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

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 for ...

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

Ms. Zeno helped found the organization in 1996 and served as its executive director from 2018 to 2025, earning more than $400,000 in 2023. Mr.

Long Island Crime Garden City resident Lori Zeno, founder of NYC public defenders office, indicted on theft charges, prosecutors say The federal courthouse building in Brooklyn. Credit: Jeff Bachner ...

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 ...

The government did not seek to detain Lori Zeno, who presented a $500,000 bond package secured by her son, older sister and ...

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

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 ...