Glendale man sentenced for threatening to choke judge to death
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A Queens man pleaded guilty on Tuesday for threatening to assault and murder a United States district judge in retaliation for dismissing his civil claim.
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City Council asks judge to protect their power over Rikers ahead of receivership ruling
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If a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure plans to shutter the dangerous jail complex by 2027 remain in place, attorneys with the City Council said in a court filing this week.
Read MoreNY’s criminal justice system isn’t working, chief judge says
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New York’s top judge on Monday called on lawmakers and judges to enact major sentencing reforms to address a criminal justice system in New York that “just isn’t working.”
Read MoreWilliams calls on mayor to address crime in Downtown Jamaica ahead of redevelopment
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An city councilmember in Jamaica wants the mayor to create a task force to address quality-of-life issues in the Southeast Queens neighborhood as it undergoes a major redevelopment plan.
Read MoreQueens councilmember to lead Republican caucus
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Queens Councilmember Joann Ariola will take over the mantle as minority leader of the City Council’s Republican caucus, around a week after her colleagues attempted to install Staten Island Councilmember David Carr as the next minority leader.
Read MoreBird flu found in Queens as gov closes live poultry markets
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The Avian flu, better known as bird flu, was found in a number of locations in Queens and several other boroughs last week.
Read MoreQueens Courts celebrates the Year of the Snake
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Queens’ legal community gathered this week in a courtroom decorated in red to celebrate the 2025 Lunar New Year.
Read MoreTensions boil over at meeting over Southeast Queens park
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Tensions over who is to blame for the troubling conditions at a Southeast Queens park and community center came to a head Monday night when Queens Borough President Donovan Richards got into a shouting match with a local organizer.
Read MoreQueens Defenders gets new interim executive director amid leadership shakeup
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Several days after the Queens Defenders’ founder and executive director was forced to go on leave by the organization’s board of directors, the public defense group has a new interim leader.
Read MoreRikers monitor endorses Adams’ pause on solitary ban
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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 MoreLocal pols fume over Creedmoor redevelopment
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The 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 MoreQueens Defenders' board forces out controversial executive director
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Lori 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 MoreMTA approves new Queens bus map
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Six years after the MTA began redrawing Queens’ bus map, riders will finally begin seeing new routes hitting the streets as soon as June.
Read MoreFailure to decarcerate led to higher rates of COVID infections in NY jails and prisons, report finds
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A 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 MoreTen alleged members of international gun trafficking gang arrested in Queens
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The NYPD and Queens district attorney’s office arrested and charged 10 alleged members of the international weapon trafficking gang Tren de Aragua this week.
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