Mayor vetoes pair of criminal justice reform bills
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Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed a pair of recently passed City Council bills, setting up an imminent showdown with the legislature that the mayor is likely to lose.
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In bid to unseat Ardila, Valdez endorsed by Make the Road Action
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Claire Valdez, the Democratic Socialist of America-backed candidate challenging embattled lawmaker Juan Ardila in next year’s race for Assembly District 37, was endorsed this week by Make the Road Action.
Read MoreIn LIC, a BID expansion raises questions about role of local government
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The Long Island City Partnership is attempting to expand further into LIC. Its expansion has raised questions about the role a public-private partnership should have in providing services typically provided by local government.
Read MoreNYCFC officially begins city review of Willets Point stadium plans
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The city, a group of developers and the New York City Football Club officially kicked off their bid to bring New York City’s first-ever soccer stadium to Queens this week.
Read MoreCity not likely to use Aqueduct to house migrants
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The potential migrant shelter at Aqueduct Racetrack at Resorts World Casino, which was floated by city officials as a possibility along with the Creedmoor site in mid-July, no longer seems like a viable option for shelter, city officials confirmed to the Eagle this week.
Read MoreTrans district leader launches bid to unseat Ardila
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Émilia Decaudin, a 24-year-old democratic socialist who became one of the state’s first openly transgender district leaders in 2020, announced this week that she’s mounting a bid to unseat Juan Ardila in the Assembly.
Read MoreQueens incumbents cruise to victory
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The theory goes that with low voter turnout comes few surprises for the incumbents – and that held true during Tuesday’s primary election in Queens.
Read MoreQueens sees low primary day turnout despite competitive races
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It was raining and pouring, and most of Queens’ polling sites during Tuesday’s primary election were snoring.
Read MoreCity bar association doesn't approve a single candidate in one of Queens’ Civil Court races
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In a rare rejection of an entire slate of candidates, all three judicial hopefuls in the race for Civil Court judge in Queens’ 6th Municipal District were rated “not approved” by the New York City Bar Association this week.
Read MoreDiscovery reform rollback doesn’t make final budget cut
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A controversial proposal to rollback the state’s 2019 discovery reforms was struck from the state’s budget at the final moments this week.
Read MoreAs Assembly lines are approved, Queens locals rally against them in Richmond Hill
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As lawmakers approved State Assembly district lines on Monday, a group of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean advocates rallied in South Queens to protest the newly approved lines, which they say maintain unfair districts that splits up and dilutes their growing political voice.
Read MoreSantos launches re-election bid
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He’s lied about a lot of things but George Santos appears to be telling the truth about his intention to run for re-election in 2024.
Read MoreQueens progressives rally in Astoria for budget goals
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In the midst of budget fights at both the city and state levels, progressive elected officials from around Queens rallied in Astoria on Wednesday to push for the inclusion of a number of progressive causes in New York’s fiscal documents.
Read MoreGovernor and AG urge redrawing of congressional district lines
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Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James filed a brief calling for the congressional redistricting maps to be redrawn, potentially beginning another episode in a drawn out redistricting saga that saw multiple versions of maps and ongoing court battles.
Read MoreLawmakers pitch plan to lower Rikers population
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A group of city councilmembers introduced Tuesday a plan to lower Rikers Island’s population over the next several years ahead of its legally mandated closure in 2027.
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