Judge temporarily blocks ICE from opening office on Rikers
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For at least the next several days, federal immigration agents will not be allowed on Rikers Island, a Manhattan judge said Monday.
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Queens candidates go to court to get opponents kicked off the ballot
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Starting on Monday, lawyers for a handful of Queens City Council hopefuls will appear before a judge in Queens Supreme Civil Court to argue their client should stay on the ballot for the upcoming primary election – or that someone else should be kicked off of it.
Read MoreRoosevelt Ave. crackdown pushes street vendors toward pricey black-market permits
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Street vendors in Queens are resorting to an increasingly expensive tactic to survive New York City’s multi-agency quality-of-life crackdown on Roosevelt Avenue: paying thousands of dollars for black-market food permits.
Read MoreOpinion: What does a climate-just future for Queens look like?
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“As lifelong New Yorkers and environmental professionals, we are sounding the alarm. Queens Future’s proposal is greenwashing. The so-called “Metropolitan Park” is not a park—it’s a sprawling casino development dressed in the language of sustainability.”
Read MoreCouncil and mayor’s office clash over Rikers’ closure plan
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The mayor’s office and the City Council remained in a standoff over the closure of Rikers Island on Wednesday, unable to agree on how the city should chart a new path toward shutting the deadly jail complex.
Read MoreCourt took strides to modernize last year but more work needed, report finds
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Court officials said this week that while the court system has seen major strides in its transition into the 21st Century, major gaps in its technological capabilities remain.
Read MoreThe show will go on at Forest Hills Stadium – for now
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Concert-goers and Forest Hills Stadium are celebrating after the city cleared the way for the show to go on at the Queens venue after a denied permit amid an ongoing local dispute threatened to derail the summer concert season. But how long that greenlight will stay up remains to be seen.
Read MoreCouncil sues mayor over plan to bring ICE to Rikers
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The City Council on Tuesday sued Mayor Eric Adams and his administration over their plan to allow federal immigration agents onto Rikers Island.
Read MoreQueens candidates bring in over $1 million in matching funds
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Over a dozen candidates running for City Council in Queens were gifted public matching funds by the city’s Campaign Finance Board on Tuesday.
Read MoreFight over ballot petitions begins
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For weeks, dozens of candidates in Queens have hit the streets to ask voters not for their support, cash or vote – but for their name, address and signature.
Read MoreRikers’ law libraries lack supplies and remain disorganized, report finds
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Detainees on Rikers Island have continued to struggle to get access to the jail complex’s law libraries, a new report from the Department of Correction’s oversight body found.
Read MorePolice fatally shoot knife-wielding man in Astoria
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A 61-year-old man who was allegedly wielding a knife was shot and killed by police officers early Monday morning in Astoria.
Read MoreProtestors hold mock ribbon cutting as Queensboro Bridge project delays continue
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Pedestrians and cyclists alike are getting tired of the delays to the plan to open a new pedestrian path on the Queensboro Bridge.
Read MoreQueens residents say their signatures were forged on ballot petitions
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Several residents of the South Jamaica Houses in Queens say that their names and signatures were forged on a ballot petition sheet collected by a canvasser on behalf of a group of local and citywide candidates attempting to get on the ballot for the upcoming June primary election.
Read MoreCity Council lays groundwork to sue mayor for bringing ICE to Rikers
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The City Council on Thursday laid the groundwork to sue the mayor over his administration’s controversial executive order allowing federal immigration agents onto Rikers Island, a move that lawmakers say could be a violation of the city’s sanctuary city laws.
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