After decades of false starts, Willets Point development begins to come together
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The first phase of the Willets Point redevelopment is finally coming together.
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Court rules against Queens redistricting lawsuit
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A State Supreme Court judge rejected late last week a lawsuit from Queens residents alleging that the New York City Districting Commission unfairly drew council redistricting lines that split Queens’ South Asian communities.
Read MoreProtestors debate with Aubry over casino bill
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Protestors went back and forth with State Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry this weekend over his bill to clear the way for Mets owner Steve Cohen to put a casino on the Citi Field parking lot.
Read MoreParole reform gets final push before end of legislative session
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With just several weeks left before the end of the state’s legislative session, hundreds of criminal justice reform advocates rallied in Albany in support of two bills that would alter the state’s parole process for elderly incarcerated individuals.
Read MoreDoes Flushing need a bus depot? Lawmaker says, ‘yes’
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A Queens lawmaker says she has a solution for the congestion caused by city buses in Downtown Flushing.
Read MoreNew poll shows support for Citi Field casino
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A majority of Queens residents are ready to go all-in on the plan to bring a casino to Citi Field, according to a new poll commissioned by the development group behind the plan.
Read MoreArdila hires prominent attorney amid alleged probe into sexual assault allegations
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Assemblymember Juan Ardila has allegedly hired a prominent attorney following sexual assault allegations made against him in March. The revelation came after he was confronted by several of his fellow elected officials and community board members at a board meeting.
Read More‘Partial win, partial loss’: Assigned counsel get pay raise but say more is needed
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For the first time in decades, attorneys who represent indigent clients and children on the state’s dime have been given a pay raise.
Read MoreHochul signs bail changes into law
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Governor Kathy Hochul was joined by the mayor and the city’s district attorneys in Manhattan on Wednesday as she signed changes to the state’s bail reforms into law.
Read MoreWilson celebrates first Law Day as chief judge
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Civics, civility and collaboration – according to the New York State Bar Association, those are the “cornerstones of democracy.” But newly-sworn-in Chief Judge Rowan Wilson dissents.
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‘National model to national embarrassment’: BPs call on city to fully fund Right to Counsel
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Four of the city’s five borough presidents, including Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, said in an open letter this week that the city must do more to fund its Right to Counsel program.
Read MoreAsian American judges remain underrepresented in NY’s courts
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“The Asian American legal community and judicial community has work to do to get our footing in the judiciary.”
Read MoreDOC taps former FDNY spokesperson to lead communications team
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Department of Correction leaders tapped a longtime city spokesperson to serve as its deputy commissioner for public information.
Read MoreResidents set strike dates for higher wages at two Queens hospitals
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Interns and residents at two of Queens’ hospitals have announced that they will soon go on strike after the health network that runs the facilities did not meet their union’s demands for higher wages.
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