The committee tasked with making a recommendation on the fate of Steve Cohen’s Metropolitan Park casino plan to the state’s Gaming Commission held its first public hearing on Tuesday, as the downstate casino bidding process reaches the home stretch.
Read MorePublic defense attorneys alleged on Tuesday that the Department of Correction consistently violates the rights of detainees by making it difficult for them to meet with their lawyers while being held on Rikers Island.
Read MoreA pair of South Queens councilmembers said on Tuesday during a City Council hearing that they want more out of the city’s massive plan to rezone Downtown Jamaica.
Read MoreIn less than a year, North American and New York City will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and Queens, arguably the epicenter of the “world’s game” in the United States, is looking for a piece of the action.
Read MoreThe city quietly did away with its premiere community policing program recently, moving its officers over to a new unit focused on quality-of-life issues.
Read MoreNew York City courts threw out over half of all criminal summonses issued in 2024, largely due to paperwork errors and legal insufficiencies, a new report released this week shows.
Read MoreThe rash of deaths on Rikers Island continued on Wednesday, when a man died after experiencing an apparent medical crisis in the jail complex that has claimed the lives of three people over the last two weeks.
Read MoreQueens buses are slower, and less on time than the city average, a new report from the comptroller’s office says.
Read MoreA dozen men responsible for the majority of shootings in Southeast Queens during a gang war this past year were arrested and indicted this last week, putting an end to a year-long investigation by law enforcement.
Read More“For a corporate center that hosts more than a thousand employees every day — including staff at the Department of Corrections, Skanska, numerous firms and the headquarters of the Queens Chamber of Commerce — this change is more than an inconvenience. It is a step backward for our borough’s economy.”
Read MoreThe promise of a new neighborhood replete with thousands of apartments, shops and new parks in Southern Astoria is no more after a group of developers abandoned their plans for their massive project known as Innovation QNS.
Read MoreAfter nearly two months of striking, union members for two legal aid organizations ratified new labor contracts, leaving only one organization left on the picket line.
Read MoreThe New York City Planning Commission overwhelmingly voted to approve the OneLIC neighborhood plan on Wednesday, sending the latest attempt to rezone the city’s fastest growing neighborhood to the City Council.
Read MoreThe Williams Pipeline, which would run just a few miles off the coast of Queens, received an approval from a federal regulatory commission last week and is one stop closer to being built.
Read MoreA longtime Queens judge is facing calls to retire from a legal advocacy group which cites longstanding concerns with his record.
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