The union representing Rikers Island’s correction officers is suing the city for reinstating forced 12-hour shifts, arguing officials illegally used an emergency order to revive the longer tours.
Read MoreAdvocates on Tuesday demanded the governor sign a package of bills meant to reform the state’s troubled prisons, a year after the killing of Robert Brooks put a spotlight on the worsening conditions behind bars.
Read MoreMore than 200 drivers at an Amazon warehouse in Queens announced they were unionizing on Tuesday morning, the second set of drivers to do so in the borough in the last year.
Read MoreA 32-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Sunday morning, becoming the 14th person to die in the Department of Correction’s custody this year.
Read MoreOne of the city’s top public defender organizations recently faced backlash from its union after an announced candidate for director of their immigration practice sparked outrage.
Read MoreZohran Mamdani, the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City, will pack his bags over the coming weeks and make the move across the East River to Gracie Mansion when he takes office in January.
Read MoreQueens locals and elected officials rallied in Western Queens over the weekend to protest the federal detention of a 6-year-old and his father as immigration agents were spotted in two separate Queens neighborhoods.
Read MoreFormer State Senator Hiram Monserrate, who was expelled from the legislature and who later served prison time on public corruption charges, filed this week to run for the seat he once held.
Read MoreA Rikers Island correctional officer will be fired after being found guilty this week of sexually abusing a woman in his Queens home – a decision that comes years after he was first accused by multiple detained women of sexually abusing them while on the job.
Read MoreAttorney General Letitia James’ office will not bring charges against the two NYPD officers who shot and killed Queens teenager Win Rozario in his family’s home last year while he was allegedly in the throes of a mental health crisis.
Read MoreHeavily armed federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security were spotted in Jackson Heights on Thursday morning, and reportedly detained a woman who recently moved into the neighborhood before being berated by locals.
Read MoreBrooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced his bid to succeed retiring Representative Nydia Velázquez in Congress on Thursday, making him the first major candidate to throw their hat in the ring to represent the Queens and Brooklyn district.
Read MoreNew York City’s judges go through a heavy vetting process before they can serve, but advocates say not much is known about what criteria gets them to the bench.
Read MoreAn NYPD officer recently violated the city’s sanctuary city law and gaps in the department’s policies leave it vulnerable to similar violations in the future, a new report from the New York City Department of Investigation found.
Read MoreWhile a majority of voters in Queens cast a ballot for Mamdani, others voted for former Governor Andrew Cuomo or Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. But a handful of those voters got a little more creative.
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