Gov marks start of major clean energy project in Queens
/The governor was in Queens on Tuesday to announce the start of construction of a major clean energy project that will begin in Canada and end in Astoria.
Read MoreQueens pols sue over plan to bring migrant shelter to Floyd Bennett Field
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An injunction has been filed by Queens and Brooklyn electeds and residents against a planned migrant shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in South Brooklyn.
Read MoreMigrant crisis widens political rifts in Queens and beyond
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As the ongoing migrant crisis in New York City intensifies with no signs of slowing down, as has the rift between various sects of city electeds with different strategies for fighting it, splintering Mayor Eric Adams’ hopes of a united front.
Inside the city’s war on smoke shops: A ride with the Sheriff's Department
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Earlier this month, the Eagle attended a ride along with the Sheriff’s Department, and got an inside look at the joint operation to investigate smoke shops in Queens.
Read MoreUlrich charged in corruption case
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Former Queens City Councilmember Eric Ulrich, who also served for several months as a special advisor to the mayor and as the city’s Building’s Commissioner, accepted or solicited $150,000 in bribes over the course of several years and spanning several public offices, prosecutors alleged on Wednesday.
Read MoreFollowing wrongful conviction ruling, Queens DA to retry 30-year-old murder case
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Despite new DNA evidence that led to a group of judges ruling he had been wrongfully convicted of his estranged wife’s murder, Michael Robinson will be retried in the 30-year-old case, Queens prosecutors decided this week.
Read MoreBerger wins in AD27
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Democrat Sam Berger has been elected to succeed Daniel Rosenthal as the assemblymember for Northeastern Queens’ 27th District, handedly defeating Republican David Hirsch in the special election on Tuesday.
Read MoreSouth Asian communities in Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park continue redistricting fight
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South Queens advocates are not giving up their calls for transparency and accountability in the redistricting process, months after the legislature approved lines that they say keep their communities divided.
Read MoreNew York’s courts remember 9/11
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Twenty-two years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the New York State Unified Court System remembered the three court officers who lost their lives that day on Monday.
Read MoreBOC chair absent from crucial Rikers oversight hearing
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The embattled chair of the Department of Correction’s oversight body was missing in action on Friday during the Board of Correction’s monthly meeting, the first to be held since the oversight board sued the DOC over the agency’s decision to revoke the board’s remote access to video surveillance footage from within Rikers Island.
Read MoreRace 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.
Read MoreCorrectional 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.
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