Race to fill vacant Queens Assembly seat underway
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The race to fill the Northeastern Queens Assembly seat vacated by former lawmaker Daniel Rosenthal earlier this summer is well underway.
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Correctional officer union sues city
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The union representing correctional officers working on Rikers Island sued the Department of Correction this week, alleging the agency illegally told officers to speak with the federal monitor responsible for tracking violence in the jail.
Read MoreQueens pol brings asylum seeker crisis to Albany
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Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar, who represents the area of Richmond Hill, Glendale and Woodhaven, introduced two bills on Thursday, both of which aim to address the migrant crisis and formulate a more coordinated statewide response and force upstate municipalities – some which have so far been reluctant to accept migrants – to do so.
Read MoreQueens rallies for QueensLink at City Hall
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Nearly a year after the mayor announced that his administration was choosing to build a park over a 3.5 mile strip of abandoned rail that cuts through Central and South Queens, a group of supporters hoping to revive the rail line rallied at City Hall on Wednesday.
Read MoreFour year countdown to Rikers’ closure begins
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Four years – as of Thursday, that’s exactly how long the city has to close its notorious jail complex on Rikers Island. Whether or not that deadline of Aug. 31, 2027 can be met by the city is another question entirely, and one whose answer is becoming increasingly unclear.
Read MoreTop city leaders stand side-by-side to call for migrant assistance
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An unlikely coalition joined an impassioned Mayor Eric Adams at a rally in Manhattan on Thursday urging the federal government to let asylum seekers legally work.
Read MoreSecond DSA candidate announces bid to unseat Ardila
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Union organizer and Democratic Socialist Claire Valdez officially launched her campaign for Assembly District 37 on Wednesday, widening the field of candidates and setting up a potential battle amongst local progressives vying to unseat embattled Assemblymember Juan Ardila.
Read MoreMayor calls for new Rikers closure proposal as his administration fails to follow current plan
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Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on his opposition to the plan to close Rikers Island on Tuesday and called on the City Council to craft a new proposal to close the city’s jail complex where over two dozen people have died since the mayor took office last year.
Read MoreMan 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.
Read MoreOpinion: 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.
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