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…
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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…
Man Charged in Slay of Half-Brother
Photo Courtesy of Google Voltaire has been charged with stabbing his half-brother to death in a house on 208th Street near 100th Avenue in Queens…
Councilmen Call for Homeless Services Commissioner to be Fired
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office DHS Commissioner Steven Banks (r.) with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson (l.) and…
South Queens Community Leader Scott Jordan Dies
Photo Courtesy of Councilman Ulrich Scott Jordan with goddaughter, Lily Ulrich, and wife, Phyllis. By Michael V. Cusenza Ozone Park resident and South Queens community…
Boy Who Beat Disease Heads Home
Photo Courtesy of FDNY Jayden Hardowar, 8, receives applause from first responders as he returns to his Richmond Hill home after a two-week hospital stay….
Cuomo Directs Hospitals to Prioritize COVID-19 Testing for Children
Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Governor “Initially we thought COVID-19 didn’t affect children, and now we’re dealing with a disturbing issue where we…
What We Know About Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
As though it were not enough that parents across the world have to deal with taking care of their children in the throes of a…
Cops Thwart Borough Bridge Jump
Cops assigned to an elite City Police Department division on Saturday talked a suicidal man down from a borough bridge. According to NYPD Special Operations,…