Goldfeder Plans to Create New Flood Insurance Association
An area elected official last weekend announced that, in an effort to give vulnerable homeowners a choice, he will introduce new state legislation creating an…
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Schumer to FEMA: Flood Insurance Settlements Must Apply to All Policy Holders
United States Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand this week called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure that all impacted Superstorm Sandy flood…
Vigorous Fitness: You Bring the Vim
For some time now, the boutique business revolution has been surging throughout the United States, as a result of upscale demands being made by savvy…
Mayor Signs Laws Improving Storm Emergency Preparedness
Mayor Bill de Blasio this week signed into law two bills that he said will improve the city’s coastal storm emergency preparedness. Introduction 519-A requires…
Assembly passes NY Dream Act; Senate Approval Uncertain
The Assembly last week passed a bill that would grant college financial aid to immigrants living in the country illegally. But the NY Dream…
Addabbo Turns Attention to Woodhaven Ambulance Corps Building Troubles
State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) this week told The Forum that the fight for the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps building continues. Earlier…
Woman Burned in Fire Incident at Ozone Park Temple
A woman last Sunday was rushed to the hospital after her clothes caught fire inside an Ozone Park Hindu temple, according to the Fire Department…
Concession Robber Convicted, Faces up to 25 Years
A 23-year-old Queens man has been convicted after a jury trial of robbing a Rockaway boardwalk concession at gunpoint in September 2013, after having worked…
Council Passes Veterans Advisory Board Legislation
The City Council Committee on Veterans Affairs last week trumpeted the passage of three pieces of legislation that will reform the Veterans Advisory Board and…
Teacher Admits Abusing Boys, Ducks Jail Time
A former public school computer teacher last week pleaded guilty to charges involving the sexual abuse of four young boys in his classroom on multiple…
Katz Adamant to Get Students Out of Trailers, End Overcrowding: Largest NYC elementary school expands capacity
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, in January’s State of the Borough address, was firm in outlining a plan to reduce overcrowding in Queens schools. Calling…
102nd Precinct Sees Spike in Shootings, Killings
A south Queens police precinct this week was branded by NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton as one of a handful of city commands in which the…
Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Stray-Bullet Shooting
A Far Rockaway man last Friday was sentenced to 10 years in prison for recklessly firing a gun outside of an apartment complex and wounding…
Borough President Calls on CB 9 to Postpone DM Search; ‘Potential Issues’ with Candidate and Selection Process: Katz
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz this week advised the chairman of Community Board 9 to postpone the district manager selection process until after April 1….
Communities Present Priorities to Borough Board at Budget Hearing
Community board officials, agencies, advocates and civic groups on Monday morning brought their budget needs and wants for Fiscal Year 2016—more cops at certain precincts,…