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

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

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

Lori Zeno and her ex-con boyfriend, Rashad Ruhani, 55, were indicted last week on charges they stole some $60,000 for personal expenses, using their organization’s accounts to pay the rent ...

Former Queens Defenders Executive Director and founder Lori Zeno appeared in court in Brooklyn on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to fraud charges.

Lori Zeno (center), the former executive director of Queens Defenders, was arraigned on fraud charges Wednesday after prosecutors said she stole tens of thousands of dollars from the organization ...

The founder of the Queens Defenders and her husband have lawyered up after they were indicted by a federal grand jury for ...

Lori Zeno, who helped start the Queens Defenders, and her husband were accused of taking money from the organization for luxury vacations and a penthouse apartment. By Santul Nerkar A founder of ...

Lori Zeno, the executive director and founder of Queens Defenders, a major nonprofit which represent indigent defendants, was placed on forced leave Friday morning and her husband was fired, ...

Lori Zeno, of Garden City, holds a campaign sign as she waits for New York mayor-elect Bill de Blasio to arrive Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Chad Rachman/New York Post.

Lori Zeno and her partner and former employee, Rashad Ruhani, stole at least $60,000 from the organization between June 2024 and January 2025, according to an indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s ...

A six-count indictment filed by federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York charged Queens Defenders founder Lori Zeno, 64, and her husband, Rashad Ruhani, 55, with wire fraud, wire ...