Cops, Armed with Search Warrant, Raid Howard Beach Home, Find Gun, Drugs
Forum Photo by Lynn Lowes Investigators outside the Lahn Street home which was raided early Monday morning.<a Neighbors who reside on Lahn Street between 155th…
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Cops Hunt Ozone Park Bank Bandit
A man armed with a machete robbed an Ozone Park bank Monday. The assailant walked into Valley National branch on Liberty Avenue and 107th Street,…
Bravest Pluck Kayaker from Jamaica Bay
Forum Photo by Michael V. Cusenza Members of FDNY Engine Co. 331/Ladder Co. 173 on Monday rescued a kayaker whose craft had overturned in Jamaica…
City Aims to Test 20K per Day
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office “Lack of widespread testing was our Achilles heel from day one, but we’re rewriting that story every day,”…
Comptroller Launches Probe into City’s Preparedness and Response to the Pandemic
Photo Courtesy of Susan Watts/Office of the City Comptroller “My office is examining City government’s response because New Yorkers deserve an objective assessment of what…
Power in Numbers
As we approach the two-month benchmark of having been basically restricted to the confines of our homes, many are starting to waiver under the current…
New Hotline for Stimulus Payments
After weeks of warning individuals not to call the Internal Revenue Service regarding economic impact payments, the agency has established a special telephone line for…
House Passes Heroes Act, Fourth COVID-19 Aid Package
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/WClarke The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Heroes Act on Friday. By Forum Staff The House of Representatives on Friday…
State Denies Williams Pipeline Project
File Photo The red and blue show how the natural gas pipeline would have extended through the Rockaways and into Brooklyn. By Michael V. Cusenza…
Bill Would Further Protect Bay
After Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year vetoed their bills aimed at increasing the protection of Jamaica Bay waters,State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. and Assemblywoman Stacey…
Charged with Abandoning Girl
File Photo DA Katz blasted the mother for abandoning “her terrified youngster on a street corner with her clothes ina plastic bag and no regard…
Bill Brings ACCESS to Nursing Homes
File Photo “We must protect the health and safety of our elderly population but physical distancing should not force them to be cut off from…
Ten Reputed Members and Associates of MS-13 Charged with Three Borough Murders
Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of NY Alleged MS-13 associate Juan Amaya-Ramirez (pictured) has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old…
Bayside Men Arrested after Allegedly Buying Illegally Defaced Firearms
File Photo Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced the arrests and charges. By Forum Staff Two Bayside men have been arrested after allegedly buying three…
Council Approves COVID-19 Relief Bills
Photo Courtesy of John McCarten/NY City Council “COVID-19 exposed many weaknesses and inequities in our society and at this critical time the New York City…