The NYPD is unconstitutionally surveilling New Yorkers, new suit claims
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The NYPD’s wide-reaching surveillance apparatus is unconstitutionally spying on New Yorkers, a new federal suit alleges.
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Fate of OneLIC uncertain hours before key Council vote
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The fate of a plan to rezone and reshape 54-blocks of Long Island City is uncertain just hours before it’s scheduled to come before a key vote in the City Council.
Read MoreBattleground Queens: Mayoral candidates make last pitch to Queens voters amid early voting surge
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All three mayoral candidates made their final pitches to Queens voters on Sunday as polls opened to historic early voting turnouts over the weekend.
Read MoreQueens council hopeful continues voter misinformation campaign
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A Republican City Council candidate in Queens has doubled down on posting AI-generated videos and doctored photos seemingly designed to mislead voters in the weeks after the Eagle first reported on his misinformation campaign.
Read MoreQueens residents, NBA coach among dozens charged in mob-run poker scheme
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Federal agents arrested over two dozen people – including four from Queens and an NBA Hall of Famer – who they say were behind a mob-run poker ring that spanned multiple states and tricked a number of players out of millions of dollars.
Read MoreMayoral candidates spar over future of Rikers Island
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A question over the city’s plan to close Rikers Island and build four new borough-based jails as its replacement sparked one of the most contentious moments of Wednesday’s mayoral debate, the last before early voting gets underway this weekend.
Read MoreAttys question validity of stop that led to killing of cop in Queens
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Attorneys from the Legal Aid Society argued in court Wednesday that police officers weren’t justified when they made the stop that ultimately led to the shooting death of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller in Queens last year.
Read MoreBail reforms have led to less recidivism, report finds
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Recidivism and re-arrest frequency for people charged with nearly all crimes have significantly declined in the five years since cash bail was prohibited for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, a new report shows.
Read MoreFeds make another arrest in Queens Defenders fraud case
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A music media personality was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly hiding evidence in the ongoing fraud case against former Queens Defenders executive director Lori Zeno and her husband, Rashad Ruhani.
Read MoreCrawling out of ‘The Hole’: City promises overhaul of neglected Queens-BK neighborhood
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Mayor Eric Adams and city officials unveiled a comprehensive plan to overhaul one of the city’s most neglected and troubled neighborhoods on Tuesday, a little more than two months before he is set to leave office.
Read MoreState to begin crucial environmental review of IBX
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The state’s effort to build the Interborough Express, a new light-rail line from Jackson Heights to Southern Brooklyn, took a major step forward last week when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority began its environmental review of the project.
Read MoreBP gives $1 mil for improvements to Woodhaven Blvd. buses
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards allocated $1 million on Monday to kickstart the second phase of work to upgrade select bus service on Woodhaven Boulevard.
Read MoreFormer Queens Defenders boss to remain out on bond despite continued theft
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The controversial former head of Queens Defenders was let off with a warning by a judge on Monday after prosecutors alleged that she had continued to attempt to steal funds from her former nonprofit as she awaits trial.
Read MoreWhite nationalist group's banners hung throughout Queens
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Banners promoting the white nationalist group Patriot Front were hung from several overpasses along a major road over the weekend in Queens, the most diverse county in the United States.
Read MoreMayoral candidates spar over Roosevelt Avenue
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The three remaining men vying for New York City mayor sparred over how to address crime and improve quality of life on Roosevelt Avenue on Thursday during the first of two debates in the race.
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