Administration Releases Positive Progress Report on Sandy Recovery
PHOTO: Steady signs of progress, such as these homes in Hamilton Beach and Broad Channel, show that the borough and city are still recovering from…
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Concerned Neighbors Come Together to Improve Charles Park
PHOTO: Area civic and environmental groups have taken up the cause of maintaining and beautifying Frank M. Charles Memorial Park in Howard Beach. Forum Photo…
Editorial: Zero for Zero
Photo Courtesy of flickr.com/NY City Department of Transportation Kudos to the 106th precinct and the rest of New York’s finest this week. In partnership…
Bill Calls for Electronic Monitoring of all Diversion Program Participants
PHOTO: Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder has introduced legislation that would require electronic monitoring of all Judicial Diversion Program participants. Photo Courtesy of Wallin & Klarich Law…
Woman Convicted of Bribing Cop with Sex and Cash to Drop Charges
PHOTO: A Woodhaven woman has been convicted of offering sexual favors and cash to a cop in exchange for dropping criminal charges against her. File…
Ridgewood Man Charged with Animal Cruelty
PHOTO: Brewster is on the road to recovery. Photo Courtesy of Facebook/Amy Swift A Ridgewood man who brought a starving boxer that he had…
Each Citi Field Playoff Game Generates $11.6M in Economic Impact for NYC: Report
PHOTO: New York Mets 2015 postseason games generate an economic impact of $11.6 million per home game, the city Economic Development Corporation announced this week….
Addabbo, American Italian Cancer Foundation Sponsor Free Mammograms
PHOTO: State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. is co-sponsoring two free mammogram events in the 15th Senate District in November. Photo Courtesy of NYS Senate …
Addabbo Calls on Cuomo to Reactivate Toll-Free Tax Assistance Line
PHOTO: State Sen. Addabbo is urging the state to reactivate a toll-free tax helpline that was shutdown in 2011. Photo Courtesy of NYS Senate …
St. John’s Celebrates Italian-American Heritage
Photo Courtesy of the Queens Borough President’s Office St. John’s University and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last week hosted a celebration of Italian-American heritage…
Top Queens High Schools ‘Reward’ ed
The Scholars Academy in Rockaway Park was one of nine borough high schools recently designated as Reward Schools by the state Department of Education. The…
City’s Entertainment Industry Brings $8.7B into Local Economy: Study
PHOTO: Liam Neeson and company ran ’round the borough last year shooting “Run All Night” in parts of Jamaica, Woodhaven, Woodside, and Ridgewood. Photo Courtesy of The…
Editorial: The Sign Says Stop
Forum Photo by Eugénie Bisulco Some of us at The Forum are sticklers about spelling. We even fancy ourselves to be wordsmiths. So that…
Cops Find Gun on Perp Smoking Weed in S. Ozone Park
Photo Courtesy of NYPD Broken Windows works in the 106th. Borough Narcotics cops last week discovered a loaded .22-caliber gun on the person of a…
New Fed Program to Provide Discounts to Students who Commute to College
PHOTO: Many of St. John’s University students travel by bus and train every day to its Utopia Parkway campus. Photo Courtesy of St. John’s University…