DV Task Force Issues Findings
Photo Courtesy of Kevin Coughlin/Office of the Governor “Domestic violence has been a pervasive problem in our society, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated…
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City, Airbnb Reach Settlement Agreement
Photo Courtesy of Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office “Finally, we’ll have the critical information we need to preserve affordable housing and keep our communities protected,” Mayor…
Up to 15 Years in Prison for Murder
Photo Courtesy of Google Stetson-Shanahan stabbed Carolyn Bush to death in their second-floor apartment on Stanhope Street in Ridgewood. By Forum Staff A Ridgewood man…
MTA Announces Action Plan as NYC Begins Phase 1 Reopening
Photo Courtesy of Joseph P. Chan/MTA NYC Transit NYC Transit Interim President Sarah Feinberg prepares a decal placemat at Court Square Station in Long Island…
Rally for Repeal of 50-a Law
Dozens of Queens elected officials and their constituents convened on the steps of Borough Hall Thursday to demand the repeal of a contentious State law….
City Comptroller to Mayor: Cut $1.1Bfrom NYPD, Reinvest in Vulnerable Communities and Vital Services
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea and Mayor Bill de Blasio By Michael V. Cusenza City Comptroller Scott Stringer…
Committee Hears Cop Misconduct Bills
Photo Courtesy of NY City Council/Jeff Reed “This isn’t a moment. It’s a movement and we cannot lose sight of that,” Councilman Richards said. By…
Queens, City Slowly Re-open
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office “New Yorkers have worked so hard for this progress, but we must remain vigilant in this fight,” said…
Equality in the Time of COVID-19
Every week it remains a struggle to try and offer some type of optimism and keep hope alive during what looks like an evolving apocalypse….
Jamaica Man Charged with Hate Crime Shooting
Photo Courtesy of Google Panicked driver of the black Chevy Tahoe pulled along the side of the police car at the intersection of 73rd Avenue…
Whitestone Man Charged in Alleged Attack on Black Lives Matter Protesters
Photo Courtesy of Google The wild attack occurred at the intersection of Clintonville Street and the Cross Island Parkway service road in Whitestone. By Forum…
Far Rockaway Man Charged in Shooting of Occupied, Marked NYPD Vehicle
Photo Courtesy of Google The two cops were sitting in their marked patrol vehicle on the night of May 31 on this Far Rockaway block…
Release Correctional Facilities Virus Data: Pols
File Photo COVID-19 hit City and State correctional facilities hard. By Forum Staff Two members of the State Legislature recently joined in authoring a letter…
Artist Turns Borough Parking Lot into COVID Hero Masterpiece
By Michael V. Cusenza Using the Queens Museum’s parking lot as his canvas, Cuban artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada recently crafted a masterpiece as a gift to…
City to Enter Phase 1 of Reopening on June 8: Cuomo
Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Governor “This is about reopening to a new normal — a safer normal,” Gov. Cuomo said. By Forum…