Pols, Advocates Call on MTA to Bring Bus Rapid Transit to Borough
With the push for a permanent Rockaway ferry still dominating the south Queens transportation conversation, elected officials and transit advocacy groups this week rallied on…
Neighborhoods
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…
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…
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…
School Says Afterschool Program Slots Still Available
One of the pillars of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first year in office has been afterschool programming for middle-school students. And according to the head…
Pols, Communities Call on State to Improve Evacuation Routes and Signs
Emergency evacuation infrastructure and route signage along the Nassau Expressway and connecting roadways in southern Queens and southwestern Nassau County are in desperate need of…
Civic Leaders, Pols Discuss Emergency Prep with New OEM Chief
While it has been nearly two years since Superstorm Sandy descended on the city, leaving unimaginable destruction in its wake on the Rockaway peninsula and…