1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (872+ words) Rashad Ruhani, a former Queens Defenders employee, is expected to plead guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the public defender group with the help of his wife, the organization's former executive director, Lori Zeno. Ruhani, who pleaded…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (944+ words) Long Island City residents say they are still in the dark about Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump's $21 billion plan to build over ten thousand homes atop Sunnyside Yard, a proposal that caught many by surprise when it was…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (657+ words) State Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi is accusing his election opponent of attempting to fake documents that would have changed the assemblymember's party affiliation." New York State Assembly" A Queens state assemblymember claimed on Monday that his controversial primary opponent tried to…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (992+ words) The city on Wednesday will welcome patients to a long-delayed jail ward at Bellevue Hospital, finally putting to use a 104-bed unit that has sat unused since early 2025. Concerns over staffing also plagued the Mamdani administration " as recently as two…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (544+ words) New York's problem-solving courts have seen massive increases in enrollment in the more than 15 years since the state implemented major drug sentencing reforms, according to a new report. Enrollment in problem-solving courts among people charged with diversion-eligible felonies rose immediately…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (11+ words) Councilmembers question Mamdani DOI pick on relationship with mayor'Queens Daily Eagle...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1242+ words) After eight tense hours of jury deliberations, Guy Rivera was found not guilty for the murder of NYPD officer Johnathan Diller, but guilty for several lesser charges that will still likely put him behind bars for the rest of his…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1099+ words) Advocates are calling on the city to transfer the long-vacant Anna M. Kross Center from the Department of Correction to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services as part of its plan to close Rikers Island. Screenshot via DOC/You Tube Advocates…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (676+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the New York City Council began to butt heads Wednesday over how to address the city's multi-billion dollar shortfall after the Council released its response to the mayor's preliminary budget proposal. On Wednesday, Speaker Julie Menin…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (690+ words) 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…...