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Cuomo, de Blasio, Prendergast Come to Agreement on MTA Funding

PHOTO: Mayor de Blasio (l.) and Gov. Cuomo announced the historic funding agreement last weekend. Photo Courtesy of Kevin P. Coughlin/Gov. Cuomo’s Office How…

No Consensus on Structure, Bylaws at Airport Committee Meeting

PHOTO: Borough Hall hosted the New York Community Aviation Roundtable Tuesday night. Forum Photo by Alan Krawitz The stated mission of the New York…

Richmond Hill Community, City Leaders Honor Jack Maple at Street Co-Naming

PHOTO: Police Commissioner Bill Bratton (l. to r.), City Councilman Eric Ulrich, and Deputy Commissioner John Miller helped the Maple family on Monday as they…

Addabbo, Community Thank Service Members at Annual Veterans BBQ

PHOTO: Photo Courtesy of Sen. Addabbo’s Office Howard Beach and its neighboring communities joined state Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) last Saturday in…

A&P Files for Bankruptcy; will sell both Howard Beach Waldbaum’s

PHOTO: The bids are in to see who will take over the smaller Lindenwood location after the Cross Bay Boulevard store was sold to Stop…

High-End Trash Baskets to Help Combat Litter in District 28

PHOTO: City Councilman Ruben Wills (back row, fourth from l.) was joined this week by civic leaders and Sanitation officials in announcing targeted placement of…

Ozone Howard Battles Breast Cancer

Ozone Howard held its annual “BATTLE AGAINST BREAST CANCER” tournament over the Memorial Day weekend. Eighteen teams from Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island participated. A…

Cuomo, de Blasio Battle Over Affordable Housing Plan

Photo: Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio haven’t exactly been seeing eye to eye lately. Courtesy of Gov. Cuomo’s Office The on-again, off-again political bromance between…

Katz and QEDC to Offer Business Class

Calling all visionaries and budding entrepreneurs. Anyone interested in starting their own small business is encouraged to attend the next New Idea to New Venture…

Borough Leader Jack Friedman Dies at 55

Photo: Courtesy of the Queens Chamber of Commerce. Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and long-time borough advocate and civic leader,…

Upper Hand

Photo: This picture demonstrates, from left to right on each row, the order of hand superiority, with the top left image depicting the best hand in…

Online Poker: A Brief History

In 2007, the height of the hold ‘em poker craze, the FBI’s cybercrime fraud unit warned Americans to stay away from online poker. The year…

Liquor Store Owner Charged with Tax Fraud

An eagle-eyed, faithful Forum reader this week called to alert us to a mistake we made with a picture in a story (“Liquor Store…

Fire Marshals Arrest Suspect in 4-Alarm Woodhaven Blaze

City fire marshals on Friday arrested a suspect in connection with a four-alarm fire in Woodhaven on Wednesday night that destroyed eight homes and injured…