The City Council this week unanimously passed a bill that would require the Department of Correction to be more transparent about its use of a work release program meant to reduce the number of people housed on Rikers Island.
Read MoreAfter years of garnering excitement almost exclusively, the state’s plan to build a light rail through parts of Queens and Brooklyn ruffled some feathers at a public hearing in Middle Village earlier this month.
Read MoreQueens Jewish leaders and elected officials broke ground on a planned memorial dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust outside Borough Hall on Tuesday.
Read MoreA longtime nonprofit leader from Astoria officially launched her campaign to succeed Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Assembly this week, a move that turns the contest for his open seat into a rare, all-Democratic Socialists of America member showdown.
Read MoreA federal judge on Monday tossed out the criminal cases brought against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey after finding that the prosecutor that brought the charges had been illegally appointed by the Trump administration.
Read MoreThe Empire State’s highest court ruled there is a time when a person is not entitled to a full jury trial — when they deliberately and illegally sabotage the jury themselves.
Read MoreMayor-elect Zohran Mamdani greatly expanded the breadth of his transition team on Monday as he prepares to take office in January.
Read MoreAreas around Queens’ nearly 20 last mile warehouses are prone to worse traffic, more crashes and persistent worker safety issues, a new report from the city’s comptroller says.
Read MoreA 38-year-old man on Rikers Island became the 13th person this year to die in Department of Correction custody, agency officials announced on Friday.
Read MoreRepresentative Nydia Velázquez announced Thursday night she will retire next year, opening up a new primary for a congressional seat in Queens and Brooklyn.
Read MoreThe first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
Read MoreThirty-two members of an alleged street gang were arrested this week for over a dozen shootings across Queens that took the lives of rival gang members and innocent bystanders alike – and nearly a third of the defendants are underaged.
Read MoreThe city’s only publicly funded law school is getting a multiple million-dollar renovation that will bring new community spaces to students, nonprofits and New Yorkers seeking legal assistance.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul approved the state’s plan to redevelop a long-neglected site in Queens, kicking off what is expected to be over a decade of construction in the easternmost section of the borough, she announced Thursday morning.
Read MoreA battle is brewing within the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, a wealthy suburban enclave nestled in Central Queens that has been locked in a legal fight with Forest Hills Stadium over concert noise and other alleged chaos brought about by the shows.
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