A Queens judge this week refused to throw out charges against Jabez Chakraborty, a 23-year-old shot by police while in the throes of a mental health crisis in January, ruling that prosecutors did not violate his rights by indicting him while he was shackled to a hospital bed recovering from his gunshot wounds.
Read MoreQueens Representative Grace Meng was endorsed by retiring Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez on Monday as she continues to draw support in her reelection bid against an insurgent progressive in New York’s 6th Congressional District.
Read MoreA Queens couple is looking for justice more than a month after their Italian greyhound, Neelu, was mauled to death by a group of dogs in Sunnyside.
Read MoreA 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 Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, which represents homeowners in the historic Queens neighborhood, has settled a lawsuit it brought last year against the city over how the NYPD polices the area during events at Forest Hills Stadium.
Read MoreIt was a long grueling day of legal debate for a group of around a dozen Queens high school students last week, as they were given the unique chance to introduce and defend their own constitutional amendments before actively sitting judges in Queens Supreme Court.
Read MoreA 30- to 40-foot sei whale washed up on the beach in Rockaway on Thursday afternoon.
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 MoreThe City Council is asking a judge to dismiss Queens Councilmember Vickie Paladino’s suit against the legislative body.
Read MoreLeaders of some of the city’s largest public defense organizations warned last week that without at least $100 million in additional city funding, they’ll risk an exodus of attorneys that would leave low-income New Yorkers struggling to secure legal representation.
Read MoreThe St. John’s Red Storm punched their ticket to the Sweet 16 for the first time in a quarter century on Sunday night, after a spectacular buzzer-beater layup pushed them past Kansas.
Read MoreTwo airline pilots were killed and dozens of passengers were injured after a plane crashed into a firetruck on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night.
Read MoreQueens Borough President Donovan Richards wants the state to raise taxes on millionaires and corporations in order to meet the city’s budget deficit and stave off what he says would be catastrophic consequences for the borough caused by the property tax increase threatened by the mayor.
Read MoreThe mayor last week tapped a Queens native with extensive ties to the World’s Borough to lead the city’s Department of Finance, where he’ll guide the collection of more than $50 billion in city revenue each year.
Read MoreTwo Queens congressmembers joined the growing calls against St. John’s University to reverse their controversial decision to cut ties with their long-time faculty unions.
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