managing editor of the @QueensEagle. jacobk@queenspublicmedia.com.

Joined August 2018
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A lot of great journalists at Schneps deserve a lot more than they are getting - and so does the city
We, the staff of Schneps Media, are forming a union to keep local journalism strong and protect journalists reporting on the communities we serve. Follow @SchnepsUnion and @newsguild and visit our website cwalocals.org/schnepsunion Thanks! #SchnepsUnion
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We, the staff of Schneps Media, are forming a union to keep local journalism strong and protect journalists reporting on the communities we serve. Follow @SchnepsUnion and @newsguild and visit our website cwalocals.org/schnepsunion Thanks! #SchnepsUnion
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We, the staff of Schneps Media, are forming a union to keep local journalism strong and protect journalists reporting on the communities we serve. Follow @SchnepsUnion and @newsguild and visit our website cwalocals.org/schnepsunion Thanks! #SchnepsUnion
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We at Schneps have worked for a year to launch our first union campaign TODAY!! Follow us on socials to learn more about us and our fight for higher wages, stronger editorial independence, increased diversity and more. #union #localjournalism
We, the staff of Schneps Media, are forming a union to keep local journalism strong and protect journalists reporting on the communities we serve. Follow @SchnepsUnion and @newsguild and visit our website cwalocals.org/schnepsunion Thanks! #SchnepsUnion
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New York state's housing agency says 57,421 rent-stabilized apartments were vacant on April 1, 2025 ... But the agency doesn't say why they were empty, how many were awaiting a new tenant to move in or how many were 'warehoused' gothamist.com/news/57000-ren…
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The founder and ED of Brooklyn Defenders, Lisa Schreibersdorf, will retire at the end of the year. Schreibersdorf's departure comes amid ongoing tensions between her and the attorneys' union, which accused her of illegally attempting to break them up queenseagle.com/all/2026/6/2…
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Scoop: NYC’s brand-new casino, Resorts World Queens, is already disputing how much money it owes to the state — and is pushing legislation in Albany that could avert well over half a billion dollars in payments: nysfocus.com/2026/06/01/nyc-…
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Oh no: somebody stole nine brass basins from the water fountains in Prospect Park and it's going to cost $100,000 to undo the damage gothamist.com/news/brass-thi…
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Have you ever dreamed about soaring down a construction-free Van Wyck? This story is for YOU
A construction-free Van Wyck Expressway? Officials say, you better believe it. queenseagle.com/all/2026/5/2…
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NY Senate Judiciary Chair Luis Sepulveda said he's not planning to put up a bill to expand the judicial cap for a committee vote, effectively meaning it has no way forward until 2029 at the earliest.
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A city probe into allegations that Rikers officers routinely locked severely mentally ill detainees in their cells for days or weeks found the claims could not be substantiated — while also citing missing video footage and uncooperative witnesses. thecity.nyc/2026/05/19/riker…
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NEW from me today: Congressional candidate Chuck Park, who is challenging Queens Rep. Grace Meng from the left, never filed a personal financial disclosure for 2025, House Clerk records show. cityandstateny.com/politics/…
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NEW: The federal official overseeing reforms at Rikers Island has hired back the former DOC investigations chief pushed out shortly after Mayor Eric Adams took office. @TownsendSarena will oversee misconduct probes and discipline cases. thecity.nyc/2026/05/14/riker…
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New: The city’s Correction Department is set to renew a multimillion-dollar contract with a prison telecom giant that’s bragged of using recordings of detainees’ private phone calls to train its artificial intelligence model.   thecity.nyc/2026/05/12/riker… via @THECITYNY
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