Mayor Zohran Mamdani threatened to dramatically raise property taxes in order to balance the city’s budget if the state does not raise taxes on New York’s wealthiest residents and corporations.
Read MoreA Queens judge decried the state’s mental health system on Friday during the arraignment of Jabez Chakraborty, a 22-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia who charged at a cop with a knife after his family called 911 for medical help last month.
Read MoreOver 100 bar associations and legal organizations called on the governor to fully invest in a public fund for civil legal services, and warned staff cuts would follow if funding wasn’t secured.
Read MoreThe director of New York’s Office of Indigent Legal Services called on the state legislature to prevent the governor from taking over $120 million in funding from the office, and warned the funding sweep could have a dire impact on low-income New Yorkers’ ability to access free legal services.
Read MoreNew signage greeting travelers on the borough’s major thoroughfares reads “Queens is the Future,” a nod to the borough’s diversity, vibrancy, growth as a destination and rise as a political power.
Read MoreThe New York Working Families Party is endorsing Latoya LeGrand in her bid to succeed her former boss, State Assemblymember Vivian Cook, in the legislature, setting up a clash between the progressive group and the Queens County Democratic Party in a part of the borough the Dems have historically dominated.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul earlier this week cited a sprawling insurance fraud ring run by two Queens women when pushing for a slate of auto insurance reforms she hopes to pass in the state budget.
Read MoreMayor Zohran Mamdani returned to his old Albany stomping grounds on Wednesday to ask for the state’s help in closing a $7 billion shortfall in the city’s budget.
Read MoreResidents of a Queens cooperative residential building were subject to extreme cold and flooding after a pipe burst during the winter storm, leading to a fight between residents and co-op board members over how to solve the problem.
Read MoreJeffrey Epstein donated around $125,000 between 2011 and 2012 to a Queens high school, where he was once invited to visit years after he became a registered sex offender.
Read MoreNew York’s top judge shined a light on the state’s Family Courts, which he described as “simultaneously the most important of our courts, the most difficult court for judges, lawyers and parties, and the most under-resourced of our courts,” during his annual State of the Judiciary speech on Monday.
Read MoreHundreds of New Yorkers gathered on the steps of the State Capitol to call on lawmakers to pass a series of prison sentencing reform bills on Monday.
Read MoreState Senator Michael Gianaris, one of Queens’ most powerful envoys in Albany, will not run for reelection, he announced Monday.
Read MoreQueens Borough President Donovan Richards slammed the Trump administration’s deportation efforts while celebrating Queens’ diversity during his inauguration celebration over the weekend.
Read MoreAdvocates and lawmakers recently rallied in support of a bill that would eliminate a number of court fees, which they say are often immense financial and emotional burdens for working class New Yorkers.
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