News Queens borough president calls for more affordable housing as Rent Guidelines Board approves rent hikes for stabilized apartments By Carlotta Mohamed
AMNY ‘This is a crisis’: Mayor Adams fires back at advocates over criticism of new Brooklyn migrant shelter
News Legal Aid Society’s new attorney-in-charge of citywide housing justice practice has roots in Queens By Bill Parry
PoliticsNY Adams defends his admin’s handling of a ‘surge’ in asylum seekers overwhelming the city’s shelter system
News Queens Defenders warn staffing shortages could impact lowest-income citizens’ right to legal counsel By Bill Parry
News Another detainee dies on Rikers Island after electeds warned of deplorable conditions By Bill Parry
Forest Hills Queens assemblyman calls for $10 billion in funding for COVID-19 emergency housing and rental assistance By Carlotta Mohamed
Health The Legal Aid Society answers questions about mortgages and foreclosures during COVID-19 crisis By QNS News Team
East Elmhurst City to release 300 nonviolent inmates on Rikers due to COVID-19 pandemic By Bill Parry
News The Legal Aid Society announces it is expanding it’s Worker Justice Project to Queens By Bill Parry
Bayside Brooklyn man wants name cleared in ’93 Bayside murder, claiming that new DNA test exonerates him By Bill Parry
Jackson Heights City Council fully funds program that provides free legal counsel to immigrants facing deportation By Bill Parry
Bayside Queens judge orders hearing on new DNA evidence in ’93 Bayside murder that could exonerate Brooklyn man By Bill Parry
News City Council passes Lancman’s bill mandating that formerly jailed individuals know their voting rights By Carlotta Mohamed
News Hung jury leads to mistrial in Howard Beach jogger murder trial; suspect to be prosecuted again in January By Bill Parry
Schneps Podcasts Dan Rattiner speaks with Shoshanna McCollum, the editor in chief of the Fire Island News – Episode 180