NYPD Salary Enhancement Included in State Budget: Pheffer Amato
By Forum Staff Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) announced on Tuesday that she has successfully negotiated a salary enhancement for the detectives, sergeants and…
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Addabbo’s Utility Rate Bill Heads to Hochul’s Desk
By Michael V. Cusenza The State Senate has approved legislation that would require gas and electric corporations to provide customers with a minimum of 45…
New Speed Limit in Effect in Broad Channel
The new speed limit—20 mph—went into effect this week in Broad Channel. In March, the City Department of Transportation announced that it would be implementing…
City Announces New Effort to Transform Vacant Lots into Green Space across NYC
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced a new effort to transform vacant, abandoned lots into green space for New Yorkers and put…
Mayor Launches Multi-Agency Summer Safety Plan
By Forum Staff With the city’s beaches now open for the season, and Gotham heading into summer months, Mayor Eric Adams and officials from across…
Glendale Man Indicted for Assaulting 9-Year-Old Girl, Off-Duty Cop
By Forum Staff A man has been indicted for allegedly sucker-punching a 9-year-old girl earlier this month as she was playing on a Glendale street,…
Man Facing Charges for Soliciting Hate Crimes, Planning NYC Attack
By Forum Staff Georgian national and violent extremist Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher,” and “Butcher,” was extradited on Thursday from Moldova…
State Secures Settlement with Walmart for Shipping Realistic Toy Guns to NY
By Michael V. Cusenza State Attorney General Tish James on Tuesday announced that her office secured a settlement with Walmart for shipping realistic-looking toy guns…
Taxes and Fees on Businesses, Consumers Paying a Growing Share of MTA Operating Budget: Report
By Forum Staff The Metropolitan Transportation Authority pays for its operating budget from a wide variety of sources, but the decline in paid ridership since…
Straphangers Welcome back Rockaway-Bound A Trains
By Michael V. Cusenza The proverbial light at the end of a long, arduous—and still not fully complete—tunnel was affixed to the A train on…
Pheffer Amato Secures $100K in State Funding for QueensLink Project
By Forum Staff Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) announced this week that she was able to secure $100,000 in State funding for QueensLink as…
New Tool Monitors 311 Complaints
By Forum Staff Non-emergency 311 calls have increased dramatically in New York City since the COVID-19 pandemic, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli noted on Thursday. To…
Rizzuto Park to Host Autism and Developmental Disability Walk and Resource Fair
By Forum Staff State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven) and Community Board 9 will present their third annual Autism and Developmental Disability Walk and Resource…
PS/MS 207 Student Thespians Bring down the House
By Forum Staff Thanks to funding secured by City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) budding student actors on Thursday delivered a bravura performance of the…
Surf and Sand at Beach 116th Street will be Open this Summer
The Rockaway Beach surf and sand at Beach 116th Street will be open to the public this summer, City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) triumphantly…