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 MoreQueens’ waterfront will one day be connected from Long Island City to Fort Totten in Whitestone, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.
Read MoreCity 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 MoreSpeaking 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 MoreEric Adams became the first New York City mayor in modern history to be criminally charged while in office on Thursday.
Read MoreQueens electeds and locals want the governor to help fund a potential new trauma center on the far-flung Rockaway peninsula.
Read MoreTwo 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.
Read MoreQueens State Senator Jessica Ramos is announcing that she will be running for mayor, joining a growing list of primary opponents to Mayor Eric Adams.
Read MoreNew York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned on Thursday amid federal probes into him and his brother that saw his phone seized and house raided by FBI agents.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams deflected several questions from reporters on Tuesday days after several members of his administration were wrapped up in federal investigations last week.
Read MoreThe number of illegal stops made by the NYPD has risen each year Mayor Eric Adams has been in office, a new report found.
Read MoreAs the three-year countdown to the closure of the jails on Rikers Island begins this week, major questions remain about whether or not the city will – or even can – meet the August 2027 deadline to shutter the notorious complex.
Read MoreLaw enforcement officials made a surprising find on Thursday night when they busted a warehouse in Astoria storing a mountain of illegal cannabis products.
Read MoreQueens locals and elected officials blasted the mayor’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan at a Borough Hall hearing on Thursday.
Read MoreQueens Public Library reopened their branch in Far Rockaway on Tuesday, a two-floor structure that is the culmination of six years of construction and years of advocacy from locals and the elected officials.
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