A skyscraper in Kew Gardens Hills? A developer wants to try it
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A major developer has plans to build two nearly 50-story towers in the middle of a residential neighborhood in Central Queens – but locals want no part of it.
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Family of man who committed suicide on Rikers sues city
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The family of a man who committed suicide on Rikers Island last year said in a new lawsuit that the city and its Department of Correction should be held accountable for the man’s death.
Read MoreCity says Queens Waterfront Greenway won’t be mapped out until 2026
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It will be some time before locals can bike and walk the planned Queens Waterfront Greenway, but the city started the development process with a public workshop on Tuesday.
Read MoreFormer Rikers worker says DOC locks mentally ill detainees inside cells for weeks
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Detainees with mental health issues are sometimes locked inside cells for weeks or months at a time without access to their needed medication and left to deteriorate, a former social worker on Rikers Island told the jails’ watchdog board on Tuesday.
Read MoreOfficer cuffed for smuggling drugs into Rikers
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A former Rikers Island correctional officer was cuffed by federal authorities last week after prosecutors said she smuggled drugs into the notorious jail complex in exchange for cash payments from detainees.
Read MoreOpinion: Why New York must embrace the Treatment Not Jail Act
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"I support the Treatment Not Jail Act, legislation that promises to extend the healing my team witnesses every day to thousands of justice-involved individuals across New York state who might otherwise be serving a jail or prison sentence."
Read MoreRepublicans spend big in state races in Queens
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Republican candidates challenging Queens Democratic state lawmakers in November’s general election are spending big, new campaign finance filings show.
Read MoreChinese national sentenced to 25 years for murder of Queens immigration lawyer
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Xiaoning Zhang, a Chinese national who was found guilty of murdering her former Queens-based immigration lawyer, was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison on Wednesday.
Read MoreCity begins planning 16-mile Queens waterfront greenway
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Queens’ waterfront will one day be connected from Long Island City to Fort Totten in Whitestone, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.
Read MoreQueens’ criminal court gets new top judge
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Court officials announced on Wednesday that Queens Supreme Court Justice Michelle Johnson will serve as Queens Supreme, Criminal Term’s next top judge.
Read MoreCandidate will remain booted from third party ballot line in closely-watched Queens Senate race
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A Queens judge last month upheld a ruling from a lower court that may have an impact in a potentially tight race for an Eastern Queens State Senate seat.
Read MoreGov sends $35 million to state’s DAs to prevent domestic violence
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City district attorneys will each be getting a portion of a $35 million pot allocated in the state budget this year to improve work in preventing domestic violence, which includes $1.4 million for the Queens DA.
Read MoreMeet the DA’s newest hire – Kimi, the companion dog
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The Queens district attorney’s office has a new employee – a support dog who has already begun to aid crime victims and witnesses recounting stressful and traumatizing experiences inside Queens’ Criminal Court.
Read MoreMayor taps corp counsel nominee and appoints chief counsel amid legal woes
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City Hall has been operating with two of its top lawyer positions vacant, even as a whirlwind of legal troubles has engulfed the mayor and his administration over the past several weeks.
Read MoreJFK 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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