Queens Defenders’ former executive director and her ex-husband asked a judge for leniency ahead of their joint sentencing scheduled for next week after the pair admitted to defrauding and effectively bankrupting one of the borough’s largest public defense firms last year.
Read MoreSergeant Angel Sarah Rampersad, the Queens soldier killed in the ongoing war with Iran, was remembered by her family and community as a local hero who always wanted to serve during a vigil outside her Ozone Park home on Thursday.
Read MoreResorts World broke ground on all of the non-casino aspects of their expansion plan on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe mayor, chief judge and appellate division supervising judges appointed 18 members to the once nearly vacant Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday.
Read MoreA 28-year-old Queens native was among the three service members killed by an Iranian missile last week.
Read MoreMore than a dozen Queens lawmakers signed on to a letter with around 100 other elected officials calling on federal Democrats to push for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Read MoreThe threat of a mass citywide public defender strike wreaking havoc on the city’s courthouses appeared to be averted on Tuesday after striking attorneys reached a deal on a new labor contract with the city’s second-largest public defender group.
Read MoreTorrential downpours and consistent rainfall bore down on Queens over the weekend, flooding streets and blocking major highways even after the city has spent over a billion dollars in recent years on flood-mitigation efforts.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, a sold out crowd filled Citi Field in Flushing to watch soon-to-be Queens locals Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League play their first match in the World’s Borough.
Read MoreRikers Island’s power remediation manager issued his much-anticipated first report this week, detailing his plans to begin to curb the violence that has plagued the city’s jails for decades.
Read MoreOver 500 attorneys and legal staff at the city’s second-largest public defender organization went on strike Thursday.
Read MorePatrick Martinez won the Democratic primary for Queens Assembly District 30 by a mere seven votes after an automatic recount was triggered in the paper-thin race between him and candidate Shamsul Haque.
Read MoreDespite a boost in funding and resources for the state’s court system, Queens Criminal Court’s Supervising Judge Edwin Novillo says that large case volumes continue to be the greatest challenge for the court, and that more resources for additional judges, trial parts and technology capabilities are needed to efficiently process cases.
Read MoreThe NYPD is beefing up its presence around a Queens park where a teenager was shot and killed in April.
Read MoreThe hand recount for Assembly District 30 began on Tuesday.
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