The controversial former head of Queens Defenders was let off with a warning by a judge on Monday after prosecutors alleged that she had continued to attempt to steal funds from her former nonprofit as she awaits trial.
Read MoreBanners promoting the white nationalist group Patriot Front were hung from several overpasses along a major road over the weekend in Queens, the most diverse county in the United States.
Read MoreThe three remaining men vying for New York City mayor sparred over how to address crime and improve quality of life on Roosevelt Avenue on Thursday during the first of two debates in the race.
Read MoreA federal judge on Thursday dealt another blow to the Adams administration’s efforts to retain control of Rikers Island, denying a motion that sought to undo her decision to put the troubled jail complex under federal receivership.
Read MoreThe chances of Queens one day being home to two casinos – and another right at its border – grew exponentially this week after MGM withdrew its bid to expand their racino into a casino in Yonkers.
Read MoreThe trial of a 22-year-old charged in the death of a 3-year-old child in Queens officially began on Wednesday.
Read MoreRepublican leaders in Queens distanced themselves from a group of Young Republicans who regularly used racial slurs, and antisemitic, sexist and violent language in a leaked Telegram chat reported by POLITICO this week.
Read MoreA group of Queens residents is moving their ongoing fight against Forest Hills Stadium to federal court with a new lawsuit directed at the city.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul is allocating $5 million to Astoria’s Variety Boys & Girls Club to build a new clubhouse, expand the nonprofit’s programming and build new affordable housing, making the Astoria location the largest club in the country.
Read MoreThe leaders of New York’s courts, a number of elected officials, lawyers and advocates together on Friday called on the state to reform its court system in a way that they say will prevent the cycle of incarceration hundreds of mentally ill New Yorkers experience every year.
Read MoreAbout a month after a judge ruled that the Adams administration’s efforts to allow federal immigration agents to open up an office on Rikers Island were illegal, a Queens lawmaker introduced a bill to ensure similar mayoral orders never come again.
Read MoreThe plan to rezone a large swath of bustling Downtown Jamaica cleared two crucial City Council committee votes on Thursday with nearly 500 fewer housing units than initially planned and significantly more in community benefit funds to help meet the demands of local councilmembers.
Read MoreFour previously unelected Democrats are filing to run for the legislature in 2026. Two are mounting challenges against longtime incumbents in districts where Zohran Mamdani won in the primary.
Read MoreFormer Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that he would build new “state-of-the-art” jails on Rikers island in lieu of the four borough-based jails currently being built, if he is elected mayor.
Read MoreThe Oklahoma-based Williams Transco company is proposing a pipeline through lower Hudson Harbor again. New York first rejected this pipeline in 2020, and now we must do it again. What’s good for a Tulsa gas company is terrible for Queens’ health and our wallets.
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