Recent Absence from City Hall Due to Medical Reasons: Wills
PHOTO: City Councilman Ruben Wills recently explained his prolonged absence from City Hall. File Photo By Michael V. Cusenza Responding to several reports that noted…
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Area Officers Honored
Photo Courtesy of NYPD Congratulations to 102nd Precinct Community Affairs Officers Jose Severino (l.) and Edwin Martinez, who were recently honored by Assemblyman Mike Miller…
City Working to Create Retirement Savings Program for Private-Sector Employees
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio said his administration is crafting a plan to become the first city in the country to create a retirement savings program…
Borough Colleges to Play Role in IN2NYC Program for International Entrepreneurs
PHOTO: Two borough schools, including Queens College, are part of the City’s new International Innovators Initiative. Photo courtesy of Flickr/atmzeal By Forum Staff New York…
Pols Probe how SBA can Better Help Borough Businesses
PHOTO: U.S. Reps. Grace Meng, Steve Chabot and Nydia Velázquez listen as witnesses testify during House Small Business Subcommittee hearing on Monday in Forest Hills….
Cops Still Searching for Suspect who Assaulted MTA Worker
PHOTO: Investigators have asked for tips from the public to help identify the man wanted for assaulting an MTA maintenance worker. By Michael V. Cusenza…
MTA Looking to Resurrect W Line this Fall
PHOTO: The W and V lines were eliminated by the MTA in 2010 as part of sweeping service cuts brought on by the economic downturn….
Goldfeder Asks FAA to Lower Average Airplane Noise Thresholds
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder is calling on the FAA to strengthen airplane noise regulations ahead of a congressional vote on the agency’s reauthorization. File Photo By…
State Senate Approves Bill to Keep Sex Offenders out of Homeless Shelters Housing Children
PHOTO: Sen. Addabbo has co-sponsored a bill that would prohibit dangerous sex offenders from being placed in shelters or other temporary accommodations used to house…
Administration Heralds Wide-Ranging Support of BQX Connector
PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio this week provided more information on the BQX, a new streetcar service he unveiled in his State of the City Address…
State of City Address Outlines Speaker’s ‘ambitious agenda’
PHOTO: Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito delivered her second State of the City Address last Thursday at the Samuel Gompers Campus in the South Bronx. Photo…
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Son of Queens, Dies at 79
PHOTO: Though he was born in New Jersey, Justice Scalia was raised in Elmhurst. Photo Courtesy of Flickr/Shawn Calhoun By Michael V. Cusenza U.S. Supreme…
Borough Doctor was Also Prescription Pain-Pill Peddler: Feds
PHOTO: Federal agents on Sunday night pulled Dr. Noel Blackman from an aircraft at JFK International Airport. The flight reportedly was bound for Blackman’s native…
Penalties for Construction Safety Lapses to Quadruple
PHOTO: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Buildings Commissioner Rick Chandler last week announced that they will quadruple the penalties for serious construction-safety lapses….
Schumer to Whitehouse: Don’t Cut Anti-Terrorism Programs
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said this week that the White House’s new budget proposal makes “ill-advised” cuts to funding for critical anti-terrorism programs that enable New York law enforcement to…