Cameras Catching Illegal Dumpers in the Act: DSNY
In the last 10 weeks alone, the City Sanitation Department has installed 122 cameras across the five boroughs to catch illegal dumpers in the act….
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Op-Ed: Passing Bills that Support You, Your Families and Our State
By Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato The 2023 New York State Legislative Session has come to a close. This year the Legislature passed a wide array…
Borough President Touts Nearly $17M in Funding for Queens Parks, Libraries
By Forum Staff Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. Wednesday announced capital allocations of $10 million for Queens parks and more than $6.9 million for…
Adams Announces Historic Progress Moving New Yorkers from Shelter to Permanent Housing
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Molly Wasow Park on Tuesday provided an update on…
City Announces Lawsuit against Companies Illegally Selling Disposable Flavored E-Cigarettes
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Corporation Counsel Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix on Monday announced that the City is filing a federal…
Adams Signs Legislation Bringing Financial Literacy to City Youth Programs
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday signed Intro. 54-A into law, amending the City’s administrative code to allow financial empowerment education in Department…
Independence Day is a Howard Beach Bash
By Michael V. Cusenza Howard Beach on Tuesday, the 4th of July, seemingly turned back the clock to the South Queens enclave’s legendary Independence Day…
Notorious Pot Shop Shuttered
By Michael V. Cusenza An area pol, police, and the people worked together to help permanently shutter an illegal pot shop in Richmond Hill that…
Manhattan Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping in 2020 South Richmond Hill Home Invasion
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Tex Ortiz pleaded guilty on Friday to kidnapping for his role in a November 2020…
Cars Keep Idling along Expressway
You will know them by their flashing hazard lights. One of South Queens most incessant issues—a thorn in the side of several law enforcement agencies…
Man Gets 11 Years for Robbery Spree
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Reginald Williams was sentenced on Friday to more than a decade in prison for his…
Mayor, City Council Reach Agreement on Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan, and members of the council on Thursday announced an…
‘Clean City Alliance’ to Provide Sidewalk Cleaning to High-Traffic Commercial Corridors
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams, the City Department of Sanitation, and the Sanitation Foundation (DSNY’s official nonprofit) announced a major new philanthropic undertaking focused…
DOT Initiative to Cut Down on Package Thefts, Reduce Impacts of Truck Deliveries
By Forum Staff City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Friday announced that the agency will launch LockerNYC, a pilot program this summer to…
Glen Oaks Man Charged with Approaching Young Girls for Explicit Photos, Sex Acts
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday that James Villarruel has been arrested after allegedly paying a 14-year-old girl to perform…