Queens casino bidders topped state lobbying spending last year
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Two bidders each hoping to bring a casino to Queens were among the top spenders on lobbying in Albany last year, according to a recently released report.
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Opinion: Taking the steps to help the staffing problem within the NYPD
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“The staffing crisis within the NYPD is real.”
Read MoreFans ready to bet on future of the Mets
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Optimism was abound for both the Mets and their casino-pursuing owner as the baseball team began their season in Queens.
Read MoreOne year later, family of Queens teen shot by police say they have few answers
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The family of Win Rozario, a Queens teenager who was killed by two police officers while experiencing a mental health crisis, has yet to receive any answers about the 19-year-old’s death a year after he was shot in his parents home.
Read MoreAlbany offers two visions for Supreme Court expansion
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Judges and legislators across New York agree – the state needs more trial court justices across its courts to address the ever-growing case backlog plaguing the state’s court system.
Read MoreAG releases video of police shooting of 79-year-old outside of Bayside precinct
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The New York attorney general’s office last week released videos of a deadly police shooting outside a Queens precinct as an investigation into the shooting continues.
Read MoreJudge drops criminal case against Adams
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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams, putting to an end the legal saga that threw City Hall into crisis for the better part of the last half year.
Read MoreQueens mayoral candidate pitches new Department of Community Safety
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A Queens lawmaker running for mayor said Monday that he would build a new $1.1 billion public safety department in City Hall if he wins the upcoming mayoral election.
Read MoreRikers deaths continue to mount
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The Department of Correction’s death toll continued to climb at a rapid rate this week after a 27-year-old died on Rikers Island on Monday night after allegedly suffering from a medical emergency.
Read MoreBP asks city to keep Forest Hills Stadium concerts going
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards wants the city to get the Forest Hills Stadium concert season back on track after a permitting decision made by the NYPD last week cast it into doubt.
Read MoreQueens cops arrested for robbing sex worker
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Two Queens police officers robbed and groped a woman working in an illegal brothel while they were on duty, prosecutors alleged on Monday.
Read MoreQueens senator agrees to back Cohen’s casino at Citi Field
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A Queens lawmaker over the weekend said he’d introduce a bill that would allow New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot in exchange for a longshot promise to build a pedestrian bridge over Flushing Creek.
Read MoreQueens Dems back Cuomo
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The Queens County Democratic Party and its chairman, Rep. Gregory Meeks, officially backed former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the race for New York City mayor over the weekend.
Read MoreDespite funding questions, MTA rolls on with the IBX
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While funding for the ambitious Interborough Borough Express is still in limbo, the MTA is going full throttle on the proposed Brooklyn-Queens connector.
Read More‘Quite confused’: SEQ left out of illegal truck parking pilot despite being plagued by the issue
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When the Department of Transportation last week announced a new pilot program to address illegal truck parking, a group of elected officials in Southeast Queens were not only shocked to hear that their neighborhoods weren’t included in the program, but that there was even a pilot in the works at all.
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