Crime in Queens drops as citywide numbers hit record lows
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Crime continued to plummet in the World’s Borough in the first five months of the year.
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DOC boss defends proposed cut to difficult-to-fill officer jobs on Rikers
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The commissioner of the Department of Correction on Tuesday defended a nearly 600-officer cut proposed by the mayor, despite asking the City Council for more funds to hire and recruit officers only a couple of months ago.
Read MoreQueensLink stalls under Mamdani, a one-time supporter of the rail line
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving ahead with the city’s plan to build the QueensWay park project instead of the ambitious QueensLink rail project in Southeast Queens, which he vocally supported in the Assembly and on the campaign trail.
Read MoreApplications open for free Queens 2-K seats
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Southeast and Central Queens parents can now apply to get their kids into the city’s new 2-K program.
Read MoreFounder and longtime head of Brooklyn Defender Services to step down
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The founder and longtime executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services, the city’s second-largest public defense firm, will retire at the end of the year.
Read MoreMayor backs trio of Queens state candidates
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed three candidates running to represent Queens in Albany over the weekend, around half a year after he left the legislature for Gracie Mansion.
Read MoreQueens residents sue city’s ‘worst landlord’ over crumbling building
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Queens residents brought one of the city’s most notorious landlords to court on Monday after they said over 350 violations plaguing their building had gone unaddressed for years.
Read MoreState budget boosts funds for legal services
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Passing around two months after it was due, New York State’s $268 billion budget mostly fulfills the wishes of New York’s legal community, which was previously concerned about proposed cuts to a number of legal services for low income New Yorkers.
Read MoreAfter overturned conviction, Queens man faces jury again for 1993 killing
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After serving 26 years in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit, Michael Robinson was back in a Queens courtroom Thursday, facing a retrial around half a decade after new DNA evidence unraveled his original conviction.
Read MoreSentencing reform bill backed by top judge begins to advance through Senate
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A bill that would create a formal process for long-time incarcerated individuals to get a judge to reconsider their sentence was passed by a key Senate committee last month, creating the first real opportunity in years for the bill to become law.
Read MoreLocals breathe sigh of relief after Kew Gardens Hills skyscraper project cut in half
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A controversial skyscraper proposed for a quiet corner of Kew Gardens Hills is no more, much to the relief of local officials.
Read MoreNew York’s top court hears judicial age limit case
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The fight over age limits for judges reached New York’s highest court last week, in a case that could have lasting implications for who can hold a seat on the bench.
Read MoreEndless construction on the Van Wyck may soon come to an end
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A construction-free Van Wyck? Officials say, you better believe it.
Read MoreQueens’ beaches open for summer season
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Queens’ beaches opened to the usual fanfare on Friday as locals and elected officials celebrated the start of the summer beach season ahead of the holiday weekend.
Read More‘Predatory’ law firm shuts down after AG investigation
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A New York law firm accused of scamming tenants facing eviction out of more than $170,000 while failing to provide legal representation will shut down after reaching a deal with the state attorney general, who uncovered the alleged fraud during a recent investigation.
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