Noah Powelson

State lawmakers fail to advance bills that would grow NY’s Supreme Court / By Noah Powelson A popular bill that promised to give New York the means to appoint more desperately needed trial court justices failed to make it out of the legislature last week,... See more

Heavily amended criminal court transparency bill passed by lawmakers / By Noah Powelson New York judges make thousands of decisions in their criminal cases every year, but only a small fraction are ever seen by the public. But perhaps that won’t be the ca... See more

Crime in Queens drops as citywide numbers hit record lows / By Noah Powelson Crime continued to plummet in the World’s Borough in the first five months of the year, according to the city’s police commissioner, who on Wednesday reported record breaking low... See more

Founder and longtime head of Brooklyn Defender Services to step down / By Noah Powelson The founder and longtime executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services, the city’s second-largest public defense firm, will retire at the end of the year. Lisa Schr... See more

Queens residents sue city’s ‘worst landlord’ over crumbling building / By Noah Powelson Queens residents brought one of the city’s most notorious landlords to court on Monday after they said over 350 violations plaguing their building had gone unaddressed... See more