Not all of the 64,000 Queens voters who cast a ballot in the recent Democratic primary race for Queens district attorney bubbled in a vote for incumbent DA Melinda Katz or challengers George Grasso or Devian Daniels. Instead, a small portion of the Queens electorate chose to write-in a candidate for the borough’s top prosecutor.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul called for a special election to fill the vacant seat on Monday, setting election day for Sept. 12. The election day officially launches the race to fill Daniel Rosenthal’s seat as he moves on to a governmental relations job with the UJA-Federation, a Jewish non-profit.
After over a dozen years, the scaffolding that wraps around the front of the Queens County Supreme Court building in Downtown Jamaica will soon come down. But the crumbling facade that necessitated the installation of the wooden shedding 14 years ago is still not expected to be fixed anytime soon.
Read MoreFor the fourth time in as many weeks and for the seventh time this year, a man in the custody of the city’s Department of Correction has died.
Read MoreU.S. Senator Chuck Schumer announced on Sunday he is introducing a resolution to honor a Queens legend. Schumer, a Brooklyn native, announced this week that he intends to introduce a resolution to dub Aug. 3 “Tony Bennett Day,” in honor of the Queens-born singer who died last week.
Read MoreTraffic deaths continue to reach record numbers in Queens, transportation advocacy group Transportation Alternatives found in a recent report.
Read MoreWrongfully incarcerated man turned justice advocate Jeffrey Deskovic speaks to students and interns at Queens Supreme Court, Civil Term.
Read MoreBrooklyn’s borough-based jail facility, one of four facilities expected to replace Rikers Island before the end of the decade, will be larger than originally anticipated, the city revealed this week.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by Queens prosecutors to overturn a ruling made by a mid-level court earlier this year that found that a local man had been wrongfully convicted of a Bayside murder three decades ago.
Read MoreLocal Howard Beach officials got a sneak peak this week at the start of a new city initiative aimed at raising shorelines citywide to prevent flooding during storms.
Read MoreDespite another day of local pushback from Queens officials over the city's plan to bring migrant shelters to two sites in the borough, the mayor says all options to house asylum seekers arriving to the city are “still on the table.”
Read MoreRikers Island’s population is growing larger when it should be getting smaller. DOC Commissioner Louis Molina said the blame lies with the state court system during a Board of Correction meeting this week.
Read MoreThis week, the MTA voted unanimously to increase the price of a trip on a city subway or bus from $2.75 to $2.90.
Read MoreThe city’s grip over Rikers Island appeared to slip further earlier this week as the federal prosecutor for New York’s Southern District called on the notorious jail complex be turned over to a court-appointed receiver.
Read MoreOff the side of a highway on Monday evening, protesters and local elected officials gathered to oppose plans to construct a tent shelter for asylum seekers at the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Queens. However, just before the demonstration was set to begin, officials learned that the plan had been scrapped.
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