MTA Leadership and Police Chiefs View Safety Protocols in the Transit System
By Forum Staff Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber on Friday joined MTA Chief Safety and Security Officer Patrick Warren, MTA Police…
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L.I. Man Charged with Kidnapping, Unlawful Imprisonment of Girlfriend
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Herman Brightman was charged today with threatening to kill his girlfriend with a knife, binding…
Borough Man Charged with Operating Sex-Trafficking Ring in Brooklyn
By Forum Staff An indictment was unsealed on Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court charging Queens resident Douglas Welch, also known as “Paradise,” with sex trafficking…
Howard Beach Marks Columbus Day with Cross Bay Boulevard Celebration
By Michael V. Cusenza City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) on Sunday partnered with the Howard Beach Columbus Day Foundation to bring a Columbus Day…
Pol Launches Overhaul of Richmond Hill Trestle
By Forum Staff For decades, the 0.3-mile stretch that constitutes the Babbage & Bessemer Street train trestle from 84th Avenue to Hillside Avenue in Richmond…
Street Safety Measures Set to Take Hold in Howard Beach
PS/MS 207 students, staff, and parents this week marked the arrival of long-awaited street safety signage near the Rockwood Park school. “For safer crossings, our…
Pols Urge State Department to Help Bring Back Americans Seeking to Return from Israel
By Forum Staff On Tuesday, U. S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-Brooklyn, Staten Island) led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State…
Pols Rally around Israel
By Michael V. Cusenza Borough, city, and state representatives this week commented on the terrorist attacks on Israel. “Prayed for Israel at the Howard Beach…
Mobile Sports Betting Adds to State Revenue, But Calls to Problem Gambling Hotline Rise: Report
By Forum Staff State collections from the taxes on mobile sports betting totaled $727.4 million in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-2023 and have continued to…
City Correction Officer Charged with Salary and Overtime Fraud
By Forum Staff A criminal complaint was recently unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging City Department of Correction (DOC) officer James Internicola with federal…
Two Borough Residents Plead Guilty to Multiple Fraud Schemes
By Forum Staff Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, recently announced the guilty pleas of Nerik Ilyayev and…
MTA Avoided a Fiscal Crisis, now it has to Convince Riders to Come Back: DiNapoli
By Forum Staff In a turnaround from the fiscal crisis it faced a year ago, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority today stands on firmer financial ground,…
City Unveils Strategy to Containerize Trash at Nearly all Residential Buildings
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and City Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Wednesday opened up a new front in the Adams administration’s…
Cybercrime in New York Rises 53 Percent: Report
By Forum Staff Cyberattacks in New York State increased 53 percent between 2016 and 2022, jumping from 16,426 incidents in 2016 to 25,112 in 2022….
Santos Facing New 23-Count Superseding Indictment
By Forum Staff A 23-count superseding indictment was filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging U.S….