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Nearly 500 Queens workers were laid off after Amazon ended contracts with their employers without providing proper notice, the Teamsters union alleged in a new federal complaint.
The NYPD’s specialized patrol units continued to make unconstitutional stop-and-frisks last year, failing to meet nearly every compliance requirement set by a court-appointed federal monitor, according to a new report.
A man being held in a new Bellevue Hospital jail unit for detainees with serious medical needs died on Wednesday, becoming the sixth person to die in Department of Correction custody this year.
A Queens councilmember introduced legislation that she says would help notify New Yorkers when ambulances are delayed or unavailable.
Officials are sticking with their hopes that Queens drivers and passengers will finally traverse a construction-free Van Wyck Expressway this year – but exactly when that day will come remains unclear.
For countless Queens residents who felt lost in the legal system when suddenly faced with threats of foreclosure, bankruptcy or debt collection, their saving grace was Mark Weliky.
The federal government has yet to explain why Queens soldier Staff Sergeant Angel Sarah Rampersad and three other troops were removed from the official list of Iran War casualties, a week after a Queens lawmaker set a deadline to do so.
New data released this week shows that the number of NYPD arrests over low-level or non-criminal issues remains as high, if not, higher, under Mayor Zohran Mamdani than it was under former Mayor Eric Adams, angering advocates and lawmakers.
New York’s top judge will not face any consequences for advocating for the passage of a sentencing reform bill, which Republican lawmakers claimed crossed an ethical line.
Two new lawsuits allege that the city’s Department of Correction illegally kept Rikers Island detainees indoors without access to outdoor recreation time for weeks on end, wreaking havoc on detainees’ mental and physical health.
The state is putting up more than $7 million to pay for legal representation for unaccompanied children in immigration court after the Trump administration ended its contract with legal services providers, leaving 1,400 children in New York to represent themselves in deportation cases, officials announced on Wednesday.
As federal immigration officers have been spotted with increasing frequency in Queens, local officials on Monday told their constituents to prepare themselves in the event that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempt to arrest them or their neighbors.
