Queens Daily Eagle

3 days ago | queenseagle.com | Ryan Schwach

Despite ranked choice voting tabulations still unfinished, former Governor Andrew Cuomo conceded the race for mayor to Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani, who began the race as a relatively unknown Queens legislator, skyrocketed in the polls in recent weeks and held on to a lead on election night as numbers started to come in. However, since ranked choice votes will continue to be counted, several local City Council races in Queens are without a clear winner.

3 days ago | queenseagle.com | Ryan Schwach

By Ryan Schwach, Noah Powelson and Celia Bernhardt Across New York City and Queens voters went to the polls as the temperature outside hit triple-digits. Despite the dangerous, record breaking heat, thousands turned out to voting sites in every corner of the World’s Borough to vote in an equally hot mayoral race and a handful of notable local races.

4 days ago | queenseagle.com | Ryan Schwach

The family of Win Rozario, the 19-year-old shot and killed by police in his Queens home last year, filed a lawsuit against the city and the NYPD for wrongful death on Monday. The 29-page suit, filed nearly a year after the family first indicated they intended to sue the city, argues that the two responding officers violated Rozario’s civil rights when they failed to deescalate the situation which ultimately resulted in Rozario’s death.

4 days ago | queenseagle.com | Ryan Schwach

By Ryan SchwachTwo inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon. Inmates 37-year-old Benjamin Kelly and 56-year-old James Maldonado both died on Friday, bringing the Rikers death toll to seven, two more than all of last year. According to the DOC, an officer found Kelly in medical distress at around 2:59 p.m. at the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers while conducting a tour.

4 days ago | queenseagle.com | Ryan Schwach

By Ryan SchwachMayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani have made their last pitch to voters as New Yorkers head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in a mayor’s race that has boiled down to the two Queens-connected men. Both candidates blanketed local cable feeds with ads and did their last bit of campaigning before Tuesday’s primary as early voting numbers showed surging turnout and Mamdani surged in a new poll.