Fraudsters impersonate courts in scheme targeting New Yorkers
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Scammers recently began imitating court officials, attempting to trick New Yorkers into thinking they owe fines to New York City Criminal Court.
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State immigration legal services can’t keep up with demand, new report finds
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Families racing to find legal documents while they’re detained, missing court appearances out of fear, getting deported to countries they have no ties to – immigrant New Yorkers regularly faced these situations this past year as legal aid services struggled to meet newfound demand, a new report shows.
Read MoreOpinion: New York City Parks finds a new way to push SQPA out of Roy Wilkins Park
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“Families are being presented with a false choice: Send your children to a brand-new, $92 million facility, or continue using an aging building that has been allowed to deteriorate.”
Read MoreMeng draws in more support for reelection bid
/Queens Representative Grace Meng was endorsed by retiring Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez on Monday as she continues to draw support in her reelection bid against an insurgent progressive in New York’s 6th Congressional District.
Read MoreMonitor raises alarm over missing fire safety info on Rikers Island
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The Department of Correction has stonewalled a court monitor looking for answers about fire safety practices in the city’s jails, even as more than 40 fires were started by detainees over the last weeks of 2025, according to a new report.
Read MoreQueens dog owners call for accountability after their pup was killed in Sunnyside
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A Queens couple is looking for justice more than a month after their Italian greyhound, Neelu, was mauled to death by a group of dogs in Sunnyside.
Read MoreAnother detainee death at Rikers marks second in less than a week
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A 49-year-old man from Queens awaiting trial on Rikers Island died on Sunday, becoming the second detainee in the troubled jail complex to die in the last week.
Read MoreNew Forest Hills Gardens regime settles federal lawsuit with city
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The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, which represents homeowners in the historic Queens neighborhood, has settled a lawsuit it brought last year against the city over how the NYPD polices the area during events at Forest Hills Stadium.
Read MoreQueens students pitch constitutional amendments to borough’s judges
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It was a long grueling day of legal debate for a group of around a dozen Queens high school students last week, as they were given the unique chance to introduce and defend their own constitutional amendments before actively sitting judges in Queens Supreme Court.
Read MoreWhale washes up on Queens shore
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A 30- to 40-foot sei whale washed up on the beach in Rockaway on Thursday afternoon.
Read MoreOpening Day marks new era for Mets on and off the field
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New York Mets fans got their first glimpse of a new era Thursday as a reshaped team took the field on Opening Day and as early construction work on Steve Cohen’s casino project came into view outside Citi Field.
Read MoreDetainee dies on Rikers Island as new leadership takes over troubled jails
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A 39-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Thursday, marking the first death in the dangerous jail complex this year and the first since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office.
Read MoreEtihad Park hits milestone as Willets Point blooms
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The final steel beam was placed atop Etihad Park in Willets Point on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in not just the stadium’s construction, but that of the new neighborhood soon-to-be built in Queens.
Read MoreStaffing woes continue to stall opening of completed Bellevue jail ward
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The city still doesn’t have a timeline to open an already-constructed hospital jail ward meant to hold detainees with serious physical illness, despite new leadership in City Hall and the Department of Correction, who say they are fully committed to reversing the massive delay.
Read MoreFormer Rikers officer sentenced to two years in prison for sex abuse
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A former Rikers Island correctional officer who was convicted last December of sexually abusing a woman in his Queens home was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday.
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