Howard Beach Homeowner Offers Reward for Stolen Statue
A distraught New Howard Beach homeowner this week reached out to The Forum for some assistance in tracking down a decorative statue that was snatched…
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Stringer Vows to ‘Intervene’ on Behalf of Civic in Sanitation Ticket Tussle
The city comptroller last Saturday briefly addressed the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting, vowing to support the civic organization in its quest to have the…
Build It Back ‘Starting to Change the Lives’ of Sandy Victims: Mayor
Set against the backdrop of a cerulean sky fighting through blankets of cotton-ball clouds, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday talked about one of…
Salons and Spas Review System to get Makeover: Letter Grading Proposed by Bronx President
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. has introduced legislation in the City Council that would create a new system of letter grades for cosmetology businesses,…
Suboxone: Integral Element in Battling Opioid Addiction
Last month, The Forum chronicled one borough native’s descent into opioid addiction; how in the matter of a couple of years a dentist’s prescription for…
Queens Library Branch Marks 85 Years Serving the Community
As part of the Queens Library System, which serves a population of 2.3 million in one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U.S.,…
DOT Studying Pedestrian Plaza for Possible Changes
Community Board 9 this week decided that it would scrap a letter it had intended to send to the city Department of Transportation regarding concerns…
Borough Keeping Buildings Department Busy
It seems that Queens continues to keep the city Department of Buildings very busy. That was the story Tuesday night at the Community Board 9…
Build It Back Responds to Howard Beach Senior’s Sandy Dillemma
After this newspaper last week spotlighted the seemingly unending bureaucratic saga of one Superstorm Sandy victim living in Howard Beach, it appears as though…
Rego Park Republican Set to Take on Addabbo
The reputations of the city and state legislatures have been in tatters for so long now—so many elected officials have been charged and convicted of…
New Casino Exhibit Spotlights ‘Wonders of Jamaica Bay’
The latest exhibit at Resorts World Casino New York City brings a bit of Jamaica Bay to South Ozone Park. Unveiled Tuesday morning in the…
Centreville Sewer Project Moving Forward After Decades of Delays
To Centreville residents, or those who live close to Albert Road in Ozone Park, the mere mention of the now 30-years-overdue sewer and infrastructure project…
QueensWay Draws Raves, but Some Still Oppose Park Plan
Friends of the QueensWay and the Trust for Public Land this week released the much-anticipated QueensWay Plan, a study which both groups jointly characterized as…
Community Board 9 Accepting District Manager Applications
Community Board 9 is now accepting resumes from individuals interested in the district manager position. The board, which serves Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and…
Queens Museum Names New Executive Director
After an exhaustive national search, the Queens Museum Board of Trustees last week named Laura Raicovich as the borough cultural institution’s new president and executive…