Lori Zeno, the disgraced founder of the Queens Defenders who’s accused of raiding the public defender nonprofit’s coffers to maintain a luxe lifestyle in a penthouse apartment, pleaded not guilty to ...

Prosecutors allege that Zeno last month sought to be personally reimbursed for a purchase made on a Queens Defender credit card last year. Prosecutors say the order was for packing material of an ...

Lori Zeno, the disgraced founder of the Queens Defenders, tried to steal even more money from the legal defense organization’s coffers while out on bond in her federal fraud case, prosecutors allege.

The Garden City founder of a New York City public defenders office and her husband spent tens of thousands of dollars from the organization’s coffers on expensive meals, luxury shopping, a vacation in ...

The move comes after Queens Defender founder, Lori Zeno, was reportedly placed on forced leave in January, according to the New York Daily News. Brooklyn Defender Services will be taking over the ...

A vacation to Bali. A steakhouse dinner. An 85-inch smart TV. These are some of the big-ticket purchases that executives at the Queens public defender organization made using funds that were supposed ...