As lawmakers consider whether to extend a controversial law that allows for mentally ill people to be involuntarily committed, a new report shows the law’s implementation may be doing unseen harm.
Read MoreAfter a week of striking, attorneys and support staff in Manhattan returned to work on Tuesday, signaling the legal aid labor struggle that has boiled over in the past two weeks may be winding down.
Read MoreNew York State can’t tell Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to take off their masks, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
Read MoreSeveral city councilmembers from Queens are leading the legislative body in its new push to crack down on the proliferation of illegal e-bikes and e-scooters increasingly seen on the city’s streets.
Read MoreNearly 10 years to the day after Karina Vetrano was found brutally murdered in a Howard Beach park, the man serving a life sentence for her killing was given a chance to challenge his conviction.
Read MoreOnly a single member of the City Council’s Progressive Caucus has not signed on to a popular letter calling on Democratic leadership to push for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Read MoreAs the city’s public defender strike entered its second week, both sides of the picket line pointed the finger at one another for refusing to compromise on deals that would bring around 500 attorneys and legal staff back to work.
Read MoreAstoria locals and elected officials celebrated the opening of the controversial 31st Street bike lane over the weekend while several local businesses continue to fight it in court.
Read MoreThe mayor on Friday appointed a prominent criminal justice expert to lead the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, the NYPD’s oversight body, marking the first time in over six years that the watchdog group has had a permanent chairperson.
Read MoreThe Ozone Park and Queens community laid to rest a fallen neighbor on Friday.
Read MoreOfficials in Queens said this week that they want to reverse decades of underfunding of the borough’s largest and most well-known green space, Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Read MoreThe Mamdani administration announced a plan to build 1,000 homes on a vacant city-owned lot in Long Island City earlier this week – but some community leaders say the project won’t go far enough to make Queens' most expensive neighborhood more affordable.
Read MoreThe city’s “worst landlords” are facing a new class action lawsuit after they allegedly overcharged rent-stabilized Queens residents by millions of dollars without implementing legally required improvements to their apartments.
Read MoreFaculty members at Queens’ largest City University of New York college are pushing back against budget cuts, which have led to a number of cancelled classes and layoffs of adjunct professors.
Read MoreA public defender union has accused its employer of offering cash incentives to members who cross the picket line as a mass legal aid strike continues across the city.
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