Mayor vetoes pair of criminal justice reform bills
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Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed a pair of recently passed City Council bills, setting up an imminent showdown with the legislature that the mayor is likely to lose.
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Queens man cuffed for stabbing spree
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Police arrested a 27-year-old on Wednesday that they believe stabbed half a dozen people in separate incidents across Queens this month.
Read MoreOpening of new Southeast Queens precinct delayed
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A new police precinct in Southeast Queens was originally supposed to be completed this month. However, the project with a history of delays is again delayed, and won’t be completed until at least the spring.
Read MoreOpinion: Police stops in NYC are at their highest level since 2015. The NYPD doesn’t want us to know just how high
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As public defenders, we know that even low-level encounters impact New Yorkers’ core constitutional “right to be left alone.” Under the law, we have the right to refuse to answer questions or simply to leave these encounters. In reality, few people feel empowered to walk away from an armed police officer questioning them.
Read MorePolice bust alleged Queens family drug cartel
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Eleven people were arranged on drug charges across three counties this week, including Queens, as part of a wild family business – peddling cocaine and fentanyl-laced heroin around the greater New York area.
Read MoreFive dead, three injured in bloody Far Rock stabbing
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A violent and bloody stabbing spree in Far Rockaway on Sunday left the perpetrator and four others dead and three people, including two cops, injured.
Read MoreAdult Survivors Act cases brought against Slick Rick, DOC, nonprofit leader in Queens
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Doctors, police officers, a serial killer, scores of correctional officers, a trailblazing rapper, a prominent restauranteur and a dozen others were accused of sexual abuse in Queens last week as the window to file claims under the state’s Adult Survivors Act came to a close.
Read MoreBots and robbers: Mayor unveils new subway-patrolling NYPD robot
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Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD unveiled a new subway-patrolling robot on Friday, which, despite recent criticism of crime fighting bots, Adams hopes will get a warm reception from New Yorkers.
Drones to patrol for sharks on Queens beaches
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The city is deploying drones o patrol the city’s beaches for sharks after a woman was sent to the hospital with an apparent shark bite on Monday.
Read MoreOne-on-one with Department of Probation head Juanita Holmes
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The Eagle recently sat down with Department of Probation Commissioner Juanita Holmes to discuss the workings of the department, what her goals for the agency are, how she views public safety in New York, the impending closure of Rikers Island, her relationship with the former police commissioner and more.
Read More19-year-old killed while waiting for bus in Rockaway
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A 19-year-old girl was killed on Saturday after a driver hit her while she was waiting for the bus in Rockaway Beach.
Read MoreMan sentenced to 19-years for shooting of off-duty cop
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Chad Collie, the 20-year-old found responsible for the wounding of an off-duty rookie NYPD officer last year, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced this week.
Read MoreKatz expands business program to Astoria
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is expanding her business improvement program to Astoria.
Read MoreControversial robots to police city streets
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NYPD brass and Mayor Eric Adams unveiled three new tech projects for the department, including the return of the controversial “digidog”.
Read MoreArdila’s accuser cooperates with sexual assault probe
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One of the women who recently accused Queens State Assemblyman Juan Ardila of sexual assault during a 2015 party is participating in a sex crimes probe into the incident.
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