It’s been over a year since lawsuits against New York State resulted in the first pay raises for assigned counsel attorneys in decades, but the Queens 18-B Assigned Counsel panel is still looking to bolster their numbers for 2025.
Read MoreThe New York City Department of Transportation wrapped up the first phase of community input sessions for the planned Queens Waterfront Greenway on a high note Tuesday night, but the communities along the proposed greenway are still split on the idea.
Read MoreThe competing developers behind Resorts World New York City’s casino expansion project and Metropolitan Park almost simultaneously this month opened new models and visual representations of their projects to the public.
Read MoreThe top judge in Queens’ Criminal Court laid out the successes and failures of the court in the last year and mapped out the road for the year ahead during the Queens County Criminal Bar Association’s State of the Judiciary meeting on Tuesday.
Read MoreImmigration advocacy groups and officials in the city and in Queens are on edge this week as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have made their way to the five boroughs.
Read MoreA schism has opened up right down the middle of the City Council’s Republican conference over who should be their next minority leader.
Read MoreQueens City Councilmember Vickie Paladino, who is no stranger to social media spats and controversy, drew criticism online and from the Council's leadership on Tuesday after she posted a seemingly violent message directed at a member of New York City’s press corps.
Read MoreQueens Assemblymember and omnipresent Mayor Eric Adams ally Jenifer Rajkumar is running for public advocate, shifting away from a bid for the city’s comptroller as she appeared to be lagging in the crowded race.
Read MoreHow Queens’ youngest elected got his first bill passed.
Read MoreThe MTA gave Queens residents one last look at their new bus routes before the plan, which has been in the works for over half a decade, heads to its final stage.
Read MoreCity Hall late Friday told a federal judge that she should look no further than the current Department of Correction commissioner should she choose to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island and hand the notorious jail complex over to a receiver.
Read MoreWhile it’s long been expected, the contract presented for Manhattan’s borough-based jail made it official – none of the new jails will be completed before Rikers is required to close.
Read MoreWhile Queens landlords were mostly absent from the public advocate’s list of the city’s worst landlords released Wednesday, the borough was not without its notable offenders.
Read MoreDespite widespread support from lawmakers, district attorneys and public defenders alike, Governor Kathy Hochul did not allocate the $4 million in her recently released Executive Budget Proposal needed to enable legislation that would expand the District Attorney and Indigent Legal Service Attorney Loan Forgiveness program.
Read MoreA Queens Village man was charged on Thursday for allegedly manufacturing ghost guns using a 3D printer.
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