Adams Leads Faith and Community Leaders in Discussion to Tackle Hate across Five Boroughs
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday convened a meeting with Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faith and community leaders in the wake of a…
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Home Cooking Fire Risk Peaks on Thanksgiving Day
By Forum Staff The holiday season is almost here, and it is a time when home cooking activities are at their peak. Unfortunately, all this…
Amityville Man’s Guilty Plea Highlights Fentanyl Problem
By Forum Staff Charles Carter, also known as “Chase,” an Amityville, L.I. resident, pleaded guilty on Monday in Central Islip federal court to conspiring to…
Flushing Man Indicted in Death of Elderly Ridgewood Pedestrian
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Rony Zino was arraigned on Tuesday on an indictment charging him with criminally negligent homicide…
L.I. Man Convicted of Murdering Pregnant Girlfriend
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday that Goey Charles was convicted of murder in the October 2020 death of his…
Two Killed in Separate Area Motorcycle accidents
By Michael V. Cusenza Two young men from the same Brooklyn community died in separate area motorcycle accidents on Sunday and Monday, according to the…
Ariola Set for Second City Council Term
By Michael V. Cusenza Incumbent City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) may have run unopposed Tuesday and eased into a second council term representing the…
MTA Saves the Day
Amidst the seemingly endless—and, according to many straphangers and elected officials, accurate—reams of poor press clippings are diamonds of positive notes about the Metropolitan Transportation…
Take Advantage of Free Gas Detectors: FDNY
By Forum Staff The City Fire Department is encouraging New Yorkers to take advantage of free natural gas detectors, available through Con Edison. While rare,…
City Launches Campaign to Extend Lifespan of All New Yorkers
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan recently unveiled “HealthyNYC,” a plan to…
Mayor Launches Task Force to Combat Retail Theft
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday launched a task force to support implementation of his plan to combat retail theft across the five…
Adams Touts City’s First Comprehensive Capital Projects Tracker
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander recently announced the launch of a new capital projects tracker that will…
Application now Available for 2024 Open Streets and Public Space Programming Partners
By Forum Staff City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced on Wednesday that applications are now open for 2024 Open Streets and…
Millions in Drugs and Guns Seized from Abandoned Bellerose Home
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz recently announced that Victor Rodriguez has been indicted after a search of an abandoned home in Bellerose…
LaGuardia Airport TSA Officers Find Gun Concealed inside Sneakers Packed in a Checked Bag
By Forum Staff A traveler was arrested by police last Wednesday after Transportation Security Administration officers at LaGuardia Airport spotted a handgun and loaded magazine…