Borough Hospitals Join City Maternal Depression Screening Initiative
PHOTO: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center was recently added to the list of Queens healthcare facilities to join the City’s plan to screen and treat all…
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Katz Puts $1M of Capital Funds toward Construction of NYFAC Gym
PHOTO: NYFAC will soon add a 3,800 square-foot Center for Physical Achievement fitness facility to its Howard Beach building. File Photo By Forum Staff In…
District Attorney Applauds ADAs who Saved Suicidal Man’s Life
PHOTO: Three borough assistant district attorneys this week saved the life of a man who allegedly tried to commit suicide just outside Borough Hall on…
Council Budget Recommendations Address Services, ‘Inequality’
PHOTO: City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (l.) and Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, chairwoman of the Finance Committee, have released the Council’s FY 2017 Preliminary Budget Response. Courtesy of…
De Blasio Permanently Establishes Mental Health Council
PHOTO: The interagency Mental Health Council is part of ThriveNYC, which is spearheaded by First Lady Chirlane McCray. Photo Courtesy of Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office…
Paper Prescriptions Now Thing of the Past as New Law Takes Effect
PHOTO: As of March 27, state Public Health Law requires your prescriber to electronically prescribe all your prescription medications directly to the pharmacy. Courtesy of Medscape…
Queens Leads State in Recent Population Growth
PHOTO: The World’s Borough led all Empire State counties in numerical population growth over the last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Courtesy of Flickr/R36 Coach By Forum…
Ulrich Touts Queens College Veterans Support Office
PHOTO: Queens College President Félix Matos Rodríguez (l. to r.), Queens College Veterans Support Services Outreach Specialist Dennis Torres, and City Councilman Eric Ulrich. Photo Courtesy of Queens College By Forum…
Woodhaven Mom Stole from Daughter’s Malpractice Settlement: DA
PHOTO: Megan Mele is accused of using a portion of her daughter’s malpractice settlement to fund a trip to Disneyland in California. Photo Courtesy of…
Pols, Advocates Call for Extending Cancer Coverage to Volunteer Firefighters
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder said New York’s 100,000 volunteer firefighters are currently not covered for most cancers. File Photo By Forum Staff Members of the Assembly…
After Long Wait, Hamilton Beach Man Undergoes Successful Kidney Transplant Surgery
PHOTO: Ryan (clockwise from bottom l.), Timmy, and Christina McCabe this week welcomed home Tim from NYU Langone Medical Center. Photo Courtesy of Christina McCabe…
Editorial: Revival
Photo Courtesy of Flickr/Ted Kappes As storms surge, snow falls, and still, miraculously, groundhogs don’t see their shadows, we’d like to think that spring lies…
State of City Address Outlines Speaker’s ‘ambitious agenda’
PHOTO: Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito delivered her second State of the City Address last Thursday at the Samuel Gompers Campus in the South Bronx. Photo…
Borough Doctor was Also Prescription Pain-Pill Peddler: Feds
PHOTO: Federal agents on Sunday night pulled Dr. Noel Blackman from an aircraft at JFK International Airport. The flight reportedly was bound for Blackman’s native…
CK Dance Class Brings Joy to Alzheimer’s Patients
Photo Courtesy of Christ the King High School The students from Christ the King’s Advanced Dance program volunteered to brighten the lives of people suffering…