Shawn Williams cried when the jury delivered the not-guilty verdict at his Queens Supreme Court trial last week. “Like a baby,” he added.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Entertainment
It’s not Hollywood, but Queens is a film and television town, too. Writers in the World’s Borough picketed in front of one of Queens’ three studios this week.
The Queens Jazz Orchestra is honoring staples of the jazz world with a performance on June 17.
What do Italian and Senegalese music have in common? Two musicians performing at Flushing Town Hall next month are about to find out.
Former Queens Supreme Court Civil Term Administrative Judge Jeremy Weinstein has added one more profession to his impressive resume: movie star.
“This year we wanted to do something special to encourage our customers to return to holiday shopping in our local downtown Jamaica.”

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.