New York’s top judge last week urged Albany to pass into law a pair of bills that he said would go a long way toward reforming the state’s sentencing laws and toward correcting historic inequities in the state’s criminal justice system.
Read MoreSeveral Queens and Brooklyn elected officials are calling on the MTA to consider running the G train along its former route, deeper into Queens, now that the transit authority has announced plans to do work on the line that will likely cause major service disruptions.
Read MoreOn Monday, State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas rallied with advocates in Albany for her One Fair Wage bill, which would equally compensate tipped workers like restaurant staffers.
Read MoreIn response to a long list of pedestrian and cycling deaths in Western Queens, a group of elected officials and advocates released a comprehensive plan to make scores of improvements they believe will increase street safety in the area.
Read MoreAs New York City and the Adams Administration – with support from Governor Kathy Hochul – fight the city’s Right to Shelter rules in court, a host of local electeds including, several from Queens, penned a letter to Hochul this week calling on her to keep the mandate in place.
Read MoreAs the ongoing migrant crisis in New York City intensifies with no signs of slowing down, as has the rift between various sects of city electeds with different strategies for fighting it, splintering Mayor Eric Adams’ hopes of a united front.
Astoria Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani recently introduced "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act,” a bill that would stop tax-exempt registered nonprofits in New York from helping to fund the State of Israel’s settlement activities in the West Bank, which have been deemed illegal by the United Nations. That legislation is now garnering condemnation from dozens of his legislative colleagues who have called it antisemetic.
Read MoreQueens officials and advocates rallied in Long Island City on Thursday, celebrating the inclusion of abortion access protections in the final state budget. HMH Part U, a proposal from Queens State Senator Kristen Gonzalez and Queens Assemblymember Nily Rozic was included in the state budget and contains provisions for protecting abortion access in New York following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Read MoreAssemblymember Juan Ardila has allegedly hired a prominent attorney following sexual assault allegations made against him in March. The revelation came after he was confronted by several of his fellow elected officials and community board members at a board meeting.
Read MoreA Queens lawmaker is pushing a piece of legislation that would make it easier for class action lawsuits to be brought against New York’s state and local governments.
Read MoreIn the midst of budget fights at both the city and state levels, progressive elected officials from around Queens rallied in Astoria on Wednesday to push for the inclusion of a number of progressive causes in New York’s fiscal documents.
Read More“We will have blood on our hands if we allow these [bail law] changes to be implemented in our New York State budget,” Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani said, following a visit to Rikers Island this week.
Read MoreYour state senator thinks they know where the best pizza in Queens is – are they right?
Read MoreA murky Delaware-based political organizing group has entered into the fight over Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial nomination for chief judge of the Court of Appeals. Who are they?
Read MoreKristen Gonzalez beats out Elizabeth Crowley in State Senate District 59. Senator Joseph Addabbo cruises to victory. Robert Zimmerman wins in Congressional District 3. Read more about the results of Tuesday’s primary election here.
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