Jacob Kaye

The Adams administration said this week that it plans to mount a legal challenge to a law banning solitary confinement in New York City’s jails, around two months before it is supposed to go into effect.

Surrogate’s Court Candidate Wendy Li recently spoke with the Eagle by phone about her position in the race, her hopes for the Surrogate’s Court, her eyebrow-raising fundraising and more.

The Queens County Bar Association on Wednesday said that one of the two Democratic candidates running for an impending vacancy on the coveted Surrogate’s Court bench was “not approved” for the seat.

Advocates, lawmakers and public defenders on Monday urged the city’s jail watchdog to ensure that the City Council’s ban on solitary confinement be fully implemented before the end of next month, despite ongoing efforts from the city and Department of Correction to delay the law’s enactment.

It was mostly a good night Tuesday for the Queens County Democratic Party, whose candidates in primary races across the borough faced credible threats from insurgent candidates.

The city’s Board of Correction on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve its rules for the implementation of a new law banning solitary confinement in the city’s jails.

Shannan Ferry, a Little Neck native, recently took over as the anchor of “News All Day” on Spectrum News NY1.

By Jacob Kaye In 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced what would become her first major public transportation proposal.

The family of a 31-year-old man whose death in Department of Correction custody remains disputed over a year after it happened recently filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city.

By Jacob Kaye Next week, the New York City Planning Commission will hold its first major public hearing on the Adams administration's City