Black women lead the way in Queens’ courts
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Queens finds itself in the middle of a historic period for its courts – for the first time in the borough’s history, over half of the borough’s courts are being led by Black women.
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Construction prep underway for $8 billion Metropolitan Park casino in Queens
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While the New York Mets lay the groundwork for their upcoming season in Florida, similar foundations are being laid for Steve Cohen’s casino next to Citi Field.
Read MoreNorthern Queens locals want Mamdani to fulfill Adams’ precinct promise
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Locals in Northern Queens are once again calling for the city to meet their demands for a new police precinct in their community after it went unmentioned in the mayor’s preliminary budget released earlier this month.
Read MoreMenin speeds up ethics review as Paladino doubles down on anti-Muslim posts
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City Council Speaker Julie Menin said Tuesday that the legislature’s ethics committee will expedite its inquiry into Islamophobic remarks made by City Councilmember Vickie Paladino, after the Queens Republican posted a fresh round of controversial comments online this week.
Read MoreJan. 6 rioter files for Queens Assembly seat
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A former Queens Republican district leader who was convicted for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection filed to run for the State Assembly, a little more than a year after he was pardoned for the crimes by President Donald Trump.
Read MoreQueens community boards ask for funding amid city budget crunch
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Queens’ 14 community boards made their annual funding pitch to the borough president during a public hearing on Monday – but the city’s fiscal outlook may make getting additional dollars to the local boards more difficult.
Read MoreQueens pays respect to shuttered Jamaica Coliseum
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It’s the end of an era for the historic Jamaica Coliseum Mall, which officially closed at the beginning of the month.
Read MoreQueens slows to crawl after being blanketed by snow
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A historic blizzard blew into Queens Sunday, bringing the borough to a crawl and covering it in nearly two feet of dense snow that fell well into Monday afternoon.
Read MoreAnother progressive vs socialist race brews in Queens as Raga throws hat into Senate race
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Queens Assemblymember Steven Raga threw his hat into the race to replace Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris in the State Senate, setting up a battle between the progressive lawmaker and Democratic Socialists of America-backed Aber Kawas.
Read MoreCity unveils plan to comply with jail oversight rules, solitary confinement ban
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City Hall last week unveiled a plan it says will finally bring the city into compliance with long-suspended jail oversight rules and a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers Island.
Read MoreCivil legal service fund go unchanged in gov’s budget amendments
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Despite bar associations and legal organizations across the state urging the governor to expand a public fund for civil legal services, the governor made no changes to the budget item in the slate of amendments to her proposed financial plan released last week.
Read MoreNYCFC to officially open 2027 season in Queens
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Queens’ soon-to-be hometown soccer team, New York City Football Club, will play their first match at Etihad Park in summer 2027, the team announced this week.
Read MoreJudge tosses suit that alleged Adams ran NYPD as a ‘racketeering enterprise’
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A federal judge tossed a lawsuit brought by former interim NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon against Mayor Eric Adams and the agency he formerly led, accusing them of using the police department to run a criminal conspiracy empire.
Read MoreAppeals court again rebukes Queens judge for acting like a prosecutor
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For the second time in a month, a state appellate court has overturned a Queens conviction after finding that a trial judge abandoned his role as neutral referee, asking witnesses more than 800 questions and berating the defense attorney in front of the jury.
Read MoreCourts saw major increase in trials last year, data shows
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After the pandemic significantly slowed the number of trials taking place in New York’s courts, the Unified Court System saw a major increase in the number of trials commenced in 2025, a trend that experts say could lead to even faster case processing in 2026.
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