Following the deaths of three detainees in less than a week, Mayor Eric Adams made a trip to Rikers Island on Wednesday to tout the Department of Correction’s clamp down on illegal weapons and to defend the agency's officers who have come under fire in the past year for missing work in large numbers.
Read MoreNew York State has given approval for an energy storage project in Astoria, opening the door to the next steps in the city’s journey away from fossil fuels.
Read MoreThe local Astoria community board denied developers’ request to reshape five-city blocks in the neighborhood, known as Innovation QNS, on Tuesday. The meeting was tense, as was the rally that saw supporters and opponents of the project clash face-to-face beforehand.
Read MoreFor the seventh and eighth times this year, two people detained on Rikers Island died while in Department of Correction custody on Monday and Tuesday.
Read MoreTwo of the four candidates running for one of two vacancies on the Queens Civil Court bench were given an “approved” rating by two local bar associations last week.
Read MoreQueens City Councilmember Vicki Paladino may be facing sanctions after she went on an online screed, vowing to withhold funding from schools that host drag queen events last week.
Read MoreA group of New York law professors had their right to free speech violated last year when the city’s top attorney attempted to prevent them from publicly publishing a number of misconduct claims against nearly two dozen current and former Queens prosecutors, a judge ruled this week.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams and his Department of Corrections commissioner, Louis Molina, will remain in control of Rikers Island for at least several months longer, a federal judge ruled this week.
Read More“Jewish and Israeli students deserve the same protections against hate and intolerance as any other community at CUNY, and it should not be up to the City Council to ensure this happens.”
Read MoreFollowing one of the longest trials in Queens Criminal Court this year, a jury convicted Jagger Freeman of murder in the death of an NYPD detective who was shot by his fellow officers during a robbery gone wrong in 2019.
Read MoreTwo men were indicted on attempted murder charges for allegedly perpetrating the attacks against an elderly Asian American woman and two good Samaritans who run a nearby pizza shop in Elmhurst and who intervened in the attack.
Read MoreThe city submitted its action plan to turn around the dysfunction on Rikers Island last week. Advocates say it’s not enough.
Read MoreAn appellate court struck down the state’s Assembly maps on Friday. The court ruled that the maps will be used this election cycle but redrawn before the 2024 election cycle.
Read MoreThe mayor and speaker of the City Council announced an early end to the city’s budgeting season on Friday. The City Council won big on a number of criminal justice and public safety budget items.
Read MoreAfter recently securing the funding needed for the largest component of the rebuild John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Port Authority will begin construction on Terminal One this summer.
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