Suozzi tapped for former seat, GOP pick coming soon
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Former representative Tom Suozzi was tapped by the New York Democrats as the party’s nominee in the special election to replace the recently expelled George Santos.
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Mayor names new jails boss
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Nearly a month after City Hall said a new agency head would be named to replace Louis Molina, whose long-awaited “promotion” to serve as assistant deputy mayor of public safety was also made official Friday, Mayor Eric Adams tapped Lynelle Maginley-Liddie, an eight-year veteran of the DOC, to serve as Molina’s successor.
Read MoreMaspeth man charged for fatally running over 3-year-old in Flushing
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The 20-year-old from Maspeth accused of fatally running over a 3-year-old in Flushing last week was arraigned on a 14-count indictment in Queens Criminal Court on Thursday.
Read MoreState commission officially recommends raises for judges
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The commission charged with determining the salaries for New York State judges, lawmakers and top officials in the executive branch officially recommended pay raises for the state’s judiciary this week.
Read MoreState pitches plan for Creedmoor development
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Officials on Wednesday released an ambitious plan to develop over 50 acres of the decrepit and long-abandoned Creedmoor campus in Eastern Queens with over 2,000 housing units, public spaces and various other amenities.
Read MoreNYCBA nominates Muhammad U. Faridi as next president
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Muhammad U. Faridi, a lawyer raised in Pakistan and Brooklyn, was nominated on Wednesday to be the next president of the New York City Bar Association.
Read MoreNYCFC soccer stadium approved by board
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Community Board 7, which includes Willets Point and other areas of Eastern and Northern Queens, voted 37 to 2 to approve the project, marking the first thumbs up on the city’s review process that will play out over the coming months and culminate with a vote in the City Council.
Read MoreIn bid to unseat Ardila, Valdez endorsed by Make the Road Action
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Claire Valdez, the Democratic Socialist of America-backed candidate challenging embattled lawmaker Juan Ardila in next year’s race for Assembly District 37, was endorsed this week by Make the Road Action.
Read MoreAubry confirms retirement, endorses candidate to replace him
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Longtime Western Queens Assemblymember Jeffrion Aubry confirmed on Tuesday that his long-rumored retirement will come at the end of his current term in December 2024.
Read MoreAttorney general, NYCBA and public defenders call for Rikers receiver
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The New York State attorney general, a top bar association, scores of public defense organizations, several former New York City officials and a criminal justice nonprofit all called on a federal judge to strip control over Rikers Island away from the city and hand it over to a court-appointed receiver.
Read MoreFive dead, three injured in bloody Far Rock stabbing
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A violent and bloody stabbing spree in Far Rockaway on Sunday left the perpetrator and four others dead and three people, including two cops, injured.
Read MoreCriminal bar association forms in Queens
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The newly formed Queens County Criminal Bar Association, founded by a group of defense attorneys and prosecutors from across the field of New York criminal law, convened for their first meeting recently and hope to soon be the voice attorneys working in the borough’s criminal court.
Read MoreSantos expelled from Congress
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On Friday morning, by an overwhelming two-thirds majority vote, the United States House of Representatives voted to expel Queens and Long Island representative George Santos from their body, making him only the third member since the Civil War to be kicked out of Congress.
Read MoreRikers monitor says relationship with DOC has ‘eroded’
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With his days as Department of Correction commission numbered, Louis Molina was given a scathing review by the federal monitor charged with keeping track of violence on Rikers Island.
Read MoreCity to explore building new precinct in Northeast Queens
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City Hall has committed to exploring the possibility of bringing a new police precinct to Northeast Queens.
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