The New York State Legislature passed a package of prison reforms on the last day of the legislative session, sending the bills to the governor’s desk. However, the governor has not indicated if she plans to support the package or not.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is suing New York State over a law that protects migrants from being arrested when they go to routine proceedings in state courthouses. The move was made at the same time Governor Kathy Hochul was testifying before congress on the issue of immigration.
Read MoreA popular bill that would remove the population limit on new judicial seats appears unlikely to make it through the state legislature this year, but lawmakers say their plan to make a drastic change to the state’s constitution is very much alive.
Read More“Those most impacted by incarceration must help shape the system that determines freedom.”
Read MoreThe State Senate voted 54-5 late Tuesday to grant Steve Cohen, the owner of the New York Mets, a crucial permission that will allow him to submit his application to the state to build an $8 billion casino and entertainment complex on Citi Field’s parking lot, unencumbered by land use restrictions.
Read MoreFollowing a 17-week outage, the A train to the Rockaways is up and running again less than a week before peninsula’s beaches open for the summer.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul and the city’s five district attorneys celebrated changes to the state’s evidence-sharing laws that were worked into the state budget Wednesday.
Read MoreAs negotiations over changes to the state’s evidence-sharing laws hold up the passage of the state’s budget in Albany, a recent criminal case in Queens appears to highlight the core of the debate over discovery.
Read MoreThough a number of major questions remain about the city’s early efforts to bring a long-desired level one trauma hospital to the Rockaway peninsula, the city recently checked off a big to-do off their list – figuring out where it will be built.
Read MoreThe MTA will soon hold a series of public town halls on their ambitious plan to build a light rail from Queens to Brooklyn, even as funding for the project remains in question.
Read MoreBoth the State Assembly and Senate rejected Governor Kathy Hochul’s attempt to rollback reforms to the state’s evidence-sharing laws on Tuesday, setting up a fight over the proposal as the deadline to pass the state budget approaches.
Read MoreActivists and elected officials rallied in Albany on Tuesday to call for prison reforms after a 22-year-old incarcerated man was killed after allegedly being beaten by prison guards over the weekend.
Read MoreWhile Governor Kathy Hochul has worked to ease the crisis facing New York’s prisons, she has yet to utilize a power granted only to her that could lead to the release of dozens, if not hundreds, of people locked for decades in New York’s prisons.
Read MoreAfter a tumultuous two weeks and general silence from the mayor on the chaos, Eric Adams faced reporters on Monday and largely deflected an onslaught of questions about his ongoing legal and political troubles.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul proposed on Thursday reigning in New York City Mayor Eric Adams with a set of “political sanctions,” stopping short of removing him from office – for now.
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