Area Pol Named Legislator of the Year
Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) recently was honored by the Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers, the union that represents the…
Articles Written By: The Forum
Five Employees of Juvenile Detention Center Charged with Smuggling Contraband in Exchange for Bribes
By Forum Staff Five criminal complaints were unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn charging current City Administration for Children’s Services employees Da’Vante Bolton, Roger…
Forest Hills Pharmacy Owners Sentenced for $18M COVID-19 Health Care Fraud Scheme
By Forum Staff On Monday, in federal court in Brooklyn, Peter Khaim was sentenced by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 97 months…
Addabbo Partners with NHSQ to Offer Housing Assistance
By Forum Staff State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven) earlier this month hosted representatives from Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens at his District Office on…
Ariola’s Mission to Deliver Pet Supplies to area Shelters Continues
By Michael V. Cusenza City Councilwoman Joann Ariola is on a mission: to deliver pet supplies to local shelters! “Today we stopped off at the…
‘Cowards Hide Their Faces,’ Mayor Says of Mask Ban
By Michael V. Cusenza Asked on Thursday about a possible new NYC mask ban, the mayor of our city didn’t mince words. First of all,…
Adams Administration Releases Competitive RFP to Reduce Asylum Seeker Costs
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday released a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) for companies and organizations to provide shelter and shelter-related services…
Common Sense Caucus Says #LetThePeopleDecide
The City Council Common Sense Caucus this past weekend sent a letter to the “Charter Revision Commission, asking it to put a referendum question on…
Addabbo Mobile Office Comes to Five Queens Library Locations in June and July
By Forum Staff State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven) is bringing his Mobile Office to library locations throughout his district through June and July. “I…
Adams Launches Let’s Swim NYC
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) Commissioner Sue Donoghue today launched Let’s Swim NYC,…
NY Woman Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Vaccine Card Fraud Scheme
By Forum Staff Kathleen Breault pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to defraud the United States by fraudulently destroying over 2,600 COVID-19 vaccines and issuing…
Members of “Bully Gang” Convicted of Racketeering, Murder and Gang-Related Crimes
By Forum Staff On Thursday and today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Moeleek Harrell, Derrick Ayers, Franklin Gillespie and Anthony Kennedy on 21 counts…
Two Men Plead Guilty to Hacking into Law Enforcement Portal
By Forum Staff On Monday, in federal court in Brooklyn, Sagar Steven Singh pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Marcia M. Henry to conspiring…
Supreme Court Overturns Bump Stock Ban
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Friday released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Garland v. Cargill, which overturned the…