A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers Island, several days after a state judge said Mayor Eric Adams’ efforts to prevent the law from taking effect were illegal.
Read MoreFlames basketball, a primarily Brooklyn-based youth basketball nonprofit, paid a visit to Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City.
Read MoreQueens Assemblymember and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani may have convinced the majority of voting New Yorkers to back him in the primary elections – but convincing his fellow Queens electeds to back him has proven a different story.
Read MoreThe Bronx district attorney’s office will not bring charges against a Queens lawyer who was publicly accused by correctional officers of trying to sneak drug-laced papers into Rikers Island.
Read MoreAs the city’s public defender landscape heads toward a potential crisis, the city this week announced plans to create a new office to connect New Yorkers with free legal services.
Read MoreQueensLink, an ambitious and expensive transportation proposal for the World’s Borough has been put on the backburner under the current mayoral administration – but that could change if Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor in November.
Read MoreThree Queens candidates running for open seats in the City Council declared victory in their respective races on Tuesday after the city’s Board of Elections released its first ranked-choice voting tabulation in June’s primary election.
Read MoreQueens Defenders officially had its criminal defense practice taken over by a Brooklyn-based legal services provider on Tuesday, around three weeks after its former executive director was arrested on federal fraud charges.
Read MoreThe money needed to fund a key step in the fight to build a trauma hospital in the Rockaways was included in the city’s budget this week.
Read MoreAttorneys working at the city’s largest public defender group are prepared to begin the largest public defender strike in 30 years if the organization they work for doesn’t increase their pay and meet other demands for a new labor contract.
Read MoreAfter mostly staying quiet during the lead up to June’s primary election, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards dished out his thoughts on the state of the mayor’s race to reporters on Monday.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams illegally declared a state of emergency in the city’s jails in an effort to skirt around implementing a law banning solitary confinement in New York City, a judge ruled on Monday.
Read MoreQueens Borough President Donovan Richards approved the city’s plan to redevelop a major section of Downtown Jamaica on Monday, bucking the recommendations made by two local community boards.
Read MoreAs City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Mayor Eric Adams shook hands on a $115.9 billion city budget, many aspects remain unclear. Among them, if previously committed funds to secure a site for a trauma center in Rockaway will be included.
Read MoreAs the June 30 deadline for the city budget approaches, lawmakers and legal advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall on Thursday demanding more funding for immigrant legal services.
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