“I don't begrudge any organizations or anybody from setting up their private schools, my concern is when those private schools want public dollars, and that's exactly what's happening here,” Queens State Senator John Liu said of Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to increase the number of charter schools in New York.
Read MoreThe infamous Creedmoor campus has been mostly abandoned for decades. Now, state and local officials are beginning to wonder – what will it become in the future?
Read MoreYour state senator thinks they know where the best pizza in Queens is – are they right?
Read MoreQueens locals, officials and community leaders gathered on the steps of Queens Borough Hall on Monday night for an emotional vigil for Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was killed by Memphis police officers after they excessively beat him during a traffic stop earlier this month.
Read MoreSeveral weeks after the Eagle first reported on an opaque lobbying group’s campaign in support of the governor’s controversial chief judge nominee, two lawmakers announced that they are introducing legislation that would require lobbying efforts around judicial nominations to be reported to the state.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, the Port Authority put the controversial plan to build an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport on pause and launched a review of a number of alternate public transit options to the northwest Queens airport. But what ever happened to that review?
Read More“That should be infuriating to everyone – I can't even tell you reliably how long people are in these disgusting cells that lack very basic services.”
Read MoreDozens of lawmakers and South Asian residents of Queens made their way to Albany to rally in support of a bill that would make Diwali a holiday recognized in the New York City public school system. Even with over two dozen state lawmakers signed onto the legislation, community leaders in Queens remain skeptical of the efforts being made to complete a promise that they say has been made to them before.
Read MoreLawmakers in Albany are looking to pass a bill that would codify many of the reforms Governor Kathy Hochul has promised to make to the state’s clemency process.
Read MoreRobert Webster, a Queens man who served over three decades in prison, was one of over 100 formerly incarcerated New Yorkers to make a trip to Albany on Wednesday to reignite the push to pass the Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole bills, both of which have received widespread support from lawmakers and advocates in the past but have yet to make it to the governor’s desk.
Read MoreA former chief judge of the Court of Appeals – and a noted supporter of Hector LaSalle, the recently rejected nominee for chief judge – says the governor has a solid case to bring should she decide to sue the State Senate for failing to bring LaSalle’s nomination to the floor of the legislature.
Read MoreGeorge Santos, the freshman congressman representing Nassau County and parts of Northeastern Queens, has few friends these days. Now, his circle is only getting smaller.
Read MoreAs a disabled survivor I want to make it clear that our most vulnerable members of society deserve so much better.
Read MoreQueens District Attorney Melinda Katz is facing a challenge from George Grasso, the former top judge in Queens’ Criminal Court. The two used to work out of the same building, and collaborated on a number of court initiatives. Take a peak into the early days of the campaigns – and their finances – here.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul’s controversial nominee for New York State’s highest judicial position, Hector LaSalle, was rejected by the State Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Wednesday following an unusually drawn out hearing, potentially setting the stage for a legal battle between the state’s top executive and the legislature.
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