City Celebrates $4B Allocated for Child Care in State Budget
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Officer “This tremendous increase in funding will make it possible for thousands of working families to provide their children…
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Pols Applaud Earned Income Tax Credit Enhancement in State Budget
Photo Courtesy of Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit “Any measure that eases the burden of New York taxpayers is a welcome change,” Councilman Holden said….
Alcoholic ‘To-Go’ Beverages now Legal
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia/Willscrlt This legislation allows, for a period of three years, bars and restaurants to sell alcoholic beverages “to-go” for off-premises consumption under…
Pols Announce $18.6M in Fed Funding for Jamaica Bay Stony Creek Marsh Restoration Project
File Photo “This investment restores and sets up protections for the Bay, not just for now, but for future generations by ensuring that the Bay…
Projects May Lead to Noise, Traffic: Pols
File Photo “We applaud the ambition that the Cross Harbor Freight Program and Interborough Express would bring to New York, but we must make sure…
Addabbo Touts Bills that Would Assist Utility Customers
File Photo The first approved bill, S.931A, requires electric utility providers to include outreach to customers with a documented need for continued electric service to…
Additional COVID-Relief Funding for Queens
Photo Courtesy of Google The legislation would provide additional COVID-19 relief funding to small businesses including money for restaurants and drinking establishments that continue to…
Civic Celebrates Hop N’ Treat
A touch of inclement weather couldn’t keep Hunny Bunny from Howard Beach—or from celebrating the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic’s Hop N’ Treat on Saturday with…
Borough-Based Sex-Trafficking Ring Orchestrated Violent Assaults of Women: U.S. Attorney
Photo Courtesy of Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Peace “Human beings are not property, and the victims in this case, regardless of their immigration status, deserve to…
Disbarred Flushing Lawyer Sentenced to Prison for Swindling Clients out of more than $1.8M
Photo Courtesy of Google Yohan Choi, 47, operated a law office on Northern Boulevard in Flushing. By Forum Staff A former lawyer has been sentenced…
Trio Busted in Cambria Heights Home Foreclosure Scam
Photo Courtesy of DA Katz “My office will continue to investigate, prosecute and seek justice for victims when scammers try to take advantage of Queens…
Borough’s Bravest Battle Blazes across Queens
Photo Courtesy of FDNY Bravest also fought a fast fire on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica last Wednesday night. By Michael V. Cusenza City firefighters lately…
Borough President Announces Diverse New 2022 Class of Community Board Appointments
Photo Courtesy of Borough President Richards “I could not be prouder to appoint such a dynamic, diverse class of public servants to our network of…
Addabbo Touts Bill to Tackle Vacant Dwellings
File Photo “Vacant properties are not only an eyesore in neighborhoods, but they can also become the site of undesirable mischief or criminal behavior,” Sen….
City to Provide 6.3 Million Free At-Home COVID Tests
Mayor Eric Adams and City health leaders on Friday called on all members of Congress to appropriate more than $15 billion in emergency funding for…