Full Minimum Pay Rate for App-Based Restaurant Delivery Workers is now in Effect
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced that the City’s minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers has increased to $21.44 per…
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Council Encourages New Yorkers to Join Participatory Budgeting Vote Week
By Forum Staff The City Council on Friday encouraged constituents to make their voices heard during Participatory Budgeting Vote Week from March 29 through April…
Council Votes to Reform Scaffolding and Sidewalk Shed Rules to Reduce Their Presence
By Forum Staff The City Council recently approved a package of legislation that to strengthen the safety and efficiency of sidewalk shed management, including bills…
Pols Reintroduce Legislation Expanding Housing Benefits for NYC Veterans
By Forum Staff Congresswomen Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) announced on Tuesday that they reintroduced the Fair Access to Co-Ops for Veterans…
Audrey McCabe Located and Returned to Grateful Family
By Michael V. Cusenza With all due respect to the venerated author Thomas Wolfe, you certainly can go home again. That’s just what Ozone Park…
Cambria Heights Man Charged with Sexually Abusing Girl, 10, in Woodhaven
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday that John Garrison has been charged after allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill a…
Charter School Likely Coming to Howard Beach
By Michael V. Cusenza It’s all but a done deal. Pending government approval, Success Academy Charter Schools’ Howard Beach Middle School (grades 5-8) is set…
Addabbo, FDNY Bring CPR Training to Woodhaven
By Forum Staff Earlier this month, State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven) with the FDNY Mobile CPR Training Outreach Unit to present a CPR training…
Pols Blast GOP Plan to Cut Medicaid
By Forum Staff Congressmembers Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) and Grace Meng (D-Flushing) recently held a Medicaid Day of Action to address the Republican plan to cut…
Pheffers Honored in Women’s History Month Celebration
Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) and former Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, recently received special recognition from Gov. Kathy Hochul during her Women’s History Month Celebration…
Dealer Convicted of Possessing Two Kilos of Fentanyl
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday that Dennis Carrol was convicted transporting a large quantity of fentanyl from Suffolk County…
NY Opioid-Related Death Rate on the Decline: Study
By Michael V. Cusenza In the Empire State, opioid-related deaths peaked in mid-2023 at 85,387 deaths in the 12-month period ending in July 2023. Deaths…
Problem Gambling Legislation Advances in Albany
By Forum Staff The State Senate recently passed legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven), to establish a Problem Gambling Advisory Council. The bill…
Report Raises Questions about Mayor’s Involuntary Removal Policy for People in Mental Health Crisis
By Forum Staff The City Council on Monday released a new report that evaluates the recently released data on Mayor Eric Adams’ involuntary removal/transport policy…
Adams Touts Former Rikers Island Inmates’ Access to Continuing Mental Health Treatment
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz on Friday continued “Mental Health Week ” by…