Bratton Taps New NYPD Deputy After Banks Abruptly Resigns
City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton this week picked a former President Obama appointee as his first deputy commissioner—the NYPD’s second in command—after Bratton’s first choice…
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Bushwick Man Facing Life in Prison After Murder Conviction
A 50-year-old Brooklyn man was convicted last week of murder, attempted murder and other charges in the November 2010 shootings of his friend and another…
Queens Village Man Sentenced for Beating Wife to Death
A Queens Village man was sentenced last week to 16 ½ years in prison for the 2010 beating death of his wife. According to Queens…
Despite 11th-Hour Appeals, Rockaway Ferry Ceases Operation
The Rockaway Ferry, based out of Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive, made its last official run on Friday, Oct. 31st, despite the efforts…
Corona Man Charged with Sexually Abusing Girls at Military Base
A Corona man was arrested last Thursday morning by federal agents on charges that he sexually abused three girls, whose ages ranged from 12 to…
Vaughn College to Install First Female President
Call her the Pioneer President. Flushing’s Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is set this Friday to install Dr. Sharon DeVivo as its seventh president—the…
Gambino Associate Nabbed in Vegas, Indicted on ’02 Murder
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York last week heaped praise on the Queens District Attorney’s Office for its work which helped…
CB 9 District Manager Applications to be Reviewed After Deadline
The deadline to apply for Community Board 9’s district manager position is Nov. 7; and as one board member indicated to The Forum, all applications…
Mayor’s School Space Task Force Weighs-in on Overcrowding
Space issues such as chronic overcrowding, the use of mobile classrooms and problems with co-located schools, whereby charter and public schools occupy the same building,…
City Investing $150 Million in Struggling Schools
In a move that seems to further establish an educational policy philosophy that is in sharp contrast to that of the 108th mayor of the…
Addabbo Earns Another Term but GOP Takes State Senate
Cuomo cruised, but the state Senate Democrats were bruised on Tuesday night as control of the Legislature’s upper body shifted to the GOP. Incumbent Democratic…
De Blasio, Katz Appoint Two More to Queens Library Board
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last Thursday announced their latest appointees to the Queens Borough Public Library Board of Trustees….
City, Community Clean Storm Debris from Jamaica Bay
Civic and environmental groups teamed up with volunteers from city agencies last week to clean Superstorm Sandy debris from Jamaica Bay in Broad Channel. The…
Richmond Hill South Civic Hits $2 Million Coupon Mark
A couple of years ago, Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) made a promise to Margaret Finnerty, president of the Richmond Hill South Civic Association. The group…
Five JFK Workers, Baggage Handlers Steal $27,000 in Money Orders from U.S. Overseas Mail
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, together with United States Postal Inspector in Charge Philip R. Bartlett and Port Authority Police Department Chief Security Officer…