managing editor of the @QueensEagle. [email protected].
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The state police are requesting permission to bring a new, powerful DNA testing technology into their labs. But public defenders say the request raises serious concerns about privacy, constitutional and due process rights. queenseagle.com/all/2026/10/…
The Queens DA is urging the parole board not to release David McClary, the man behind the 1988 notorious murder of rookie NYPD officer Edward Byrne. McClary has been in prison for nearly 40 years and says he's been reformed. queenseagle.com/all/2026/10/…
The mayor appointed criminal justice reformer Chris Watler to serve as chair of the Board of Correction today. Watler will lead oversight efforts as the city attempts to close Rikers Island and continues to deal with unabated violence in the jails.
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Astoria-founded cookie chain Chip City shuttered all of its stores on Friday amid a messy legal battle with its founder, who was recently asked to answer for the mismanagement of nearly $1 million of the company's funds.
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NEW: Landlords suing to overturn an upcoming rent freeze say they suspect top officials under @NYCMayor tried to meddle in the Rent Guidelines Board vote
Now a former RGB chair tells me that the landlords’ attorney, Randy Mastro, did just that last year
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A group of disabled transit riders and accessibility advocates want the MTA to push the reservation deadline for its Access-a-Ride paratransit service several hours back, from 5 p.m. until 11:59 p.m., the night before the day of their scheduled trip.
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The existence of "deadlocking" mentally ill detainees on Rikers Island continued to be debated during a City Council hearing today.
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“I’m a realist. I am not about chasing clouds. This isn’t ‘I want to talk to my boy Donny on a sidechat about $20 billion.’”
Councilmember @juliej_won on Sunnyside Yards and the "new level" of conversation between the Trump admin and City Hall
Mamdani and Trump advance plan for 'new neighborhood' above Sunnyside Yard in Queens
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Jacob Kaye retweeted
Mamdani supported Orkin throughout his primary run against Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar without ever formally granting endorsement, as @petersterne reported. Kind of funny to do that now, as he faces underfunded Republican opposition in a safe blue Queens district.
I am proud to endorse David Orkin for Assembly District 38. David will be a tireless champion for our affordability agenda in Albany. We’re 46 days out from Election Day; will you help us get out the vote?
Election Day is November 3. Early Voting begins on October 24th and runs through November 1st.
Canvass with us 📋 act.david4queens.com/map
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Exclusive 🚨
Last year, @Documentedny visited a playground in Queens where day laborers expressed fear about the incoming Trump administration.
Those fears came to a head on Sep. 1, when ICE raided the playground and arrested eight.
New form me.
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Mayor Mamdani will roll out a new 10-year Vision Zero plan today that pledges to expand the use of Sammy’s Law to entire neighborhood, stand up a super speeders program and explore pedestrian only or pedestrian priority districts.
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A first for Department of Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards – getting seriously criticized by those leading Rikers' reform efforts.
Check out the story here
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Today’s New York Playbook has the news on former Sen. Mike Gianaris’ new job politico.com/newsletters/new…
In a scathing letter to a judge, Rikers' federal monitor says he has "grave concerns" that top DOC officials are "actively engaging in efforts to evade transparency and impede cooperation and collaboration" with the monitor and remediation manager.
The monitor took particular issue with a message sent to top staffers on behalf of DOC Commish Stanley Richards – "No idea, strategy or work is to be communicated to the remediation manager, monitor or City Hall without [Richards] being briefed beforehand," it said.
SCOOP: The City Council is drafting a bill to extend the deadline to close Rikers, which everyone has said can't be closed by August 2027.
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A man died in the city's new jail ward for detainees with serious medical needs in Bellevue Hospital today, marking the first death in the unit.
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