Ulrich Bill Would Require a Majority Vote from Council before Removing any Statue on Public Lands
Photo Courtesy of Councilman Ulrich’s Office “This bill would block de Blasio and his hand-picked cronies from deciding the fate of any statue of City…
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Senator Calls for Establishment of Residential Parking Permit Pilot Program
Forum Photo by Michael V. Cusenza If the pilot program works, “then we can expand it to other areas of the city, and if it…
Addabbo Lauds Law that will Provide New Death and Healthcare Benefits for Volunteer Firefighters
File Photo The Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps is one of five volunteer fire and ambulance corps that operate in the 15th…
Assemblywoman Presents Summer Reading Awards to St. Helen Students
Photo Courtesy of Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato’s Office Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach) on Friday continued her Summer Reading Awards Tour in Howard Beach at…
Attorney General Sessions Delivers Speech at JFK on Heroin Crisis
Photo Courtesy of DOJ Attorney General Jeff Sessions By Michael V. Cusenza U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday visited John F. Kennedy International Airport…
Special DEA Opioid Team Headed to NY: Schumer
Photo Courtesy of DEA Schumer called for the special DEA opioid team back in June. By Forum Staff The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency will provide…
Peralta Unveils Bill to Require Massage Parlors to Register with State
Photo Courtesy of Sen. Peralta’s Office Peralta said the legislation “intends to weed out establishments that serve as fronts for prostitution, and prevent their proliferation.”…
Three Borough Men Charged with Hate Crimes in Cypress Hills Cemetery Desecration
Photo Courtesy of Google The three defendants allegedly caused more than $100,000 in damage at the cemetery. By Forum Staff Three Queens men have been…
Ridgewood Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Rama One of the weapons recovered from Hakeem’s home was a Sig Sauer .45 caliber handgun By Forum Staff A Ridgewood…
Ulrich Denounces Scala for ‘Racist and Sexist Rap Lyrics’
Photo Courtesy of the Scala Campaign Follow the bouncing brawl: Team Ulrich and Team Scala faced off this week in a war of words. By…
City Releases Fifth-Year Build It Back Report
Photo Courtesy of Build It Back Approximately 87 percent of the 8,300 one-to-four family homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy have completed the Build It Back…
Ozone Park Girl, 8, Found Dead on her Bed
Photo Courtesy of Google Kayla Sanchez was discovered dead on her bed inside her family’s apartment on Liberty Avenue near 105th Street. By Michael V….
Gunmen Shoot Ozone Park Business Owner in Failed Robbery Attempt
Photo Courtesy of Google The three suspects attempted to rob the 101st Avenue distributorship on Monday. By Michael V. Cusenza Three suit-clad crooks on Monday…
Jon Lester, Leader of Fatal 1986 Howard Beach Bias Attack, Commits Suicide
Photo Courtesy of Google The fatal confrontation erupted nearly 31 years ago inside New Park Pizzeria on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach. By Michael…
RHYMES AND MISDEMEANORS
This is not an endorsement of incumbent City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). Rather, it is an indictment of a pervasive cultural ill that has…