Sixty new electric buses to join MTA fleet in Queens, other boroughs
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Electric, zero emissions buses are coming to Queens with the addition of 60 new buses to the city’s fleet, officials announced on Tuesday.
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Lawmakers look to lock legal services fund after gov’s sweep
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A pair of lawmakers and a group of attorneys are calling on the legislature to pass into law a bill that they say would prevent the governor from stripping cash from a fund meant to support civil legal services work, just as she did in the state’s recently passed budget.
Read MoreChief judge backs pair of criminal justice reform bills
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New York’s top judge last week urged Albany to pass into law a pair of bills that he said would go a long way toward reforming the state’s sentencing laws and toward correcting historic inequities in the state’s criminal justice system.
Read MoreDangerous, unethical and unprofessional’: Police tweet attacking Queens pol prompts speaker’s scorn and investigation
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Top NYPD officials had very little to say Thursday when questioned by the City Council about a series of antagonistic social media posts authored by some of the department's top brass in recent weeks.
Read MoreMayor’s 60-day shelter rule ‘haphazard’ and ‘arbitrary,’ says comptroller
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The Adams administration’s 60-day shelter limit rule for families was poorly implemented and caused migrants to be haphazardly pushed out of the shelter system, a new report released this week claims.
Read More‘They murdered him in front of me’: Rozario family blasts NYPD, mayor for shooting of Ozone Park teen
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The family of 19-year-old Win Rozario on Wednesday condemned the NYPD, the mayor and the handling of a March trip to the family’s Ozone Park home by a pair of officers who shot and killed the teen a few minutes after arriving.
Read MoreFour billion dollars and four years late: Queens jail is over budget and behind schedule
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Queens’ borough-based jail set to be built in Kew Gardens will cost taxpayers at least $4 billion and may be completed four years after the city’s legally-mandated deadline to close Rikers Island, city records show.
Read MoreCity’s controversial housing plan begins review in Queens
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The Adams administration officially began rolling out its controversial plan to rezone a large swath of the city, known as the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, last week.
Read MoreQueens pols call for closure of smoke shop as new law takes effect
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As the city gets the ability to shutter illegal cannabis shops across the five boroughs, Western Queens electeds targeted a single one in Jackson Heights this week.
Read MoreQueens Surrogate Court race down to two
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The race for the coveted spot on Queens’ Surrogate Court bench is down to two candidates.
Read More‘Horrifying’: NYPD footage shows speedy escalation of Ozone Park police shooting that left teen dead
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Less than three minutes after arriving at an Ozone Park home around a month ago, two police officers shot and killed a teen having an apparent mental health crisis as his brother and mother watched, newly released body-worn camera footage shows.
Read MoreDemocratic judicial candidate in Queens seemingly called for Biden’s execution online
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Julie Milner, a judicial candidate seeking the Democratic party line in Queens, has seemingly called for the president’s execution online in the past. She also appears to have tweeted in support of a number of conspiracy theories espoused by the far-right.
Read MoreAdvocacy group calls for end to ‘rubber stamping’ judges to new terms
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A little more than a year after successfully lobbying the State Senate to reject the governor’s chief judge nominee for the first time in history, the advocacy group behind the push is calling on the governor and state lawmakers to more closely scrutinize judicial appointments and nominations for judicial openings across the state.
Read MoreMayor walks back timeline to shutter all of city’s illegal pot shops
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Though Mayor Eric Adams has said for months that if given the power, he could close all the city’s illegal smoke shops in 30 days, now that he’s been given that power, the mayor says he may need a little more time.
Read MoreCouncil blasts DOC for ignoring Rikers detainee complaints
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Missed medical appointments, alleged sexual harassment and abuse, dirty cells and frequent violence – detainees on Rikers Island have had a lot to complain about.
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