Teen shot and killed in Southeast Queens park
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A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in Roy Wilkins Park in Southeast Queens on Thursday.
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Former Queens Defender staffer pleads guilty to defrauding nonprofit
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Rashad Ruhani pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Thursday, after admitting to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars that belonged to Queens Defenders, the legal nonprofit where he worked alongside Lori Zeno, his wife and the organization’s executive director.
Read MoreQueens candidates outraise Brooklyn BP in open congressional race
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Queens’ candidates running to replace Nydia Velázquez in New York’s 7th Congressional District outraised her chosen successor, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, during the most recent fundraising period, new filings show.
Read MoreNearly 100 candidates file petitions to run in Queens
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Nearly 100 people in the World’s Borough have submitted petitions to appear on the ballot in June’s primary elections for Assembly, State Senate and Congress.
Read MoreOfficer who ran over man in Queens park won’t be charged in his death
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The NYPD officer who ran over a man lying in a roadway in Flushing Meadows Corona Park last year will not be charged in his death, the New York State attorney general’s office said this week.
Read MoreAdvocates call for deportation status to be considered in guardianship cases
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As federal immigration agents continue their crackdown across the city and state, a new bill introduced by a Queens legislator seeks to streamline the process of keeping children of deported parents in the care of their family members.
Read MoreJudge declines to rule in Paladino case, questions Council’s harassment claims
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A Manhattan judge this week declined to rule from the bench on whether the City Council should halt its ethics case against Queens Republican Councilmember Vickie Paladino.
Read MoreAdvocates call on mayor to fully fund Right to Counsel
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Outside Brooklyn Housing Court on Monday morning, tenant organizers and legal aid attorneys led a rally on the courthouse sidewalk in support of expanding the city’s Right to Counsel program, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Comptroller Mark Levine toured inside.
Read MoreHip-hop journalist tied to Queens Defenders fraud case challenges FBI tactics
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Kimberly Osorio, the media personality who allegedly hid a cell phone for a Queens man accused of helping to steal $400,000 from legal nonprofit Queens Defenders, asked a judge to toss much of the evidence federal prosecutors plan to bring against her at trial.
Read MoreAssembly candidate posts AI deepfake of Hevesi days after fraud accusation
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Days after he was accused of fraud, Jonathan David Rinaldi posted an artificial intelligence-generated deepfake of his opponent, Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi, that appeared to push the limits of state law governing AI use in political campaigns.
Read MoreDepartment of Homeland Security sued for ‘illegal’ stops and arrests in New York
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Federal immigration agents have conducted thousands of unconstitutional stops and arrests on New Yorkers over the last year, targeting people based solely on race and without any probable cause, a new class action lawsuit claims.
Read MoreAlleged arsonist charged for setting Flushing fire that killed four
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Queens man Roman Amatitla was charged on Thursday with starting a fire that killed four and injured seven in Flushing last month.
Read MoreAfter wrongful conviction ruling, Queens man to again face trial for murder of estranged wife
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A Queens man will again be tried for the murder of his estranged wife, 33 years after the killing. But whether or not the trial will mark the true conclusion of the case that has snaked its way through state and federal courts for decades remains to be seen.
Read MoreFormer Queens Defenders staffer to plead guilty in fraud scheme
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Rashad Ruhani, a former Queens Defenders employee, is expected to plead guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the public defender group with the help of his wife, the organization’s former executive director, Lori Zeno.
Read MoreQueens residents still in the dark on Sunnyside Yard
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Long Island City residents say they are still in the dark about Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump’s $21 billion plan to build over ten thousand homes atop Sunnyside Yard, a proposal that caught many by surprise when it was announced in February.
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