JFK redevelopment reaches milestone
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Construction was topped off at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s $4.2 billion new Terminal 6 on Tuesday.
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‘Won’t be able to serve’: Adams attempts to go back to business as usual in Queens – but residents aren’t so convinced
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Speaking publicly in Queens for the first time since being indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges, Mayor Eric Adams announced from the World’s Borough that the city was patching up its water supply – he also appeared to be trying to patch up his relationship with New Yorkers.
Read More‘I cried that whole night’: Families say DOC did little to tell them their loved ones died on Rikers
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A City Council bill discussed Friday would define the procedures the DOC and Correctional Health Services – the branch of the city’s hospital system that provides medical care on Rikers Island – should take to notify an incarcerated person’s emergency contacts when that person is seriously injured, hospitalized or attempts suicide.
Read MoreOpinion: Time to ask MSK some tough questions
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"While many questions need to be asked, one thing that is not up for dispute is the fact that the cost of hospital care is driving our rising healthcare costs and having a detrimental effect on our economy and American families."
Read MoreQueens DA employee arrested for plot to blow up Elmhurst migrant shelter
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In a wild tirade to another person inside Queens Criminal Court, a now-former paralegal with the Queens district attorney’s office outlined his plan to use explosives on migrants living at a shelter next to his apartment.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams charged with bribery
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Eric Adams became the first New York City mayor in modern history to be criminally charged while in office on Thursday.
Read MoreChinese national found guilty of murdering Queens lawyer
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A Chinese national was found guilty last week of murdering her former lawyer two years ago inside his Queens office.
Read MoreCohen's casino plan to begin city review while questions about state approval remain
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Mets owner Steve Cohen officially submitted his plan to bring a casino and entertainment complex to Citi Field’s parking lot to the city for review this week.
Read MoreQueens pols call on state to fund long-desired Far Rock trauma hospital
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Queens electeds and locals want the governor to help fund a potential new trauma center on the far-flung Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreAG won’t bring charges against officer who didn’t call for help as detainee died
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The state attorney general’s office said last week that it would not bring charges against a former correctional officer on Rikers Island who failed to help a detainee while he died of a fentanyl overdose in 2022.
Read MorePedestrian-only lane on crowded Queensboro Bridge delayed
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The city's Department of Transportation said this week that the opening of the pedestrian-only lane on the Queensboro Bridge will again be delayed, a month after they told the Eagle that "no changes to the timeline" of the project had been made.
Read MoreQueens electeds warn against City of Yes as milestone approaches
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Elected officials primarily from Northeastern Queens gathered in Bayside this week and imagined a world where the mayor’s controversial City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal becomes a reality – and they don’t like how it looks.
Read MoreMTA says it wants to kickstart IBX – but funding questions remain
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The MTA proposed allocating over $2 billion to pay for the first steps needed to build the Interborough Express, a 14-mile light rail that would connect Queens to Brooklyn.
Read MoreOpinion: Clearing the air on City of Yes
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"As City of Yes makes its way through public review, we’ve heard lots of questions and some unfortunate misinformation about this plan. As the City Planning Commission moves toward a vote on this important proposal, let’s take a step back and talk about what City of Yes would actually mean for New York communities."
Read MoreFormer FDNY chiefs arrested for bribery
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Two former FDNY chiefs were cuffed by federal authorities on Monday after prosecutors said they took bribes to expedite fire inspections on behalf of developers, including one behind a number of hotels in Queens.
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