Cohen’s casino gets City Council approval
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The City Council on Wednesday approved New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Citi Field.
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Queens get the power: Officials from the World’s Borough rise into positions of power in city and beyond
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For about two hours over the weekend Southeast Queens was the center of the city’s political galaxy –– a place Queens as a whole has been increasingly finding itself in.
Read MoreQueens hits five-year anniversary of first COVID case
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It’s been five years this week since the first confirmed case of coronavirus was reported in Queens, which would soon become the epicenter of the pandemic that has since killed at least 1.2 million people in the U.S.
Read MoreDOC boss out of the loop on plan to bring ICE to Rikers
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Top officials at the Department of Correction said Friday that the mayor’s office has yet to speak with them about the potential return of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers to Rikers Island, despite Mayor Eric Adams announcing the change weeks ago.
Read MoreAnother Queens candidate enters the mayor’s race
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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams became the ninth candidate attempting to unseat Mayor Eric Adams in the upcoming June primary – and the fourth from Queens.
Read MoreComplaints against NY judges hit all-time high last year
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Complaints made against New York judges reached a record high in 2024, according to the commission charged with investigating judicial conduct.
Read MoreAdams grilled by Dems, mostly ignored by Republicans at sanctuary city hearing
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Congressional Democrats blasted Mayor Eric Adams over allegations that he agreed to help the Trump administration with its deportation efforts in New York City in exchange for the dismissal of the corruption charges federal authorities brought against him last year during an oversight hearing Wednesday.
Read MoreSpeaker’s final State of the City address doubles as potential mayoral campaign launch
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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams may have called her State of the City address her “grand finale” on Tuesday, but what is an end if not a new beginning?
Read MoreOfficials and activists rally after latest death in New York’s prisons
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Activists and elected officials rallied in Albany on Tuesday to call for prison reforms after a 22-year-old incarcerated man was killed after allegedly being beaten by prison guards over the weekend.
Read MoreG line gets open-gangway cars
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The G train is getting some new life as two new open-gangway train cars were deployed on the city’s only Queens-Brooklyn connector on Tuesday.
Read MoreQueens Dems pick candidates for Civil Court
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The Queens County Democratic Party recently tapped seven judges to run on their party’s line in the upcoming Democratic primary election.
Read MoreQueens-raised Andrew Cuomo runs for mayor
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After months of flirting with a return to public office, Andrew Cuomo officially announced his bid for New York City mayor on Saturday.
Read MoreQueens kids win Oscars
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A movie about Brooklyn may have won best picture, but two Queens kids won big on Oscar night.
Read MoreQueens candidates loom large in mayor’s race
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Queens candidates – both those who have declared their candidacy and those who are expected to – are likely to loom large over the race for New York City mayor.
Read MoreShort-term deal gives local org more control of Roy Wilkins Park
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An interim deal has been reached between the Parks Department and a Black led nonprofit at Roy Wilkins Park that will allow the organization more freedom with programming and events within the Southeast Queens open space.
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