NYCFC to officially open 2027 season in Queens
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Queens’ soon-to-be hometown soccer team, New York City Football Club, will play their first match at Etihad Park in summer 2027, the team announced this week.
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Judge tosses suit that alleged Adams ran NYPD as a ‘racketeering enterprise’
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A federal judge tossed a lawsuit brought by former interim NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon against Mayor Eric Adams and the agency he formerly led, accusing them of using the police department to run a criminal conspiracy empire.
Read MoreAppeals court again rebukes Queens judge for acting like a prosecutor
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For the second time in a month, a state appellate court has overturned a Queens conviction after finding that a trial judge abandoned his role as neutral referee, asking witnesses more than 800 questions and berating the defense attorney in front of the jury.
Read MoreCourts saw major increase in trials last year, data shows
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After the pandemic significantly slowed the number of trials taking place in New York’s courts, the Unified Court System saw a major increase in the number of trials commenced in 2025, a trend that experts say could lead to even faster case processing in 2026.
Read MoreQueens environmental groups sue over Flushing Creek de-pollution project
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Local environmentalists are suing the city over a plan to address sewage pollution in Flushing Creek that they worry will bring negative impacts for the Queens waterway.
Read MoreQueens pols and civic leaders sue Mamdani over FOIL request regarding Israel EOs
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A group of Queens electeds and civic leaders are suing Mayor Zohran Mamdani over a Freedom of Information Law request demanding he explain his reasoning for eliminating an Adams administration executive order regarding the definition of antisemitism.
Read MoreQueens pols call on notorious landlord to pay up after 2023 fire
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Queens residents are calling on A&E Real Estate, which was named the worst landlord in the city earlier this year, to pay $6 million to cover damages they suffered in a fire that evicted them from their homes more than two years ago.
Read MoreMamdani threatens property tax increase to balance budget if state won’t fill gap
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani threatened to dramatically raise property taxes in order to balance the city’s budget if the state does not raise taxes on New York’s wealthiest residents and corporations.
Read More‘Failed many’: Queens judge blasts mental health system during arraignment of Jabez Chakraborty
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A Queens judge decried the state’s mental health system on Friday during the arraignment of Jabez Chakraborty, a 22-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia who charged at a cop with a knife after his family called 911 for medical help last month.
Read MoreGovernor faces more calls to expanded civil legal services funding
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Over 100 bar associations and legal organizations called on the governor to fully invest in a public fund for civil legal services, and warned staff cuts would follow if funding wasn’t secured.
Read MoreIndigent legal services face $120 million ‘funding sweep’ from governor
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The director of New York’s Office of Indigent Legal Services called on the state legislature to prevent the governor from taking over $120 million in funding from the office, and warned the funding sweep could have a dire impact on low-income New Yorkers’ ability to access free legal services.
Read More‘Queens is the future,’ borough’s new road signs declare
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New signage greeting travelers on the borough’s major thoroughfares reads “Queens is the Future,” a nod to the borough’s diversity, vibrancy, growth as a destination and rise as a political power.
Read MoreWorking Families Party backs LeGrand for Southeast Queens Assembly seat
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The New York Working Families Party is endorsing Latoya LeGrand in her bid to succeed her former boss, State Assemblymember Vivian Cook, in the legislature, setting up a clash between the progressive group and the Queens County Democratic Party in a part of the borough the Dems have historically dominated.
Read MoreHochul cites Queens fraud ring as she pushes auto insurance overhaul in budget
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Governor Kathy Hochul earlier this week cited a sprawling insurance fraud ring run by two Queens women when pushing for a slate of auto insurance reforms she hopes to pass in the state budget.
Read MoreMamdani grilled by old colleagues as city works to close budget gap
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani returned to his old Albany stomping grounds on Wednesday to ask for the state’s help in closing a $7 billion shortfall in the city’s budget.
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