ID Theft Apartment was Leased by Woman with Shady Past
PHOTO: Earlier this month, cops raided a second-floor residence in Park Village Condos in Ozone Park. Financial Crimes investigators believe the apartment, allegedly leased by…
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City Begins Work on Queens Boulevard; De Blasio touts $100M Vision Zero project
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio last week announced the beginning of the first phase of the Queens Boulevard Vision Zero project in Woodside. Photo Courtesy of…
Biden Joins Cuomo to Unveil ‘Transformative’ LaGuardia Redesign
PHOTO: Rendering of LaGuardia Airport after massive redesign project that is expected to begin next year. Photo Courtesy of Gov. Cuomo’s Office In what…
MTA Calls on City to Increase Capital Program Contribution
PHOTO: MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast. Photo Courtesy of MTA/Patrick Cashin The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has called on the city to contribute an additional…
Waldbaum’s Watch
A spokeswoman at Stop & Shop headquarters in Landover, Md., told The Forum this week that plans to close on the deal for the Cross…
Real Commanding Officer Nabs Phony Cops
PHOTO: Deputy Inspector Jeff Schiff, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, arrested two men last week who allegedly falsely claimed to be police officers. Photo…
State Grant Should Fund Rockaway Rail Line Study: Goldfeder
PHOTO: Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder this week called on the MTA to fund a new Rockaway Beach Rail Line study with a $17 million state grant….
Sampson Convicted of Obstruction, Lying to FBI Agents
PHOTO: Disgraced former state Sen. John Sampson. Photo Courtesy of New York Senate Former state Senate Minority Leader John Sampson last Friday was convicted…
Cops Find Gun, Weed after Stopping Man for Public Urination
PHOTO: Southeastern Queens cops last week reaped these rewards after stopping a man for relieving himself in public. Photo Courtesy of NYPD Another quality…
City to Rename Streets for Hero Cops
PHOTO: Patrolman Phillip Cardillo. Photo Courtesy of NYPD The city is set to rename two Queens streets after hero cops who died in the…
Historian Organizing Petition to Change Name of Rikers Island
PHOTO: An historian is organizing a petition to change the name of Rikers Island due to the namesake family’s ties to the slave trade. File…
Driver Charged with DWI after Crashing into City Sanitation Truck
A Whitestone man last Friday posted $10,000 bail following his arraignment on charges of reckless endangerment and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, among others,…
De Blasio Leads Group of Mayors in Push for Fed Transportation Bill
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio last week led a coalition of 104 mayors in calling on Congress to pass a multi-year transportation bill. Photo Courtesy of…
Police Take Down Ozone Park ID Theft Scheme; Two arrested after cops execute early-morning raid
PHOTO: NYPD cops last week executed a search warrant at a 2nd Floor condominium inside Park Village on Centreville Street in Ozone Park. Two men…
Sanitation, Quality of Life Issues are Talk of WRBA Town Hall
PHOTO: New high-end trash receptacles have not done much to deter illegal dumping along Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven. Photo Courtesy of Alex Blenkinsopp Quality of…