Queens man awaits retrial over two years after his murder conviction was overturned

Queens man awaits retrial over two years after his murder conviction was overturned

Two and a half years after his 1993 murder conviction was overturned, a Queens man and his attorneys claim that they are ready for the retrial but have been subject to countless delays from the Queens district attorney’s office and the courts.

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Forest Hills Stadium racks up noise violations during music festival

Forest Hills Stadium racks up noise violations during music festival

Forest Hills Stadium violated the city’s noise laws multiple times during the three-day music festival All Things Go over the weekend, which ended in a disaster when the venue abruptly cut off the festival’s headliner before the end of her set.

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Metropolitan Park unanimously approved by local committee

Metropolitan Park unanimously approved by local committee

Mets owner Steve Cohen’s $8 billion casino plan dubbed Metropolitan Park was unanimously approved by its local committee on Tuesday, a crucial victory that puts it in contention for one of three coveted downstate casino licenses.

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Advocates slam gov for failing to commute sentences of incarcerated women

Advocates slam gov for failing to commute sentences of incarcerated women

Tami Eldridge is one of over 1,800 people with a clemency application pending with Governor Kathy Hochul, who has yet to commute the sentence of a single woman who applied for clemency since she took office four years ago.

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Queens’ closest Council race is also its most predictable

Queens’ closest Council race is also its most predictable

District 30 is a politically complicated corner of Queens. While it maintains a strong Democratic majority, it has long been represented by Bob Holden, who has consistently voted with the Council’s Republican minority and co-chairs the conservative Common Sense Caucus in the Council.

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Brooklyn Defender union calls on embattled boss to step down

Brooklyn Defender union calls on embattled boss to step down

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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