The boss of a top New York City public defense group tried to break up her organization's own attorney union by urging a lawyer to launch a competing one, union leaders alleged on Friday.

A Texas man was charged in Queens with making terroristic threats after he allegedly made several menacing phone calls and wrote Islamophobic and exploitative-laced emails to Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, earlier this year.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has served misconduct charges against the two officers who shot and killed Queens teen Win Rozario in his home last year, a step that may or may not lead to the officers’ being disciplined in the future, the NYPD said.

The plan to rezone and redevelop 54 blocks of Long Island City came before the City Council on Wednesday where the local representative whose opinion on the project matters the most still isn't fully onboard.

The family of one of the nearly half dozen men to have died on Rikers Island this summer said in a court filing that the city caused the man’s death by failing to get him mental health treatment before he committed suicide, according to court documents.

The final public hearing for Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Northern Queens was ended abruptly on Tuesday by the state committee tasked with reviewing it after a clash between community members opposed to the project and the committee's top official.

The City Council on Tuesday celebrated its victory over the Adams administration, successfully suing to prevent a mayoral executive order allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Rikers Island from taking effect.

The organization that took over Queens Defenders legal defense contract continues to see problems, after union members took to the picket line again in response to new work policies.

A Long Island man was arraigned on murder charges in Queens this week after he allegedly purposefully drove his car into a family on Roosevelt Avenue, killing a teen after she and her mother rejected the man’s demands for sex.

The city’s largest public defender organization called on the Department of Investigation last week to probe the spike in deaths of those held in NYPD custody.

“For a corporate center that hosts more than a thousand employees every day — including staff at the Department of Corrections, Skanska, numerous firms and the headquarters of the Queens Chamber of Commerce — this change is more than an inconvenience. It is a step backward for our borough’s economy.”

“Metropolitan Park is a project that has been shaped by the people who live here. A steadfast partner of the community and Elmcor, Metropolitan Park has been intentional with its support for putting the community first. “

A LaGuardia Community College STEM grant program was cut by the Trump Administration and the professor is calling for it to be reinstated.

If we want LIC to stay accessible, we need to build more homes here. That’s why I support the OneLIC proposal.

“Those most impacted by incarceration must help shape the system that determines freedom.”

“We don’t have to wait or wonder what this abundant future might look like. As the president and CEO of New York City Economic Development Corporation, I invite you to take the 7 train to Willets Point, Queens.”