“It's a great day to be able to get out with people and just kind of BS and talk about what their favorite bagels are and the experiences we had – it's just a great vessel for conversation.”
Read More“At 16-years-old, I waived my rights without understanding them, and that culminated in a false confession that ultimately cost me 16 years in prison for murder and rape prior to DNA evidence exonerating me. But my case is not the only one.”
Read More“It's really disgusting that we're even being put in this situation, to be always trying to survive, scraping by with a law degree and with the amount of experience that we have,” said one Legal Aid Society attorney. Contract negotiations between the attorneys’ union and the Legal Aid Society have been ongoing for seven months.
Read MoreThe Department of Correction named a new official to help lead its health programming – an appointment that comes as the agency continues to face allegations that it has failed to provide medical treatment to detainees on Rikers Island.
Read MoreWhat do court officials have to say about the governor’s recent budget proposal?
Read MoreIn his latest attempt to combat unlicensed weed sellers shopping their wares in the now-legal marijuana market, Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said on Tuesday that they’re turning to the civil law book.
Read MoreAn elderly man died on Rikers Island over the weekend, marking the first time an incarcerated individual has died in the troubled jail facility this year.
Read MoreAlmost three years removed from the onset of the COVID pandemic, Mayor Eric Adams pulled back the vaccination requirement for city workers this week, repealing a measure put in place by his mayoral predecessor in the fall of 2021.
Read MoreCourt reporters are a key facet of the court system – the “guardians of the record,” must certify the all important transcription of the court’s proceedings, which become the record of the case. But in recent years, the ranks of court reporters in Queens and the city has dwindled.
Read MoreNow dwarfed by the high-rise office buildings and condos that surround it in Hunters Point, the Long Island City Courthouse may seem little out of place in the neighborhood. But its construction played a vital role in the consolidation of New York City and the founding of Nassau County. Its legacy continues to have major ramifications today.
Read MoreTake a look at who has started raising money in the upcoming Queens City Council races.
Read More“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.
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