The 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.

Antisemitic graffiti was found at several locations in Queens, including the Rego Park Jewish Center and a synagogue in Forest Hills, on Monday morning.

More 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.

The 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.

A 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.

Two 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.

The 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.

The first full-fledged casino in New York City opened on Tuesday in Queens, less than six months after the state approved the creation of two gaming facilities in the borough and one on its door step.

The city has appointed its first-ever “close Rikers czar,” tasking a longtime criminal justice reformer with getting its long-delayed plan to shutter the troubled jail complex back on track.

Despite not being convicted of the top murder charge, the man who shot and killed an NYPD officer in Queens was sentenced to 115 years in prison by a judge on Monday.

“Families are being presented with a false choice: Send your children to a brand-new, $92 million facility, or continue using an aging building that has been allowed to deteriorate.”

“With the mayoral elections coming up, it's important that we seek out representatives who will do right by their constituents and abolish Rikers once and for all. “

The Oklahoma-based Williams Transco company is proposing a pipeline through lower Hudson Harbor again. New York first rejected this pipeline in 2020, and now we must do it again. What’s good for a Tulsa gas company is terrible for Queens’ health and our wallets.

“For a corporate center that hosts more than a thousand employees every day — including staff at the Department of Corrections, Skanska, numerous firms and the headquarters of the Queens Chamber of Commerce — this change is more than an inconvenience. It is a step backward for our borough’s economy.”

“Metropolitan Park is a project that has been shaped by the people who live here. A steadfast partner of the community and Elmcor, Metropolitan Park has been intentional with its support for putting the community first. “

A LaGuardia Community College STEM grant program was cut by the Trump Administration and the professor is calling for it to be reinstated.