Queens to host nearly a dozen free World Cup watch parties
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Watch the World Cup in the World’s Borough at one of nearly a dozen free watch parties happening across Queens over the next month.
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State lawmakers fail to advance bills that would grow NY’s Supreme Court
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A popular bill that promised to give New York the means to appoint more desperately needed trial court justices failed to make it out of the legislature last week, leaving its future, as well as the prospect of increasing the number of justices in the state, uncertain.
Read MoreQueens officials press MTA to pay attention to poor conditions to transit in Woodside
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Elected officials in Western Queens want the MTA to turn its attention to their properties in the area, which have been plagued by delayed construction, poor conditions and illegal dumping.
Read MoreNew evidence fuels bid to toss convictions in 1975 Queens murder
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Two Queens men who each served around three decades in prison are asking a judge to toss their conviction after they uncovered new evidence that they say proves their innocence.
Read MoreQueens has a bright future, officials say
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Borough, city and state officials said they were optimistic about the future of Queens at a forum held at New York Law School on Wednesday.
Read MoreHeavily amended criminal court transparency bill passed by lawmakers
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A bill passed by the state legislature on Tuesday offers a small first step into shedding light on how judges make important decisions that affect every day New Yorkers.
Read MoreMan pleads guilty to harassing Mamdani but avoids potential 60-year sentence
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A man who was arrested for allegedly threatening Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a series of voicemails pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge on Wednesday, avoiding a 60-year prison sentence he once faced.
Read MoreForest Hills Stadium to donate portion of drink proceeds to Queens youth program
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Forest Hills Stadium will donate a portion of all beverage proceeds made this concert season to a Queens youth charity.
Read MoreCrime in Queens drops as citywide numbers hit record lows
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Crime continued to plummet in the World’s Borough in the first five months of the year.
Read MoreDOC boss defends proposed cut to difficult-to-fill officer jobs on Rikers
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The commissioner of the Department of Correction on Tuesday defended a nearly 600-officer cut proposed by the mayor, despite asking the City Council for more funds to hire and recruit officers only a couple of months ago.
Read MoreQueensLink stalls under Mamdani, a one-time supporter of the rail line
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving ahead with the city’s plan to build the QueensWay park project instead of the ambitious QueensLink rail project in Southeast Queens, which he vocally supported in the Assembly and on the campaign trail.
Read MoreApplications open for free Queens 2-K seats
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Southeast and Central Queens parents can now apply to get their kids into the city’s new 2-K program.
Read MoreFounder and longtime head of Brooklyn Defender Services to step down
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The founder and longtime executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services, the city’s second-largest public defense firm, will retire at the end of the year.
Read MoreMayor backs trio of Queens state candidates
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed three candidates running to represent Queens in Albany over the weekend, around half a year after he left the legislature for Gracie Mansion.
Read MoreQueens residents sue city’s ‘worst landlord’ over crumbling building
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Queens residents brought one of the city’s most notorious landlords to court on Monday after they said over 350 violations plaguing their building had gone unaddressed for years.
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