Borough Celebrates 25 Years Since Playing Key Role in ‘Goodfellas’
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster…” With those revealing words 25 years ago, Ray Liotta opened a…
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Schumer to FEMA: Flood Insurance Settlements Must Apply to All Policy Holders
United States Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand this week called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure that all impacted Superstorm Sandy flood…
Op-Ed: “Art”ificial Reasoning
In recent weeks, there were a couple of news stories about an ex-Professor who’d been robbing banks in the name of art, claiming that, although…
Vigorous Fitness: You Bring the Vim
For some time now, the boutique business revolution has been surging throughout the United States, as a result of upscale demands being made by savvy…
Mayor Signs Laws Improving Storm Emergency Preparedness
Mayor Bill de Blasio this week signed into law two bills that he said will improve the city’s coastal storm emergency preparedness. Introduction 519-A requires…
Assembly passes NY Dream Act; Senate Approval Uncertain
The Assembly last week passed a bill that would grant college financial aid to immigrants living in the country illegally. But the NY Dream…
Addabbo Turns Attention to Woodhaven Ambulance Corps Building Troubles
State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) this week told The Forum that the fight for the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps building continues. Earlier…
Woman Burned in Fire Incident at Ozone Park Temple
A woman last Sunday was rushed to the hospital after her clothes caught fire inside an Ozone Park Hindu temple, according to the Fire Department…
Concession Robber Convicted, Faces up to 25 Years
A 23-year-old Queens man has been convicted after a jury trial of robbing a Rockaway boardwalk concession at gunpoint in September 2013, after having worked…
Council Passes Veterans Advisory Board Legislation
The City Council Committee on Veterans Affairs last week trumpeted the passage of three pieces of legislation that will reform the Veterans Advisory Board and…
Projects, Voting Outreach Discussed at Participatory Budgeting Sessions
Participatory Budget Delegates, City Council staff and civic leaders in Woodhaven and Rockaway Park last week pared down the items which will appear on the…
Teacher Admits Abusing Boys, Ducks Jail Time
A former public school computer teacher last week pleaded guilty to charges involving the sexual abuse of four young boys in his classroom on multiple…
Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off Concert Series
The Queens Symphony Orchestra last Wednesday kicked off the 2015 Salon Concert Series with a show at All Saints Episcopal Church in Woodhaven featuring the…
Katz Adamant to Get Students Out of Trailers, End Overcrowding: Largest NYC elementary school expands capacity
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, in January’s State of the Borough address, was firm in outlining a plan to reduce overcrowding in Queens schools. Calling…
102nd Precinct Sees Spike in Shootings, Killings
A south Queens police precinct this week was branded by NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton as one of a handful of city commands in which the…