Mayor Launches Multi-Agency Summer Safety Plan
By Forum Staff With the city’s beaches now open for the season, and Gotham heading into summer months, Mayor Eric Adams and officials from across…
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Glendale Man Indicted for Assaulting 9-Year-Old Girl, Off-Duty Cop
By Forum Staff A man has been indicted for allegedly sucker-punching a 9-year-old girl earlier this month as she was playing on a Glendale street,…
Man Facing Charges for Soliciting Hate Crimes, Planning NYC Attack
By Forum Staff Georgian national and violent extremist Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher,” and “Butcher,” was extradited on Thursday from Moldova…
State Secures Settlement with Walmart for Shipping Realistic Toy Guns to NY
By Michael V. Cusenza State Attorney General Tish James on Tuesday announced that her office secured a settlement with Walmart for shipping realistic-looking toy guns…
Taxes and Fees on Businesses, Consumers Paying a Growing Share of MTA Operating Budget: Report
By Forum Staff The Metropolitan Transportation Authority pays for its operating budget from a wide variety of sources, but the decline in paid ridership since…
Straphangers Welcome back Rockaway-Bound A Trains
By Michael V. Cusenza The proverbial light at the end of a long, arduous—and still not fully complete—tunnel was affixed to the A train on…
Pheffer Amato Secures $100K in State Funding for QueensLink Project
By Forum Staff Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) announced this week that she was able to secure $100,000 in State funding for QueensLink as…
New Tool Monitors 311 Complaints
By Forum Staff Non-emergency 311 calls have increased dramatically in New York City since the COVID-19 pandemic, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli noted on Thursday. To…
Rizzuto Park to Host Autism and Developmental Disability Walk and Resource Fair
By Forum Staff State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven) and Community Board 9 will present their third annual Autism and Developmental Disability Walk and Resource…
PS/MS 207 Student Thespians Bring down the House
By Forum Staff Thanks to funding secured by City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) budding student actors on Thursday delivered a bravura performance of the…
Surf and Sand at Beach 116th Street will be Open this Summer
The Rockaway Beach surf and sand at Beach 116th Street will be open to the public this summer, City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) triumphantly…
Astoria Man Convicted of Vicious 2022 Murder of City EMS Lieutenant
By Michael V. Cusenza Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Monday that an Astoria man was convicted at trial of murdering Lt. Alison Russo,…
City Unveils Designs for New Whitestone Memorial Honoring Fallen Post-Sept. 11 Service Members
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and City Department of Veterans’ Services Commissioner James Hendon on Tuesday unveiled initial designs for a new memorial honoring…
Historic 32-Percent Drop Reported in Overdose Deaths across NY in 2024
By Forum Staff Preliminary figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal a 32-percent drop in drug-related deaths in 2024, compared to those…
Former City Cop Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Minors Online
By Michael V. Cusenza A former City police officer assigned to the 75th Precinct was sentenced on Friday to 23 years in prison for sexually…