Trump says Mamdani will have ‘problems’ if elected
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Queens-raised President Donald Trump said on social media Monday that Zohran Mamdani will have “problems” if he is ultimately elected to City Hall in November.
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Brooklyn Defender union calls on embattled boss to step down
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Labor tensions escalated on Thursday as elected city officials and union members called for the executive director of the city’s second-largest public defense group to step down, less than a week after she was accused of attempting to break up her organization’s attorneys’ union.
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Resorts World casino expansion approved by local committee
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Resorts World’s plan to put the nation’s largest casino in Southeast Queens cleared a major hurdle on Thursday following unanimous approval from the community advisory committee tasked with reviewing it.
Read MoreIndicted Queens Defenders founder accused of new theft while awaiting trial
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Lori Zeno, the former head of Queens Defenders accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars with her husband from the nonprofit she founded, has continued to siphon money from the organization as she awaits trial, according to the feds.
Read MoreOdds improve for Queens’ casino bidders
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The odds keep getting better for the two Queens bidders hoping to score one of the three downstate casino licenses to be handed out by the state’s Gaming Commission at the end of the year.
Read MoreCity sued for continued use of solitary confinement on Rikers
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The New York City Department of Correction has regularly violated state law by illegally confining people in jail cells for over 24 hours at a time without access to proper medical care, a new lawsuit claims.
Read MoreNYPD force complaints up under Adams administration, report finds
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Allegations against NYPD officers for excessive and unnecessary force have increased significantly in the last two years under Mayor Eric Adams, a new report from the comptroller’s office finds.
Read MoreDOI to probe NYPD in-custody deaths
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The city’s Department of Investigation is looking into the recent spate of deaths of New Yorkers while in the NYPD’s custody, police officials said during a City Council hearing on Monday.
Read MoreCivil legal services in dire need of funding in face of budget cuts, officials say
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New York’s court leaders have called for expanded civil legal services for years. But in the face of massive federal funding cuts for social services enacted earlier this year, they said last week that the funding has never been more desperately needed.
Read MoreQueens’ record keeper: Jason Antos named borough historian
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Joseph Antos, a 44-year-old lifelong Whitestone resident, was named as the next Queens historian by Borough President Donovan Richards last week.
Read MoreBrooklyn Defender Services' boss accused of union-busting scheme
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The boss of a top New York City public defense group tried to break up her organization's own attorney union by urging a lawyer to launch a competing one, union leaders alleged on Friday.
Read MoreTexas man arrested for making ‘terroristic threats’ against Mamdani
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A Texas man was charged in Queens with making terroristic threats after he allegedly made several menacing phone calls and wrote Islamophobic and exploitative-laced emails to Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, earlier this year.
Read MorePolice brass charges officers who shot Queens teen, but discipline may not come
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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has served misconduct charges against the two officers who shot and killed Queens teen Win Rozario in his home last year, a step that may or may not lead to the officers’ being disciplined in the future, the NYPD said.
Read MoreCouncil unconvinced of city’s plan for major Queens development
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The plan to rezone and redevelop 54 blocks of Long Island City came before the City Council on Wednesday where the local representative whose opinion on the project matters the most still isn't fully onboard.
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