Primary election day underway in Queens
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Queens voters tell the Eagle their thoughts on the first of two primary elections to be held in New York this year.
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Judge strikes down NYC immigrant voting law
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A Staten Island judge ruled Monday that a recently passed New York City law to expand the franchise by hundreds of thousands of people is unconstitutional.
Read MoreOpinion: How New York State should respond to overturning of Roe
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“For the first time in American history, our daughters will have fewer rights than their mothers.”
Read MoreAttorneys claim DOC cooked books to show compliance with court order
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Attorneys representing incarcerated clients on Rikers Island argued in court that the Department of Correction has been potentially fudging its data to show that it’s in compliance with its mandate to offer medical care to people in custody.
Read MoreQueens man jailed for corruption is running for both State Assembly and Senate
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State Senate or Assembly? That is the question. Albert Baldeo, a Queens man previously jailed for campaign related improprieties a decade ago, says both.
Read MoreMayor defends DOC amid spate of detainee deaths
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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 MoreAstoria generating battery storage gets state approval
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New 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 MoreIn-NO-vation QNS: Massive development in Astoria voted down by local community board
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The 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 MoreTwo die on Rikers, seventh and eight this year
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For 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 MoreLocal bar associations release Queens judicial candidate ratings
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Two 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 lawmaker faces potential punishment for anti-LGBTQ+ remarks
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Queens 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 MoreProfessors’ free speech rights violated in case against Queens DA
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A 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 MoreCity will remain in control of Rikers after judge accepts action plan
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Mayor 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 MoreOpinion: Antisemitism at CUNY School of Law
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“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 MoreQueens man convicted of murdering NYPD detective shot by fellow officers
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Following 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.
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