Legal Aid calls on DOI to investigate NYPD in-custody deaths
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The city’s largest public defender organization called on the Department of Investigation last week to probe the spike in deaths of those held in NYPD custody.
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Right to Counsel fails to live up to potential, report finds
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The city’s first-in-the-nation right to counsel program has failed to live up to its potential after years of underfunding and mismanagement have left around three quarters of eligible New Yorkers without full legal representation in Housing Court, a new report shows.
Read MoreQueens pols stay mum on Mamdani after Hochul endorsement
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Queens’ Democratic establishment has yet to endorse Democratic mayoral nominee and Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani after Governor Kathy Hochul threw her weight behind the local candidate over the weekend.
Read MoreNYPD watchdog says officers shouldn’t have shot Queens teen
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The NYPD’s watchdog group substantiated several charges against the two officers who shot and killed 19-year-old Win Rozario inside his family’s Queens home last year as he experienced an alleged mental health crisis.
Read MoreOver two dozen apply to be Rikers receiver
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Nearly 30 people recently told a federal judge that they want to be put in charge of the troubled jail complex and be appointed “remediation manager,” according to a recent report from the judge’s federal monitor, Steve J. Martin.
Read More‘No rights at all’: A Queens woman’s estate belongs to her accused killer. Her family is calling for a change to state law.
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A Queens woman’s grieving family is demanding a change to state law so that their relative’s accused killer can no longer control her estate.
Read MoreWith 2027 out of reach, Council passes bills to move Rikers’ closure along
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With the city lagging years behind its legally-mandated 2027 deadline to shutter Rikers Island, the City Council on Wednesday passed a suite of bills that they say will at least help get the effort to close the notorious jail complex back on track.
Read MoreCommittee hears Queens’ thoughts on Cohen’s casino
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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 MoreCity violates detainees’ right to counsel, attys claim
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Public 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 More‘Much more work to be done’: Council wants city to build on Downtown Jamaica Neighborhood Plan
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A 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 MoreThe World Cup comes to the World’s Borough
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In 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 MoreCity quietly scraps premier community policing program
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The 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 MoreOver 90 percent of court summons were dismissed without conviction, new report shows
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New 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 MoreRikers sees third death in two weeks
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The 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 slow and often late, report says
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Queens buses are slower, and less on time than the city average, a new report from the comptroller’s office says.
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