Councilmembers Ferry Concerned about Five-Borough Boat Plan: Report
PHOTO: An exclusive New York Daily News report has revealed that several members of the City Council are worried that the de Blasio administration’s Citywide…
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Four Borough Pols Back Massive Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Music Fest
PHOTO: Four Queens elected officials last week threw their support behind the three-day Panorama Music Festival to be held next summer in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. File…
Cartel Leader Extradited from Mexico to Brooklyn to Face Coke-Trafficking Charges
PHOTO: Eastern District U.S. Attorney Robert Capers recently announced charges against reputed Mexican drug cartel leader Tirso Martinez-Sanchez. File Photo By Forum Staff The reputed leader…
Hip-Hop Legend Talks New Ventures and a Queens Life Written in Rhyme
PHOTO: Darryl “DMC” McDaniels (c.) chatted up Queens Library Hip-Hop Coordinator Uncle Ralph McDaniels and Library Interim President and CEO Bridget Quinn-Carey last week at the…
Administration Touts Record High Jobs Count
PHOTO: The total number of jobs in the five boroughs is now 4.24 million, the highest number in city history, according to the Economic Development Corporation. Photo…
Key Provisions of Anti-Poverty Tax Credits Gain Permanent Extension
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer recently touted the permanent extension of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Photo Courtesy of Got Credit By Forum Staff U.S….
NY Senator Urges Feds to Devise Plan to Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media
PHOTO: A week after Sen. Schumer (at podium) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the federal government to add the U.S. Terror Watch List to the…
L.I. Man Charged with Manslaughter, DWI after Flushing Collision Kills Fiance
PHOTO: An Island Park, L.I. man was allegedly drunk last Friday when he crashed his Porsche into a parked school bus on Sanford Avenue in…
Home Contractor Charged with Stealing $175K from Superstorm Sandy Victims
PHOTO: The owner of Alt Design & Construction Consulting, Inc. has been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from people whose Breezy Point homes…
Students, Foundation and Goldfeder Team Up to Send Care Packs to Troops
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder (last row, c.) joined PS 146 students and teachers in sending care packages to military personnel stationed in Afghanistan. Photo Courtesy of NYS Assembly…
Mayor’s Office Gets Low Marks from Community Groups on Communication, Responsiveness
PHOTO: The lines of communication between the Office of Mayor Bill De Blasio and community organizations are frayed, according to some borough groups. File Photo By…
‘Historic Day’ Aboard Intrepid as de Blasio Signs Law Establishing Dept. of Veterans’ Services
PHOTO: City Councilman Eric Ulrich beamed last Friday aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum as the bill he introduced and sponsored officially became…
Gangs Settling in to Some South Queens Communities
PHOTO: Police Commissioner Bill Bratton this week addressed the challenge of gang violence in the five boroughs. Photo Courtesy of NYPD An eye-opening new…
Improvements on the Way for Crowded, Oft-Delayed A/C Line: MTA
PHOTO: New York City Transit recently completed a comprehensive study of the A/C line, the longest subway line in the MTA system. Photo Courtesy of…
Richmond Hill School Celebrates ‘Reward’ Distinction
PHOTO: Public School 254 students joined parents, teachers, and administrators last Friday in celebrating the honor of being named a Reward School by the State…