DA Brown Delivers Remarks at Bar Assoc. Dinner
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown (l.) last Thursday evening was honored as the guest speaker at the 138th Annual Queens County Bar Association Dinner at…
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Civilian Patrol Leader Has Criminal Past
A week after The Forum was both lauded and lambasted online for an opinion piece (“Don’t Believe What you Read—Sometimes…”) on the Howard Beach Civilian…
Cops Close in, Nab Alleged Boulevard Burglar
Photo: Cops last week caught up to alleged Cross Bay Boulevard burglar Keith Kolm in Hamilton Beach. Forum Photo. That was quick. Hours after the latest…
Borough Mourns Police Officer Brian Moore; 105th Precinct Cop Shot on Duty in Queens Village
A veteran 105th Precinct Anti-Crime Unit cop on Monday died from injuries suffered when he was shot in the line of duty on Saturday evening…
Special-Needs Students Left in Limbo as School Set to Close
Photo: After 30 years, this privately owned special-needs school in Rockwood Park is set to shutter at the end of June after 30 years. Forum Photo…
FDNY: 150 Years of Saving the City
The city this year is celebrating 150 years of New York’s Bravest, and last weekend firehouses across the five boroughs opened their apparatus-floor doors to…
State Senate Majority Leader Indicted on Corruption Charges
As of this past Monday, two of Albany’s so-called “Three Men in a Room” are now under federal indictment for public corruption. State Senate Majority…
Bratton Touts Benefits of Broken Windows Policing in Report
Photo: Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. Courtesy of William Alatriste/New York City Council. With the debate over how to properly address lower-level offenses—fare beating, public urination, etc.—at…
Veterans Jobs Fair at Resorts World Casino
Photo: Councilman Eric Ulrich will be sponsoring the second annual Veterans Jobs Fair on May 22 at Resorts World Casino in Ozone Park. File Photo. City…
Goldfeder Pushes for Proactive Pest-Control Plan
Photo: Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder this week called on the city to ramp up efforts to combat West Nile virus, a deadly mosquito-borne illness. Courtesy of Tenn….
Struggling Schools Get Annual $60 M Boost
Photo: Mayor de Blasio in March visited Richmond Hill High School, one of 130 Renewal schools across the five boroughs. Rob Bennett/Mayoral Photography Office. Next year,…
Senate Approves Addabbo Veterans Violation Bill
Photo: State Sen. Joe Addabbo, speaking here at American Legion Post 118 in Woodhaven, announced that the Senate has passed a bill that he introduced that…
Goldfeder Sponsors Insurance Bill
Photo: Responding to widespread frustration among families in southern Queens over insurance company practices following Superstorm Sandy, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D – Howard Beach) sponsored legislation…
Editorial: COP or COP-out?
The Forum has been under attack this week by supporters of HBCOP, whom our publisher wrote about last week as having misinformed the public on…
Ulrich to Administration: Don’t Soak Big Apple with Another Water Rate Hike
Photo: City Councilman Eric Ulrich has blasted the administration for proposing another water rate hike. Courtesy of William Alatriste/New York City Council. City families can’t afford…