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…
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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….
Landmark Bill Ending Noxious Waste by Rail Emissions Signed into Law
By Forum Staff Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar and State Sen. Joe Addabbo’s bill which requires waste transported by rail…
Why Columbus Day Matters
By Joann Ariola It’s that time of year again – the time of year when we get ready to celebrate Italian-American heritage while the radical…
Flash Flooding Deluges Parts of the Five Boroughs
By Michael V. Cusenza New York City once again experienced biblical flash flooding starting from the early hours of Friday into Friday evening. Since late…
Ariola Lauds Lindenwood Cleanup Effort
City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) this week noted that some spots around Lindenwood could use some fixing up, “so we got in touch with…
CBP JFK Seize Pill Press Die Sets from China
By Forum Staff U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport recently seized 14 pill press die sets from five separate…
Mayor, Governor Announce $38M for Asylum Seeker Legal Services and Case Management
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday announced more than $38 million in new state funding to bolster the city’s…
Borough President Announces Return of Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge
By Forum Staff Coming off a successful inaugural season in which five winning local start-up companies each received $20,000 in seed funding, Queens Borough President…
Pols Push to Reduce Barriers to Health Care Access
By Forum Staff Congresswomen Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Young Kim (D-Calif.) announced on Monday that they introduced the bipartisan Health Communication Access and Resources for…
Killer Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Kareem Flake was sentenced on Thursday to 22 years in prison for killing Destini Smothers,…
NY AG Sues Fresenius Vascular Care for Subjecting Vulnerable Patients to Unnecessary Surgeries
By Forum Staff State Attorney General Tish James, Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin on Tuesday filed a complaint…