New York City Comptroller and candidate for mayor Brad Lander was arrested and detained by federal immigration officials in Manhattan on Tuesday. He was later released with no charges.
Read MoreA handful of Queens Council candidates received matching funds on the sixth payday from the Campaign Finance Board on Monday, while a few others were denied.
Read MoreNew York City is failing to meet its obligation to provide legal representation to low-income New Yorkers facing eviction, a new report for the city’s comptroller’s office revealed.
Read MoreOpen street season officially started last week, and elected officials stood with advocates in Queens to demand the city expand the program throughout the outer boroughs.
Read MoreFormer Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared to come away with a major endorsement victory over the weekend after a slate of Black elected officials from Southeast Queens encouraged their supporters to rank the Queens-raised Cuomo first on their Democratic mayoral primary ballots.
Read MoreSeveral local Queens electeds and City Comptroller Brad Lander are calling on the city not to renew a contract with a borough hotel linked to an alleged illegal kickback scheme.
Read MoreAfter months of flirting with a return to public office, Andrew Cuomo officially announced his bid for New York City mayor on Saturday.
Read MoreNew campaign fundraising numbers show Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani outraising all of his mayoral opponents during the most recent filing period. The new filings also show a rush of cash to several local races in the World’s Borough.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams, as well as Queens elected officials running for mayor, are all toward the bottom of a pack in a new 2025 mayoral primary poll that showed former Governor Andrew Cuomo – who has yet to actually declare for the race – has a strong lead.
Read MoreWith Donald Trump vowing mass deportations and Mayor Eric Adams meeting with the president-elect’s new “border czar,” Queens is poised to be the center of a fight over immigration.
Read MoreWestern Queens Assemblymember and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani officially launched his long-rumored bid for mayor of New York City on Wednesday.
Read MoreQueens State Senator Jessica Ramos is announcing that she will be running for mayor, joining a growing list of primary opponents to Mayor Eric Adams.
Read MoreThe number of detainees who have had to wait three years or longer on Rikers Island while their cases sluggishly make their way through the court system has increased by nearly 180 percent in the last half decade, according to a new report.
Read MoreQueens Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar, who is perhaps Mayor Eric Adams’ closest elected ally, is exploring a run at the city comptroller’s office.
Read MoreThe Adams administration’s 60-day shelter limit rule for families was poorly implemented and caused migrants to be haphazardly pushed out of the shelter system, a new report released this week claims.
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