The monitor appointed by a judge to track violence in the city’s notorious jail complex said in a highly-anticipated report last week that a yet-to-be-implemented city law banning solitary confinement would “only exacerbate the current dangerous conditions” on Rikers Island.
Read MoreThe state’s plan to redevelop more than 50 acres of vacant land on the Eastern Queens Creedmoor campus drew the ire of several local elected officials last week.
Read MoreLori Zeno, the controversial executive director of the Queens Defenders, was forced to go on immediate leave by the group’s board of directors this week.
Read MoreSix years after the MTA began redrawing Queens’ bus map, riders will finally begin seeing new routes hitting the streets as soon as June.
Read MoreA new report from the Legal Aid Society this week details the failures of local and state governments to decarcerate its jails and prisons as the pandemic raged inside of them.
Read MoreThe NYPD and Queens district attorney’s office arrested and charged 10 alleged members of the international weapon trafficking gang Tren de Aragua this week.
Read MoreIt’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.
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