4+ day, 14+ hour 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+ mon, 1+ day 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, 6+ day 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, 1+ 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+ day 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…...

2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (564+ words) By Ryan Schwach & Jacob Kaye A man who cops claimed was emotionally disturbed was shot by NYPD officers in Briarwood on Monday. According to police, the 22-year-old victim had a knife and was shot multiple times by officers. He is…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (605+ words) Retiring Representative Nydia Vel'zquez announced a trio of local endorsements on Thursday, largely spurning the wave of Democratic Socialist candidates seeking to capitalize on Zohran Mamdani's mayoral win. Vel'zquez, who has represented Queens and Brooklyn for three decades, threw her…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (701+ words) Queens Assemblymember Claire Valdez launched a campaign to succeed Nydia Vel'zquez in Congress on Thursday. In launching her bid, the freshman socialist elected sets up a showdown between the Democratic Socialists of America " who are fresh off their recent win…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (512+ words) The city's largest public defender organization called on the Department of Investigation last week to probe the spike in deaths of those held in NYPD custody. In a letter to the office of the inspector general for the NYPD, which…...