Deepa Roy, 68, and Victor Quimis, 39, face up to 25 years in prison after they were charged for defrauding Bherwani, who has since died, and stealing her Kew Gardens Hills home. On the steps of the ...

Suicides in prisons more than doubled in 2024 compared to the previous year, new data obtained from the New York State Office of Mental Health shows ...

Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a bill that would have eliminated criminal penalties for street vendors that the City Council passed with a veto-proof majority in June.

Queens officials gathered on Monday at Queens Borough Hall to speak out and condemn the anti-immigrant policies of President Donald Trump as the administration gets closer to revoking the temporary ...

Resorts World New York City unveiled a slew of new details about its plans to transform its South Queens “racino” into what would be the largest casino in the United States last week.

A former Rikers Island guard was convicted of felony charges after prosecutors say he planted a weapon inside the cell of a detainee he had recently beat up.

By Noah Powelson A new major development proposal from the city plans to reclaim 80 acres of closed off wetland in College Point to create thousands of units of Queens housing and park land. Mayor ...

By Jacob Kaye For the ninth time this year, a person died in Department of Correction custody on Tuesday. An unnamed man was allegedly found unconscious on the floor of a bathroom inside the Eric M.

Federal prosecutors say that since being cuffed last month, Rashad Ruhani, a one-time senior legal advocate at the legal services nonprofit, has done little to prove that he should be allowed to bail ...

Prisoners continue to be illegally held in solitary confinement a month after a judge ordered prison officials to comply with state required prisoner protections, legal advocates said.

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By Noah Powelson As the threat of a mass public defender strike continues to loom over the city, one of the largest union shops already on strike struck a tentative deal with their employer on Sunday.