Council to vote on long-stalled solitary confinement ban
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The New York City Council is expected this week to vote on – and pass – a long-stalled bill that would effectively ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails.
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Officials push for universal representation in immigration courts
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As New York City continues to manage a historic influx of migrants and asylum seekers, a group of legislators and advocates are looking to require those migrants have fair representation in New York’s courts.
Read More‘Unacceptable and contemptuous’: Judge finds DOC in contempt for Rikers arson unit debacle
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A federal judge found the Department of Correction in contempt of court on Thursday after it failed to communicate with the federal monitor about the opening of a secure housing unit in November.
Read MoreNYCFC pitches pitch to borough prez
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New York City Football Club pitched their pitch to the borough president Wednesday as the team continued its efforts to get the city to approve its plans to build a 25,000-seat soccer stadium in the center of what will one day be a completely new neighborhood in Western Queens.
Read MoreQueens pols want big universities in NYC to pay their ‘fair share’
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A group of Queens lawmakers took aim at two of the city’s most powerful universities this week, demanding they pay their “fair share” of property taxes to directly fund their public counterparts.
Read MoreCourt of Appeals orders congressional districts to be redrawn
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New York’s top court on Tuesday ordered the state to redraw its congressional districts, ruling that the state’s current congressional district lines, which were drawn by a court-appointed special master and used in the 2022 elections, deprived New Yorkers of their constitutional rights.
Read MoreThe wheels on the bus go ‘round a new route: MTA unveils latest effort to overhaul Queens’ bus network
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Queens bus riders got a look at the latest – and final – proposed plan for the Queens Bus Network Redesign, which was unveiled by the MTA on Tuesday.
Read MoreSteinway Library reopens after renovations
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The Steinway branch of the Queens Public Library reopened on Tuesday after an eight month closure for renovations.
Read MoreGov vetoes lobbying transparency bill
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The governor late last week vetoed a bi-partisan bill created in response to lobbying efforts in support of and against her failed pick for chief judge, Hector LaSalle, earlier this year.
Read MoreCouncil rails against Adams’ budget cuts
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The New York City Council is pushing back on Mayor Eric Adams’ recent budget cuts to libraries, education, police and other agencies, arguing that their own projections show that new revenue can stave off the cuts.
Read MoreFormer Queens Dems candidate enters race to unseat Ardila
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Sunnyside attorney Johanna Carmona, who ran against Ardila in 2021, has officially filed to be a candidate in the 2024 primary for the 37th Assembly District, state election filings show.
Read MoreNo more toll on Cross Bay Bridge for Queens residents
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Queens residents will no longer need to pay the toll on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge in Southeast Queens, a major win for locals in the area who often use the bridge to commute and have long complained about the toll’s cost.
Read MoreSuozzi 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.
Read MoreMayor 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.
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