Audit Uncovers Weak City Oversight of Homelessness Prevention Program
File Photo “While the City is spending more money than ever before on services that are supposed to help people overcome and prevent homelessness, we…
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MTA Issues Final After-Action Report for $836M Subway Action Plan
Photo Courtesy of Marc Hermann/MTA NYC Transit The Subway Action Plan implemented a number of initiatives to stabilize the subway system. By Michael V. Cusenza…
City Housing Plan not Affordable: Analysis
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office “New York City is battling a full-blown affordability crisis, and the time for half-measures is long-past,” Comptroller Stringer…
State Comptroller Blasts DHS for Subway Homeless Outreach ‘Failure’
Photo Courtesy of Comptroller DiNapoli’s Office “Homeless outreach in the subway has been so shoddy and with so little oversight from DHS and MTA, that…
Man Gets 6 Years for Fatal Crash
Photo Courtesy of Google The accident took place at the intersection of Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and Archer Avenue. By Forum Staff A 21-year-old Queens…
Far Rock Creep Convicted
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has announced the conviction at trial of a 40-year-old Far Rockaway man for sexual conduct against a…
Stringer Blasts Army Engineers Storm Barrier Plans
By Forum Staff City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Friday fired off a four-page letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers condemning their plan to…
Richmond Hill Mourns Community ‘Fixture’
Dozens of Richmond Hill residents gathered on 127th Street near Liberty Avenue on Sunday evening to pay their respects to beloved neighborhood “abuela” Maria Fuertes….
Mobile Sports Betting Could Help Bridge $6B State Budget Shortfall: Addabbo
Photo Courtesy of FLICKR/Baishampayan Ghose At least one recent study has found that legalized sports betting has the potential to generate $2.6 billion annually for…
Wheel Steal
The 106th Precinct has issued a Community Alert regarding a recent uptick in rim and tire thefts in South Queens neighborhoods. While perpetrators seemingly prefer…
Dream Fulfilled?
We here at The Forum thought it fitting – always fitting – to print The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s brilliant “I Have a…
Borough Communities Want MTA to go back to Drawing Board for Bus Network Redesign Effort
By Forum Staff The Queens Bus Network Redesign Plan has seemingly been panned by World’s Borough residents. “We all hoped when this bus redesign plan…
De Blasio Details $95.3B City Preliminary Budget
Photo Courtesy of Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office “In planning for the next year, we are facing an unprecedented $6 billion State budget gap. Medicaid cuts…
We Cut Con Ed Rate Hike Ask by 75%: PSC
Photo Courtesy of Con Ed “The three-year investment plan approved today is essential to helping New York State achieve its clean energy goals, as well…
Cuomo Goes ‘Bold’ with $178B State Budget
Photo Courtesy of Darrin McGee/Office of Gov. Cuomo Cuomo also addressed the $6 billion budget gap during Tuesday’s outline of the State’s FY 2021 spending…