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Queens Defenders' controversial ED Lori Zeno was forced to go on leave by the group's board last night. Though the board's chair didn't say what was behind the dismissal, he told staff to reach out to the AG's whistleblower office with complaints.
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RT @Jacob_Kaye_: Breaking: A federal judge today ruled that the city is in contempt of court for its failure to keep Rikers Island safe. Mo…
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RT @Jacob_Kaye_: happy (?) election day, Queens! Let the @QueensEagle know how things are looking at your poll site!
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Mayor Eric Adams indicated on federal charges and calls for his resignation flood in
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Queens State Senator Jessica Ramos is running for mayor
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New York’s attorney general won't prosecute a group of NYPD officers who shot and killed a man wielding a gun while experiencing an apparent mental health crisis in St. Albans in July 2022.
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City law says the jails on Rikers Island must be shuttered by Aug. 31, 2027. But with only three years left before the deadline, major hurdles remain.
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Exclusive: @QnsBPRichards plans to tell the Adams administration today that he supports – with conditions – their controversial City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal. Richards is the final borough president to weigh in on the plan.
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Harvey Weinstein made a brief appearance in Queens Criminal Court on Monday. His presence made for a momentarily intense moment in a basement courtroom that otherwise operated as if all was business as usual.
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More questions emerge as the Queens district attorney retries a man wrongly convicted of a 1993 murder. The only witness to the crime is long dead. However, issues with her eyesight were known to prosecutors but never shared with the defense.
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Queens Eagle reporter @RyanSchwach hung out at Astoria's iconic Neptune Diner for its final night of service on Sunday. It was a bittersweet evening, filled with good memories, a grieving of the old neighborhood and a lot of burgers.
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Queens residents gave the MTA their thoughts on the agency's latest attempt at redrawing the borough's bus map last week. The verdict? It's still far from perfect.
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A federal judge this week said that the public has the right to know more about state investigations into allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, a process that is currently shrouded in secrecy.
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The Pomonok Houses will soon get a new $2 million outdoor recreation space, the first major renovation at the NYCHA development in decades.
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The City Council is preparing to take the Adams administration to court if it fails to implement the legislative body's law banning solitary confinement, which is set to take effect in less than 10 days.
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RT @Jacob_Kaye_: Last May, the DOC said Joshua Valles died of a heart attack on Rikers Island. They said nothing of the massive brain injur…
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RT @Jacob_Kaye_: The relatively broad coalition of supporters that got behind Juan Ardila during his 2022 bid for Assembly have abandoned t…
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The first public meeting of the city's Charter Revision Commission was held in Queens this week. There was only one thing missing – the public.
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Hear from the Democratic candidates hoping to represent Assembly District 37 at a debate hosted by the Western Queens Independent Democratic Club and moderated by the Eagle and the @QueensChronicle.
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Despite the city insisting it can turn around its troubled jail complex on Rikers Island, the Legal Aid Society last week reiterated its call for a federal judge to strip control of the jail from the city and hand it over to a court-appointed authority.
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