Howard Beach Gathers to Mark Sept. 11 Anniversary in Massive Flag Procession
By Michael V. Cusenza The Howard Beach community on Sunday gathered in the sunshine at 165th Street and Cross Bay Boulevard for the first Flag…
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JFK American Airlines Mechanic Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Trying to Smuggle Bricks of Cocaine
By Forum Staff On Friday, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Paul Belloisi, a former American Airlines mechanic at John F. Kennedy International Airport, was…
Addabbo Drops off First Round of Supplies to Elderly and Disabled Veterans
By Forum Staff State Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Woodhaven) recently dropped off the first round of supplies to the St. Albans Community Living Center at the…
Mayor Announces Next Generation of NYC’s Investments in Flood Prevention and Preparation
By Michael V. Cusenza On Monday, the third anniversary of Hurricane Ida, Mayor Eric Adams updated New Yorkers on new and ongoing efforts to protect…
NYPD Marks Sept. 11 in Rockaway
Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) partnered with the City Police Department on Saturday in Rockaway Beach to host the annual “Memorial Prayer for The…
Subway to Celebrate 120th Birthday
By Forum Staff The New York Transit Museum announced on Tuesday plans for the celebration of the 120th anniversary of the New York City subway…
Contractor Cops to Fraud in Sandy Scheme
By Forum Staff Alexander Almaraz, the owner of Design Concepts Group LLC in Freeport, L.I., pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in Central Islip…
Meng Secures $3.8M Grant for Clean Energy Workforce Development in Borough
By Forum Staff Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) on Tuesday announced that a federal grant totaling $3.8 million has been awarded to the Education and Cultural…
Cops Impound 132 Vehicles during Operations at Bridges
By Forum Staff Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels and the City Police Department, along with regional law enforcement partners, on Friday announced the results…
Jamaica Registered Sex Offender gets 45 Years for Child Pornography
By Forum Staff On Thursday, in federal court in Brooklyn, Davis Burgos-Collazo to 45 years in prison for five counts of attempted sexual exploitation of…
Prosecutors ‘Would not be able to Prove’ Rikers Island Staff Committed Crime in Prisoner Suicide: AG
By Forum Staff State Attorney General Tish James on Tuesday released her report on the death of Michael Nieves, who died on Aug. 30, 2022…
Pair of Borough MS-13 Associates Plead Guilty to Kissena Park Teen Murder
By Forum Staff Juan Amaya-Ramirez and Oscar Flores-Mejia pleaded guilty on Friday in connection with the April 23, 2018 murder of 17-year-old Andy Peralta in…
Bravest Battle Five-Alarm Blaze on Liberty Avenue
By Michael V. Cusenza Nearly 200 members of the City Fire Department battled a five-alarm blaze that erupted Tuesday evening at a tire shop on…
Pedestrian Killed on Cross Bay Boulevard
By Michael V. Cusenza On Thursday, a 55-year-old woman was struck by a pickup truck at the intersection of Cross Bay Boulevard and Pitkin Avenue….
Mayor Adams Opens 24 New Schools
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday announced the completion and opening of 24 new school buildings, including 11,010 new seats, across the city,…