Consider all Aspects of Giving Pets as Gifts for the Holidays
By Forum Staff As the holiday season approaches, State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven) is once again urging all residents to carefully consider the impact…
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Best Friends Animal Society Offers Top 10 Safety Tips to Follow as Temps Dip
By Forum Staff Best Friends Animal Society, a leading animal welfare organization working to end the killing of cats and dogs in America’s shelters by…
Mayor Touts Progress of Severe Mental Illness Plan
By Forum Staff One year after launching a plan to support New Yorkers living with untreated severe mental illness and experiencing homelessness, Mayor Eric Adams…
Adams Expands Immigration Application Assistance Centers, Convenes Resettlement Working Group
As the City continues to manage a national asylum seeker crisis largely on its own, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday launched an expansion of the…
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison
By Forum Staff On Tuesday, in federal court in Brooklyn, Melvi Amador-Rios, a leader of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (CLS) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha,…
Adams Unveils Plan to Transition City’s Heavy-duty Fleet Vehicles to Renewable Fuel
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Dawn M. Pinnock on Wednesday outlined a plan that will make…
New Yorkers Struggle to get a Good Night’s Sleep: Report
By Forum Staff In an era of social media and constant scrolling, quality sleep has become a national concern, with 39 percent of Americans struggling…
Task Force Cuffs Alleged Ozone Park Smoke Shop Robber as Cohorts Remain on the Run
By Michael V. Cusenza A South Ozone Park man was arrested early Wednesday morning for his role in the September armed robbery of an Ozone…
Pols Respond to Mayor’s Bleak Financial Update
By Michael V. Cusenza Mayor Eric Adams last Thursday released the City of New York’s November Financial Plan Update for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). With…
MTA Completes Aqueduct Station Renovations
By Forum Staff The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently announced that transit crews completed functional and aesthetic upgrades at Aqueduct Racetrack station in Ozone Park….
Soul Food
City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) on Wednesday hosted her Thanksgiving Feast Giveaway at her Ozone Park and Rockaway district offices. The feast included a…
Community Marks 106th Pct. Medal Day
By Michael V. Cusenza South Queens community leaders, elected officials, and City Police Department brass recently recognized the bravery and courage of the men and…
Borough Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Dealing Drugs that Caused Fatal Ozone Park Overdose
By Forum Staff On Tuesday, at the federal court in Brooklyn, Vladimir Esguerra and Jonathan Betancur were sentenced by United States District Judge Eric Komitee…
Queens Jewish Community Council Marks Opening of New Office in Kew Gardens Hills
By Michael V. Cusenza The Queens Jewish Community Council, a non-political, non-partisan body for communication and action for the residents and organizations of The World’s…
St. Albans Homeowner Charged in Slaying of Tenants
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that David Daniel was charged last Wednesday with murder in the stabbing deaths of two tenants…