Police shot and killed a man who was reportedly holding a woman at knife point on Roosevelt Avenue over the weekend. Screenshot via NYPD By Ryan Schwach Officers from the NYPD shot and killed a man on Roosevelt Avenue over the weekend, marking the second time police have fatally shot a person in Queens in a month. The man, who according to police was holding a woman at knifepoint on the busy intersection, is the third person killed in a police-involved shooting in Queens since early March. Police recently shot and killed 19-year-old Win Rozario, who was allegedly undergoing a mental heal ..read more

Daily transcripts from the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump will be posted online to be viewed by the press and public free of charge, court leadership announced on Monday.  AP file photo by Yuki Iwamura/Pool By Jacob Kaye As an unprecedented criminal trail got underway in Manhattan on Monday, the court system announced it would be taking a similarly unprecedented step in bringing the trial to the press and the public. The leadership of New York’s court system on Monday announced that the trial transcripts of The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump will be p ..read more

“The Cubes” opened as a new administrative building at Socrates Sculpture Park.  Photo by Kamila Harris  By Ryan Schwach Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City opened up a unique administrative space made up of storage containers over the weekend. The space will be the first NYC Parks Department facility for Socrates, and is designed by the architecture firm LOT-EK. Known as “The Cubes,” the infrastructure allows the park to expand programming year-round with new opportunities for visitors, educators, artists and local communities. The $5.7 million construction project began wi ..read more

Queens pols push against eviction of composting site from Queensbridge park. Photo by Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit By Ryan Schwach A group of Western Queens elected officials are fighting against a Parks Department plan to evict a popular composting site in their community. On Friday, councilmembers rallied alongside Big Reuse, a composting site in Queensbridge, that has been told to leave so the space can be used to create a parking lot for Parks Department equipment, the officials say. But lawmakers say the composting site is a necessity for their constituents – many of whom live in ne ..read more

A proposal from Governor Kathy Hochul to sweep the Interest on Lawyer Account fund of $55 million received widespread condemnation from the state’s legal community over the weekend following the passage of the state’s budget.  File photo by ​​Susan Watts/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul By Jacob Kaye New York’s legal community has responded with outrage after the governor decided to move forward with a sweep of a pot of money meant to fund civil legal services for low-income New Yorkers. Making its way into the state’s budget belatedly passed over the weekend was a $55 million sweep of th ..read more

The parking garage and community center set to be attached to the Kew Gardens borough-based jail facility are currently under construction. In a letter this week, 15 councilmembers called on the mayor to reduce the planned expansion of the women’s facility inside the yet-to-be-built jail. Eagle file photo by Jacob Kaye By Jacob Kaye A group of over a dozen city councilmembers this week called on the Adams administration to reverse its decision to up the number of beds in Queens’ yet-to-be-built borough-based jail facility. Led by City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, who chairs the council’s Commit ..read more

Governor Kathy Hochul, who negotiated to include the Judicial Security Act in the state’s budget. File photo by Susan Watts/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul By Jacob Kaye A bill that aims to increase safety protections for judges and court staff has officially been included in the state’s tardy budget. One of several budget bills to be introduced in the legislature late Wednesday evening included the Judicial Security Act, which would explicitly lay out the consequences of committing a number of crimes against judges, their staffers and family members. The bill, which is carried by Assemblymem ..read more

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards recently took a trip to Rikers Island. The BP said that while improvements have been made, the jail complex still needs to be closed down and federal receivership should remain on the table.  File photo by Ryan Schwach By Jacob Kaye Despite seeing improvements during a recent visit to Rikers Island, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards says he believes no amount of refurbishment will be enough to justify keeping the troubled jail complex open – and that a federal takeover of the jail should remain on the table. Speaking with the Eagle about ..read more

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