Advocates sue city over redistricting lines in Queens
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A lawsuit filed in New York City Supreme Court on Friday may have the potential to throw a wrench into this year’s City Council elections.
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Sliwa helps launch Queens GOP club in progressive bastion
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Guardian Angels founder and former mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa is backing a new Republican club in Astoria aiming to challenge progressive politicians in Western Queens.
Read MoreFull Senate must vote on judicial nominees, judge rules
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The State Senate Judiciary Committee's initial rejection of chief judge nominee Hector LaSalle was unconstitutional and all future Court of Appeals nominees must receive a full Senate floor vote, a Suffolk County judge ruled on Tuesday.
Read MoreGrasso secures endorsement from former NYPD commish Bill Bratton
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George Grasso, a candidate for Queens district attorney and former administrative judge in Queens Supreme Court, Criminal Term, is touting the endorsement of former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, who he worked alongside in the department.
Read MoreParks, bars and jobs: Mets owner shares results of first six visioning sessions
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New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has shared the results of his first six visioning sessions, which were held to solicit feedback about what to build on the 50 acres of parking lot space surrounding Citi Field.
Read More‘Queens get the De Niro’: Astoria film studio backed by famed actor nears completion
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An Astoria movie studio backed by actor Robert De Niro is almost complete. “We're going to attract all of the film industry,” the mayor said after the final beam of the studio’s structure was installed. “To hell with California.”
Read MoreQueens resident faces eviction after allegedly denying landlord’s advances
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Advocates rallied in front of the Queens Civil Court building in support of a South Jamaica resident who is facing eviction from her home of 13 years after allegedly declining her landlord’s sexual advances.
Read MoreSenate rejects gov’s chief judge pick
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The State Senate rejected Governor Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge of the Court of Appeals in a surprise vote on Wednesday, putting an end to a constitutional standoff between the Democratic governor and Democratic majority in the legislature and marking the first time in New York State history a chief judge nominee has been rejected.
Read MoreCity to open asylum seeker housing in Long Island City hotel
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The Wingate by Wyndham Hotel in Long Island City will open up 144 rooms to asylum seekers and become the city’s seventh “Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center” and the first in Queens.
Read MoreTech snafu delays vote on controversial DOC plan to digitize detainee mail
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In an ironic twist, the Board of Correction’s plan to vote on a controversial proposal from the Department of Correction to use technology to digitize detainees’ mail was thwarted by faulty technology on Tuesday.
Read MoreQueens DA indicts 23 alleged Queens gang members
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz along with the mayor and police commissioner announced the indictments of nearly two dozen alleged Northwest Queens gang members in connection with gun and conspiracy charges on Tuesday.
Read MoreSenate leader defends LaSalle rejection following lawsuit
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“We're entitled to make our rules,” Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said after a lawsuit was filed alleging that she improperly ended the chief judge nomination of Hector LaSalle. “I'm disappointed, but the reality is that I think it was pretty clear in the committee meeting the votes were not there for Judge LaSalle.”
Read MoreQueens officials slam ‘devastating’ city budget
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“This is not fair, this is deplorable,” one community board chair said of the mayor’s proposed budget. “We paid some of the highest taxes in the city per capita. We're not getting anything over here except more shelters, less transportation, less supermarkets. I mean, what are we doing? I'm beating my head against the wall.”
Read MoreQueens Dems pick Civil Court candidates to support in 2023 primary
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The Queens County Democratic Party voted to support five candidates to fill five judicial vacancies on the Queens Civil Court bench last week.
Read MoreBest pizza competition ends in victory for Rockaway Beach joint
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Rocco’s of Roc Beach is the best pizza joint in all of Queens, according to the Queens Chamber of Commerce’s first-ever Best Pizza Competition, which wrapped up last week.
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