Gianaris will not seek reelection
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State Senator Michael Gianaris, one of Queens’ most powerful envoys in Albany, will not run for reelection, he announced Monday.
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‘Queens chooses not to comply’: Richards rebukes Trump at inauguration
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards slammed the Trump administration’s deportation efforts while celebrating Queens’ diversity during his inauguration celebration over the weekend.
Read MoreMandatory court fees harm low-income families, advocates say
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Advocates and lawmakers recently rallied in support of a bill that would eliminate a number of court fees, which they say are often immense financial and emotional burdens for working class New Yorkers.
Read MoreFormer Queens lawmaker to run as Hochul’s lieutenant governor
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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday selected former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate, tapping the Queens native to run for lieutenant governor in the 2026 gubernatorial race.
Read MoreDiana Moreno cruises to victory in race to replace Mamdani in Assembly
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Diana Moreno was elected on Tuesday to replace Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the State Assembly, handily winning the three-way race in the low turnout special election.
Read MoreA quiet election day in Mamdani’s former Assembly district
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Turnout was sluggish but voters who showed up to cast their ballot in the special election to fill Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s former Assembly seat were energized.
Read MoreJulie Won jumps into Queens congressional race
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Queens City Councilmember Julie Won filed to run in the already crowded race to replace Nydia Velázquez in New York’s 7th Congressional District on Monday.
Read MoreQueens reps blast ICE but won’t call for its abolition
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Two of Queens’ longest-serving members of Congress sharply criticized the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement on Thursday, but stopped short of joining fellow Democrats calling for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Read MoreQueens lawmaker elected mayor
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Zohran Mamdani’s unprecedented rise from Western Queens assemblymember to national political figure reached a new peak Tuesday night, when he was elected mayor of New York City in an election that drew a historic number of voters.
Read MoreA divided Queens votes in record numbers
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Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo may both have unprecedented ties to the World’s Borough, but there was no love lost between their respective supporters in Queens as voters cast their ballots in the mayoral race in massive numbers on Tuesday.
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Texas man arrested for making ‘terroristic threats’ against Mamdani
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A Texas man was charged in Queens with making terroristic threats after he allegedly made several menacing phone calls and wrote Islamophobic and exploitative-laced emails to Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, earlier this year.
Read MoreA Queens council candidate appears to be using AI campaign images – should it matter?
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A Queens City Council candidate has a number of images on their website that appear to be generated by AI. He’s not the first and he won’t be the last. What should voters know about the rise of AI in politics?
Read MoreWhere the candidates for District 21 stand on Roosevelt Avenue
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The candidates running to represent District 21 in the City Council recently told the Eagle what they thought about the bustling but troubled strip on Roosevelt Avenue.
Read MoreHow the two sides of the Van Wyck will decide the race for District 28
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The Van Wyck Expressway, which runs north-south through parts of Queens, is one of the borough’s most infamous and frustrating highways – it's also the dividing line in one of its most contentious City Council races.
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