The Janta House in Elmhurst was demolished over the course of a week in late April by developers who purchased the building from its former owner in the years before her death. The home was the subject of a widely-supported public campaign for landmarking status that ultimately failed.
Read MoreLess than a week before the city is required to prove to a federal judge that it should remain in control of Rikers Island, Mayor Eric Adams announced the creation of a citywide task force he says will get the dysfunctional jail under control.
Read MoreThe Department of Transportation updated traffic controls at a Forest Hills intersection on Monday in response to community concern about the intersection’s safety.
Read MoreJudge Kenneth Holder said Tuesday that Prakash Churaman’s attorney would no longer be allowed to physically share evidence in the case with his client, who will only be able to view the evidence in his attorney’s office. The order, according to Holder, is designed to limit communications with the press.
Read MoreBeach lovers across Queens were left wondering about the fate of a stretch of the borough’s beloved Rockaway coast following rumors of temporary summer closures of more than 20 blocks of shoreline.
Read MoreThe first phase of constructing the borough based jails is nearing completion in Kew Gardens.
Read MoreDashawn Carter had been in DOC custody for less than a week when he was found dead of suspected suicide inside the Anna M. Kross Center on Saturday, May 7, according to DOC officials.
Read MoreBreaking from the New York City and State Bar Associations, several bar associations representing Latino and Hispanic legal professionals have begun to voice their opposition to court leaders’ plan to reform the state’s decades-old court structure.
Read More“The mothers and daughters at Rosie’s deserve better. Many can be safely brought back to our families and communities to get treatment, services and support.”
Read MoreRally-goers called for federal abortion protection to be signed into law and for better support for those seeking abortions in states likely to implement restrictive laws if the SCOTUS decision is made official.
Read MoreA Queens Supreme Court judge has called for an unscheduled conference in the case of Prakash Churaman, who is weeks away from being tried a second time for the 2014 murder of 21-year-old Taquane Clark.
Read MoreAstoria residents and safe streets advocates held a vigil last week for Xing Long Lin, a Chinese immigrant and delivery driver who was killed by a driver after she ran him over and barreled into an open dining structure in Astoria a year ago Friday.
Read MoreThough Jagger Freeman didn’t shoot the gun that killed Detective Brian Simonsen, Queens prosecutors are pursuing a murder charge, which is allowed in New York State. His trial began Tuesday.
Read MoreQueens College and Farmingdale State College will host “Get Started in the Cannabis Industry” next month, a multi-day course that aims to teach participants how to open, manage or work in the marijuana business in New York.
Read MoreAs the state court system begins to formulate plans on a statewide restructuring, some of the people most essential to the daily operations are pushing back.
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