Notorious jail barge cut from city’s shores
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The city’s notorious jail barge was cut from its shores last week and sent south to be turned into scrap metal, putting an end to a dark chapter in the city’s history.
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Queens court officer honored for discovering gun smuggled in court
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Thousands of people come through the doors of the state’s Criminal Courts every day, where hundreds of court officers work to make sure the buildings remain safe.
Read MoreState greenlights controversial gas pipeline off Queens coast
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The controversial natural gas pipeline that will run just miles from Queens’ shores secured its final approval from the state on Friday.
Read MoreCommunity members feel left out after Creedmoor housing cuts
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Members of a community advisory committee created to weigh in on the plan to redevelop the Creedmoor campus in Eastern Queens were left out of discussions that resulted in the slashing of units associated in the project.
Read MoreMy neighbor, the mayor: What it's like to live on the same Astoria block as the mayor-elect
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For the couple hundred people who live next door, or across the street, or down the block from him, Zohran Mamdani’s victory hits close to home. In two months, the most powerful person in New York City will know exactly what life is like for the small group of Queens residents who live alongside him every day.
Read MoreQueens elects three new councilmembers, sends all incumbents back to office
/Queens elected three new representatives to the City Council on Tuesday, while also sending all Council incumbents on the ballot back to the legislature for another four years.
Read MoreQueens lawmaker elected mayor
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Zohran Mamdani’s unprecedented rise from Western Queens assemblymember to national political figure reached a new peak Tuesday night, when he was elected mayor of New York City in an election that drew a historic number of voters.
Read MoreA divided Queens votes in record numbers
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Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo may both have unprecedented ties to the World’s Borough, but there was no love lost between their respective supporters in Queens as voters cast their ballots in the mayoral race in massive numbers on Tuesday.
Read MoreA Queens mayor – one way or another
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Since Queens became a part of New York City in 1898, none of the 23 men who served as the city’s mayor were born in Queens or represented the borough in political office. On Election Day, that is likely to change.
Read MoreAdvocates demand overhaul of struggling Right to Counsel program
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New York’s Right to Counsel program saw some improvement in 2025 after struggling for years, but is still performing well below expectations as incoming federal cuts spread anxiety about the program’s future.
Read MoreMaspeth man found not guilty in hit-and-run that caused child’s death
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A Queens man managed to avoid a felony conviction after a jury found him not guilty for the death of a three-year-old boy on Friday.
Read MoreCity to send notorious jail barge to Louisiana in the coming days
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The notorious floating jail complex off Rikers Island known as “The Boat” is being moved south to be turned into scrap metal.
Read MoreQueens tenant sues Zara Realty and attorneys for ‘weaponizing’ courts
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A 57-year-old home health aide, is suing her landlord, Zara Realty, for “using the courts as a weapon, “ as well the landlord’s attorneys for rubber-stamping lawsuits against her.
Read MoreMajor Queens rezonings move forward after Council votes
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The city’s plans to transform large swaths of two of Queens’ most bustling neighborhoods both cleared Council votes on Wednesday, setting the stage for the rezoning of nearly 300 blocks of the World’s Borough to encourage the construction of nearly 27,000 new homes.
Read MoreQueens robbery case overturned after court says police violated suspect’s rights
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An appeals court overturned the conviction of a Queens man after judges said police officers improperly frisked the man who led them on a high-speed car chase throughout St. Albans in 2018.
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