Pimp Sentenced to up to 10 Years in Prison for Forcing Teen Girl into Prostitution
Photo Courtesy of Stock Monkeys Jones pleaded guilty last month to sex trafficking. By Forum Staff A sex trafficker convicted after having pleaded guilty to…
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Church Choir Director Charged with Sexually Abusing 11-Year-Old Girl During Music Lessons
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Jim Henderson According to authorities, Diaz was the victim’s choir director at Presentation of Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Jamaica. By…
Fresh Meadows Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Bludgeoning Death of Live-in Girlfriend
Photo Courtesy of Google The killer and the victim lived together in a two-bedroom basement apartment on 65th Avenue. By Forum Staff A 73-year-old Fresh…
Far Rock Mom Pleads Guilty in 2-Year-Old’s Death
File Photo Little Kevasia died shortly after arriving at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital. By Forum Staff A 31-year-old Far Rockaway mother could face 17…
Calculating Crooks set up Good Samaritan in Vicious South Ozone Park Slash-and-Grab
Photos Courtesy of NYPD According to investigators, two women later used the victim’s credit cards to buy merchandise in Bath and Body Works and Champs…
Hero Cop Hailed as ‘Everything that we Aspire to be as a People and a City Embodied in One Man’
Photo Courtesy of Edwin Torres/Mayoral Photography Office The funeral Mass for Det. McDonald was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. By Michael V. Cusenza Thousands of…
Project Manager Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Altering Sandy Engineering Damage Reports
Photo Courtesy of the Attorney General’s Office State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman By Michael V. Cusenza A former project manager for a Long Island-based engineering…
‘Times Up’ for 10 Suspects Charged in Heroin Trafficking Ring
Photo Courtesy of the Attorney General’s Office According to Schneiderman, the network allegedly trafficked heroin cut with ketamine and cocaine on a daily basis to…
Mom Charged with Murder in Tot’s Strangulation Death
Photo Courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals Xiangshengjie was arraigned on Tuesday at Elmhurst Hospital Center. By Forum Staff Authorities held bedside arraignment this week…
Still Dremaing (Now more than Ever)
“I Have a Dream” Delivered by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. (edited to…
State Implements Temporary Changes in Traffic Pattern at LIE/Grand Central Interchange
Forum Photo By Michael V. Cusenza The State Department of Transportation this week began changing the traffic pattern in both directions on the Long Island…
Addabbo Embarks on Fifth Term in State Senate
Photo Courtesy of Sen. Addabbo’s Office Addabbo was sworn into office by Hon. Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge of the State of New York. By Michael…
Pheffer Amato Selected to Serve on Assembly Committees on Racing & Wagering and Veterans Affairs
Photo Courtesy of Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato’s Office Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato’s inauguration is scheduled for this Sunday, Jan. 22 in Howard Beach. By Forum Staff Assemblywoman…
Borough President Accepting Applications to Serve on Community Boards
File Photo From Beechhurst to Breezy Point, Fort Totten to Fort Tilden, Queens’ 14 community boards cover all neighborhoods. By Forum Staff Queens Borough President…
As Trump Takes Office, Stringer Notes how ‘Immigrant Population Helps Power NYC Economy’
Courtesy of Comptroller Stringer’s Office By Forum Staff Immigrants comprise nearly half of the city’s workforce, with virtually every industry now relying on workers who…