mayor and police commissioner announced on Monday from Astoria.
Read MoreQueens Dems tap five judges to run for Supreme Court
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Five judges were nominated to run on the Queens County Democratic party line in the upcoming race for New York State Supreme Court on Thursday during the party’s annual judicial convention.
Read MoreQueensWay advocates move forward after federal claw back
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Advocates for the QueensWay, a linear High Line-like park planned for Central Queens, are pushing forward after millions of dollars in funding were stripped away by the Trump administration.
Read MoreCity 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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