$1 Bail Fail Initiated Latest Reforms
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A stunning bail system failure helped initiate a slate of jail reform bills signed into law Tuesday — though they came a few years too late for one Rikers detainee.
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Touro’s Unique Online Program Improves Access to Law School
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With an online workload and intensive Sunday class schedule, Touro Law Center is making a law degree possible for people who work or raise families full-time — all while complying with American Bar Association standards.
Nuanced Directives, Power of Attorney Can Stem Elder Abuse
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A Jamaica man was charged with tricking his 101-year-old neighbor into handing over the deed to his house last week. A trio of Maspeth thieves pleaded guilty to posing as grandchildren and even recruiting kids in order to rob senior citizens’ homes in July. And in Flushing, a man allegedly begged an elderly victim to wire him $41,000 to post non-existent bail in the Dominican Republic.
Those are just three examples of elder abuse, fraud and predation that have made their way to Queens County Criminal Court in recent weeks.
Read More25 Took First Step to Second Chance at LIFE Camp
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Roughly 25 Queens residents visited LIFE Camp in Jamaica to take the first step toward a second chance Monday night.
Read More25 Took First Step to Second Chance at LIFE Camp
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Roughly 25 Queens residents visited LIFE Camp in Jamaica to take the first step toward a second chance Monday night.
Read MoreLIBI, Plaza and NYSCR Are the Key To Lucrative Court Reporting Careers
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Fast fingers mean big bucks for court reporters in Queens. In fact, court reporters can earn well over $100,000 a year once they learn to write 225 words per minute.
Release of Man From Jail Before Murder, Rape Spurs Outrage
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Only weeks before a nurse was slain and another woman sexually assaulted on opposite sides of the country, a New York judge released the suspect without bail in a separate strangulation case — not knowing he had a violent criminal history involving women.
Read MoreCrime-Free Decade Lets Offenders Have Their Convictions Sealed, But Only 24 Have Benefited in Queens
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It was supposed to steer people with criminal convictions toward a second chance, but so far, a state record-sealing law has been stuck in first gear.
Read MoreTouro Law ‘17 Achieves All-Time High Employment Rate
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With more than nine out of 10 graduates securing jobs in their first ten months after law school, Touro Law Center’s Class of 2017 found employment at a record rate, according to the American Bar Association’s latest employment report.
Read MoreCrime-Free Decade Lets Offenders Have Their Convictions Sealed, But Only 24 Have Benefited in Queens
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It was supposed to steer people with criminal convictions toward a second chance, but so far, a state record-sealing law has been stuck in first gear.
Read More9 New Professors Join CUNY Law Faculty
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CUNY School of Law students will encounter nine new faculty members, including three alumni, when classes resume later this month.
Read MoreJamaica Swindler Tried to ‘Housejack’ A 101-Year-Old
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He swindled a centenarian out of house and home. Now he’s facing 15 years in the big house.
Ricardo Bentham, 58, was hit with a slew of charges for allegedly filing a fake deed and stealing a home from his 101-year-old neighbor, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced Thursday.
Read MoreQueens Murder Dropped, Shooting Incidents Rose In ‘Safest July’ on Record
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Murder dropped boroughwide last month, contributing to a citywide decrease in crime that resulted in the safest July on record and earned plaudits from top city officials. But in Queens, the number of shooting incidents, shooting victims and rapes all increased in Queens over the past 28 days.
Read MoreNYPD Won’t Arrest Fare-Beaters With Summons Warrants
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Slipping through the closing emergency door, squeezing two people into one section of a revolving subway entrance, hopping over the turnstile — every straphanger has seen it. So have the cops.
Legal Hand Empowers Low-Income Queens — And Wants Help
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Amid an immigration crackdown, affordable housing crisis and pervasive poverty, one Jamaica organization is reaching out to low-income residents and putting power and knowledge into their hands.
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