6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (619+ words) Officials broke ground on the first phase of a 1, 650-unit housing development at Arverne East in the Rockaways on Friday." Rendering via the Department of Housing Preservation and Development Officials broke ground on a new Queens housing development on Friday…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (872+ words) Rashad Ruhani, a former Queens Defenders employee, is expected to plead guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the public defender group with the help of his wife, the organization's former executive director, Lori Zeno. Ruhani, who pleaded…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (544+ words) A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in Roy Wilkins Park in Southeast Queens on Thursday. The fatal shooting of Jaden Pierre, who lived in South Richmond Hill, shocked the local community and sparked widespread condemnation of the gun violence…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (836+ words) Kimberly Osorio, the media personality who allegedly hid a cell phone for a Queens man accused of helping to steal $400, 000 from legal nonprofit Queens Defenders, asked a judge to toss much of the evidence federal prosecutors plan to bring against…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (965+ words) For 20 years, Wanda Martinez said she watched her rent-stabilized Jackson Heights apartment deteriorate as her landlord refused to address the worsening conditions. Martinez and her neighbors said their building regularly had mold, broken windows and broken elevators, which often trapped…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (439+ words) Catherine Nolan, who represented Queens in the State Assembly for nearly four decades, passed away on Wednesday, one day before what would have been her 68th birthday. Nolan served the borough for 38 years as the assemblymember for the 37th District, where she…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (150+ words) A decomposing head was found in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge late Thursday night, prompting a major law enforcement response on Friday, law enforcement sources told the Eagle. The remains, which have not been confirmed to be human, were found…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (437+ words) A Flushing man will spend 15 years behind bars after he admitted in court that he attempted to kill an 82-year-old woman in 2024, though his motive still remains unknown. Brandon Harris, 37, pleaded guilty to an attempted murder charge on Monday, confessing…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (802+ words) As court leaders prepare to seek a budget increase in Albany, Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas said Thursday that a persistent shortage of judges continues to strain New York City's courts. At an event hosted by the Queens County Bar…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (398+ words) A man was arrested for an alleged antisemitic attack on a Queens rabbi in Forest Hills on Tuesday, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The man, 32-year-old Eric Zafra Grosso, who is from Corona, is accused of attacking the rabbi in an unprovoked…...