Man accused of killing FDNY medic found unfit for trial
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The Astoria man accused of fatally stabbing a veteran medic with the fire department last fall remains unfit to stand trial, a Queens judge ruled on Monday.
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Opinion: The cost of congestion pricing
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If congestion pricing moves ahead as planned, the cost of goods and services will skyrocket. Working families have dealt with the impacts of the pandemic and inflation in recent years.
Read MoreAdams administration continues to miss Rikers closure deadlines
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The Adams administration has yet to complete a single transfer of land on Rikers Island, a crucial part of the city’s plan to turn the jail complex into a renewable energy hub by 2027.
Read More‘Better late than never’: Three Queens men have convictions overturned after decades of incarceration
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Three Queens men had their convictions overturned this week. Altogether, they served well over half a century in prison for crimes they did not commit.
Read MoreCity not likely to use Aqueduct to house migrants
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The potential migrant shelter at Aqueduct Racetrack at Resorts World Casino, which was floated by city officials as a possibility along with the Creedmoor site in mid-July, no longer seems like a viable option for shelter, city officials confirmed to the Eagle this week.
Read MoreRockaway street named for fallen firefighter
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A lifelong resident of the Rockaways in Queens, Tim Klein died last April fighting a blaze in Canarsie and was remembered on Wednesday as members of the community and the FDNY renamed Rockaway’s main commercial block, Beach 129th Street and Newport Avenue, in his honor.
The mayor said Queens court’s scaffolding was coming down – it’s only gotten bigger
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Last month, Mayor Eric Adams said the scaffolding outside of Queens Supreme Court would be coming down. It did – only to be replaced a day later by a much larger shedding structure.
Read MoreBayside man dies at Rikers Island
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For the eighth time this year, a person being held in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction has died.
Read MoreWelcome to Queens: Migrants share their experiences at Creedmoor shelter
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Creedmoor shelter migrants share their experiences so far, from conditions to work authorization.
Read MoreElmhurst Hospital gets $3 million boost from QBP
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced on Monday that his office would be sending $3 million in funding to New York City Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst.
Feds sign off on plan to bring migrant shelter to Floyd Bennett Field
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Governor Kathy Hochul said on Monday that she and the Biden administration had struck a deal to house more than 2,000 asylum seekers at a historic former naval air station just north of the Rockaway peninsula.
Read MorePols applaud Rockaway homeownership development
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Queens electeds are applauding an affordable homeownership project coming to Far Rockaway that was the result of a deal with the developer just before the City Council nearly voted to scrap the project altogether.
Read MorePretrial service agencies managed influx after bail reform: CUNY report
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A recently released study from the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance shows that those worries may have been mostly unfounded, with pretrial services mostly keeping up with the demand, despite some challenges.
Read More13 arrested at protest against Creedmoor shelter
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13 protestors including former mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa were arrested while protesting the Creedmoor migrant tent shelter in Queens Village on Wednesday night.
Read MoreQueens District Attorney expands retail theft program boroughwide
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the NYPD announced a borough-wide expansion of the Merchants Business Improvement Program on Tuesday, as retail theft continues to be an issue for city law enforcement.
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