A 49-year-old man from Queens awaiting trial on Rikers Island died on Sunday, becoming the second detainee in the troubled jail complex to die in the last week.
Read MoreThe final steel beam was placed atop Etihad Park in Willets Point on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in not just the stadium’s construction, but that of the new neighborhood soon-to-be built in Queens.
Read MoreLocals in Northern Queens are once again calling for the city to meet their demands for a new police precinct in their community after it went unmentioned in the mayor’s preliminary budget released earlier this month.
Read MoreCity 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreA group of Queens electeds and civic leaders are suing Mayor Zohran Mamdani over a Freedom of Information Law request demanding he explain his reasoning for eliminating an Adams administration executive order regarding the definition of antisemitism.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani returned to his old Albany stomping grounds on Wednesday to ask for the state’s help in closing a $7 billion shortfall in the city’s budget.
Read MoreThe City Council on Thursday overrode a mayoral veto of a bill that would explicitly bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from operating an office on any land owned by the city’s Department of Correction, including Rikers Island.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday the city is facing a “serious fiscal crisis” that rivals the Great Recession, blaming his predecessor for four years of shoddy budgeting practices that has left the city with a bleak financial outlook.
Read MoreHiram Monserrate, one of Queens’ most polarizing political figures, is again running for the State Senate – but this time he is being more upfront about his past, including his expulsion from the office he is running for again.
Read MoreA former aide to Mayor Eric Adams was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday for allegedly using his position in city government to “create a side hustle of bribery and fraud,” according to investigators.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani officially moved from his Astoria apartment into Gracie Mansion on Monday.
Read MoreLess than 10 days into his mayoral tenure, Mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside Governor Kathy Hochul laid out a plan to address one of the mayor’s leading campaign promises: universal childcare.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani late Monday renewed a long-running state of emergency on Rikers Island, signing an executive order he acknowledged would prolong a controversial legal workaround used by his predecessor for years to skirt rules dictating how the city should treat detainees.
Read MoreZohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as the next mayor of New York City on Thursday, becoming the first elected official from Queens to lead the five boroughs from City Hall.
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