A new major development proposal from the city plans to reclaim 80 acres of closed off wetland in College Point to create thousands of units of Queens housing and park land.
Read MoreA former Rikers Island guard was convicted of felony charges after prosecutors say he planted a weapon inside the cell of a detainee he had recently beat up.
Read MoreResorts World New York City unveiled a slew of new details about its plans to transform its South Queens “racino” into what would be the largest casino in the United States last week.
Read MoreAn appeals court last week overturned a murder conviction after finding that the defendant’s constitutional rights were violated when a Queens judge kicked his drowsy friend out of the courtroom.
Read MoreThe Legal Aid Society reached a tentative labor agreement with its attorneys’ union Wednesday afternoon, likely ending the threat of what would have been the largest public defender strike the city has seen in three decades.
Read MoreFederal prosecutors say that since being cuffed last month, Rashad Ruhani, a one-time senior legal advocate at the legal services nonprofit, has done little to prove that he should be allowed to bail out of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
Read MorePrisoners continue to be illegally held in solitary confinement a month after a judge ordered prison officials to comply with state required prisoner protections, legal advocates said.
Read MoreA host of Queens elected officials immediately jumped to back State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas in her bid to unseat State Senator Jessica Ramos, which the lawmaker officially kicked off Monday night.
Read MoreFor the ninth time this year, a person died in Department of Correction custody on Tuesday.
Read MoreAs the city continues to crack down on the dangerous subway surfing habit among young New Yorkers, Queens famous 7 line remains the epicenter of the trend.
Read MoreAs the threat of a mass public defender strike continues to loom over the city, one of the largest union shops already on strike struck a tentative deal with their employer on Sunday.
Read MoreThe threat of massive disruptions to the city’s courts grew Friday as the ongoing mass strike of public defenders and legal services attorneys doubled in size.
Read MoreOfficials on Thursday unveiled the outline of their plan to use an upcoming renewable energy hub to bring new economic opportunities to an underserved Queens community.
Read MoreFor the first time in months, the number of New Yorkers being processed into the state’s prisons is higher than the number being declared “state ready” in local jails throughout the state, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision officials say.
Read MoreQueens College students rallied in Rego Park on Wednesday, calling for the city and mayoral candidates to invest the city’s cash into resurrecting an old train line in Southeast Queens.
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