Katz Updates Vets on Vietnam Project
Photo Courtesy of the Borough President’s Office Queens Borough President Melinda Katz recently updated Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 on the progress of the…
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Feds Bust Cambria Heights Man for Collecting Dead Ma’s Government Benefits
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg’s Office Hodge allegedly stole more than $150,000 from the Social Security Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, and…
Katz Announces CB Appointments
File Photo Queens features 14 community boards. By Forum Staff Queens Borough President Melinda Katz on Monday announced the appointments of 331 volunteers to serve…
Ridgewood Teacher Pleads Guilty to Internet Sex Crimes Involving Teen Student
File Photo Cognato taught math at IS 93 in Ridgewood. By Forum Staff A math teacher at middle school IS 93 in Ridgewood, has pleaded…
Flushing Man Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Fatal Stabbing of Girlfriend
By Forum Staff A math teacher at middle school IS 93 in Ridgewood, has pleaded guilty to attempted use of a child in a sexual…
Morel Convicted in Ozone Park Imam Slay
File Photos The .38-caliber murder weapon. By Michael V. Cusenza A Brooklyn man has been convicted of first-degree murder for the broad-daylight execution of Ozone…
City Joins Millions across Country in ‘March for Our Lives’ and Common-Sense Gun Laws
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Tens of thousands of supporters marched in Manhattan on Saturday along thoroughfares Central Park West and Sixth Avenue….
Public Safety Theme at Latest Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Meeting
Forum Photo by Michael V. Cusenza Captain Michael Edmonds, executive officer of the 106th Precinct, takes questions from concerned residents at the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic…
City Pols Blast Trump Administration Decision to Add Citizenship Question to Census
File Photo Rep. Meng called the decision to include an immigration-status question on the 2020 Census “deeply troubling and reckless.” By Michael V. Cusenza Several…
Bronx Man Charged with Multiple Borough Home Break-ins
File Photo Dellaquila allegedly stole property from homes in Howard Beach, Astoria, Forest Hills, and East Elmhurst. By Forum Staff A 59-year-old Bronx man has…
Rockaways Subway Flood-Protection Project Set to Start Next Month
File Photo As another alternative, customers may also use buses that run along the impacted routes, including the Q52/Q53 Select Bus Service. By Forum Staff…
MTA vs. NYC Subway Funding Fight Rolls On
Photo Courtesy of Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photography Office Mayor de Blasio has decried the MTA’s value capture funding tool suggestion. By Michael V. Cusenza The president…
SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security Administration received some bad press recently. The Office of Inspector General released a report outlining recent findings that “9,224 widow and widower…
Proposal to Fund Half-Priced MetroCards for Working-Age Poor Gains Support in City Council
Photo Courtesy of the New York Foundation By Forum Staff Nearly three-dozen members of the City Council, including eight who represent Queens communities, have affirmed…
Late-Night Subway Service Nosedives 80 Percent as Off-Peak Ridership Rises: Stringer
Photo Courtesy of Comptroller Stringer’s Office Comptroller Stringer called for increased subway service in the early morning and evening and for the City to immediately…