Nearly 30 years ago, a jury found Chad Breland guilty of two Far Rockaway home invasion robberies, despite his claims that he did not commit the crimes.
Read MoreThe community board with jurisdiction over the 100-acre Aqueduct Racetrack site up for redevelopment wants a seat at the table as the state crafts a master plan that could entirely reshape a corner of Southern Queens.
Read MoreThe City Council this week demanded the Department of Correction answer long-ignored questions about how it's changed – or hasn’t changed – its often criticized process for fielding and addressing complaints detainees make about conditions on Rikers Island.
Read MoreLegal Aid Society offices across all five boroughs faced a new push from labor organizations to increase their workers’ salaries, this time with non-attorneys leading the picket lines.
Read MoreLocal officials and religious leaders rallied Tuesday outside a Queens synagogue defaced with swastikas earlier this week, where they condemned the incident and called for more efforts to protect New Yorkers.
Read MoreThe city has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to the families of two men who died on Rikers Island of methadone overdoses, including one man from Queens whose family said the Department of Correction hid information about their loved one’s death.
Read MorePlans to temporarily shut down a number of streets around the Queens Criminal Courthouse to facilitate the building of Queens’ borough-based jail have been delayed, the Eagle has learned.
Read MoreAfter four years of research and development, the Unified Court System launched its new website that court leaders hope offer users a streamlined approach to accessing the courts.
Read MoreThe state this month will begin planning its redevelopment of Queens’ Aqueduct Racetrack, which is set to be one of the largest empty plots of state-owned land when the horse racing complex closes its tracks for good in June.
Read MoreAntisemitic graffiti was found at several locations in Queens, including the Rego Park Jewish Center and a synagogue in Forest Hills, on Monday morning.
Read MoreMore and more Queens judges over the past several years have steered away from granting defendants supervised or early release, instead choosing to set bail against defendants, according to a new report.
Read MoreThe city blew past a legal deadline Friday to release a detailed plan for closing Rikers Island, leaving its long-delayed effort to shutter the dangerous jail complex without a clear path forward.
Read MoreA Queens judge dismissed an alleged petition fraud case against Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar on procedural grounds on Thursday, effectively guaranteeing the Democratic incumbent will appear on the primary ballot against her Democratic Socialists of America-backed opponent who first brought the allegations against her.
Read MoreTwo of Queens’ more tenured elected officials are now running unopposed in this year’s primaries after their opponents failed to get enough petition signatures to appear on the ballot.
Read MoreThe city’s Department of Correction may soon begin to implement parts of a local law banning solitary confinement in the city’s jails, nearly two and a half years after the bill was first passed.
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