Queens Daily Eagle

A man’s 2017 burglary and assault conviction was tossed by a group of appeals judges last week after they ruled that the Queens judge overseeing the case acted like a prosecutor instead of an independent arbiter. queenseagle.com/all/2026/10/…

Former Queens lawmaker Eric Ulrich pulled strings to score a Department of Correction job for his co-defendant's daughter, recorded phone calls played at his bribery trial showed. queenseagle.com/all/2026/10/…

Curious about those Queens judicial candidates on your ballot? Learn about them here. queenseagle.com/all/2026/10/…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed a longtime criminal justice reformer to lead the Board of Correction on Tuesday. queenseagle.com/all/2026/10/…

The City Council is currently drafting a bill to extend the 2027 deadline to close Rikers Island, which officials have long acknowledged has become impossible to meet. queenseagle.com/all/2026/9/1…

The former head of Queens Defenders and her ex-husband were sentenced to prison after siphoning off over $656,000 from the nonprofit, “effectively destroying" the organization that once represented tens of thousands of low-income clients in Queens. queenseagle.com/all/2026/7/2…

Some Queens residents are still cleaning up their homes after the weekend's floods as another dangerous storm is expected to touch down in the borough on Tuesday. queenseagle.com/all/2026/7/2…

Rikers Island’s power remediation manager issued his much-anticipated first report this week, detailing his plans to begin to curb the violence that has plagued the city’s jails for decades. queenseagle.com/all/2026/7/1…

Strike at Brooklyn Defender Services – Over 500 attorneys and legal staffers in Queens and Brooklyn walked off the job this morning. queenseagle.com/all/2026/7/1…

BREAKING: Attorneys at the second-largest public defense organization in the city voted to authorize a strike this week. The move could hamper courts in Queens and Brooklyn should the attorney eventually go on strike. queenseagle.com/all/2026/7/8…

Queens is further cementing itself as the heart of New York City's soccer culture. Gotham FC will be joining New York City Football Club in calling the World's Borough its home in 2028, the club announced Tuesday. queenseagle.com/all/2026/7/7…

Jonathan Rinaldi, a perennial candidate in Queens, was arrested today in relation to his use of deceptive AI-generated campaign material, multiple sources told the Eagle. queenseagle.com/all/2026/6/2…

Tenants of a crumbling Elmhurst building took the city's "worst landlord" to court this week. queenseagle.com/all/2026/6/2…

A construction-free Van Wyck Expressway? Officials say, you better believe it. queenseagle.com/all/2026/5/2…

Queens' beaches opened for the summer over the weekend, but the celebratory mood was dampened by a recent drowning off the borough's shores. queenseagle.com/all/2026/5/2…

With just over a month until their contract expires, labor talks at the city’s second-largest public defense organization have stalled, prompting union attorneys to accuse management of bad-faith bargaining and raise the possibility of a strike. queenseagle.com/all/2026/5/2…

City officials and private developers cut the ribbon this week on Willets Point Commons, an 880-unit affordable apartment complex on the outer edge of what will one day be an entirely new neighborhood in Willets Point. queenseagle.com/all/2026/5/1…

The state this month will begin planning its redevelopment of Queens’ Aqueduct Racetrack, which is set to be one of the largest empty plots of state-owned land when the horse racing complex closes its tracks for good in June. queenseagle.com/all/2026/5/5…