One of the women who recently accused Queens State Assemblyman Juan Ardila of sexual assault during a 2015 party is participating in a sex crimes probe into the incident.
Read MoreOpposition has begun to grow over a new bill recently brokered between the governor and legislature that would fast-track Court of Appeals judicial nominations if passed into law.
Read MoreQueens’ first-ever legal weed shop opened in Jamaica this week.
Read MoreThe first Queens man to be impeached – and then impeached again – was indicted on state charges on Thursday.
Read MoreMax Negrin, one of the youngest surviving U.S. veterans of World War II, passed away peacefully in hospice care on Feb. 12, 2023. He was 95. Max was laid to rest on February 17 in a section of the United Brotherhood Good Hope Society of Janina in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, Long Island.
Read More“Only once the FAR cap is lifted can we fully realize our goal of live-work-play communities outside of Manhattan, like here in Downtown Jamaica.”
Read MoreA group of 100 law professors wrote an open letter to Governor Kathy Hochul this week opposing her proposals to the state’s bail laws, which have already reportedly soured budget negotiations in Albany.
Read MoreThree decades after Michael Robinson was arrested for a Queens murder he says he didn’t commit, an appellate court overturned his conviction. He now waits for the Queens district attorney to decide whether or not to retry him or to clear his name once and for all.
Read MoreThe Adams administration had difficulty answering questions about the city’s struggling Right to Counsel program during a City Council oversight hearing held on Monday.
Read MoreScrappy has returned from a winter slumber and it’s time for Queens to dominate the city’s composting efforts again.
Read MoreThe 12-week trial marks the longest murder trial in recent Queens Criminal Court history, and is potentially the longest in the history of the court.
Read MoreThe defense attorneys and prosecutors in this court haven’t passed the bar exam – they haven’t even taken their SATs. Take a look inside Queens Defenders’ Youth Court, a restorative justice court where students serve as the attorneys, prosecutors and defendants.
Read MoreThe Commission on Judicial Nomination recommended on Friday seven legal professionals for Governor Kathy Hochul to consider nominating to the top judicial position in the state.
Read MoreFollowing the Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to transfer the enforcement of street vendors from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to the Sanitation Department, vendors, advocates and lawmakers rallied outside City Hall on Wednesday to call for the reversal of the move and reforms to the city’s vending rules.
Read MoreThe Department of Design and Construction on Thursday got an earful from New Yorkers upset over a proposed construction contract that would likely delay the closure of Rikers Island by at least two years.
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