The Bronx DA’s office has dropped all charges against a Queens public defender arrested on Rikers Island for possession of ...

The Queens public defender arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle THC-laced papers to a Rikers Island inmate has been ...

Many low-income criminal defendants in Queens who need a free attorney will now be represented by a public defender ...

The founder of the Queens Defenders and her husband have lawyered up after they were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the non-profit ...

Brooklyn Defender Services replaces Queens Defenders on a $34 million contract after its founders plead not guilty to fraud ...

Queens Defenders officially had its criminal defense practice taken over by a Brooklyn-based legal services provider on ...

The Correction Department said Bernardo Caceres’s papers tested positive for THC, a cannabinoid. Then officials tested the ...

Attorneys working at the city’s largest public defender group are prepared to begin the largest public defender strike in 30 ...

Former Queens Defenders Executive Director and founder Lori Zeno appeared in court in Brooklyn on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to fraud charges. Zeno, who was ousted from the Queens nonprofit ...

Queens Defenders received roughly $368,000 in federal funds via the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The couple is charged with theft of federal funds and wire fraud.

Prosecutors clear Queens public defender arrested on Rikers after tests show no drugs found on legal papers Graham Rayman, New York Daily News Thu, July 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM UTC ...