Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Two Cops in East Elmhurst
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz on Wednesday announced that Bernardo Raul Castro Mata has pleaded guilty to shooting Police Officer Richard Yarusso…
Pols Meet with DOT to Discuss Proposed E-Scooter Corral Locations
By Forum Staff On Friday, City Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Jamaica), State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and Assemblyman Sam Berger (D-Flushing) met with City Department…
NYC and Israel Establish Economic Council
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams and Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat on Monday signed a Declaration of Intent establishing the New…
Resiliency Paints Grim Borough Flooding Picture
By Michael V. Cusenza Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. on Monday announced the release of his Operation Urban Sustainability working group’s third annual borough…
City to Equip Bodegas with Silent Alarms
By Forum Staff Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday announced $1.6 million in funding to equip an estimated 500 bodegas across the five boroughs with “SilentShields”—buttons…
More than 80 Percent of Reported NYC Animal Cruelty Cases Involve Dogs: Report
By Forum Staff More than 80 percent of reported animal cruelty cases in New York City involved dogs, who were most often suspected to be…
A ‘Hole’ Different Neighborhood
Last weekend, cops from the 106th Precinct and members of the Department of Sanitation lead a major quality of life operation in The Hole—the tiny,…
Mayor Gushes over $115B Fiscal Plan, Dubs it ‘Best Budget Ever’
By Michael V. Cusenza While in Bayside on Thursday, just a stone’s throw from Citi Field, Mayor Eric Adams swung out of his shoes for…
South Queens Residents Learn how to Cope with Stress at Workshop
By Forum Staff State Sen. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Woodhaven) last week hosted an interactive stress-relief workshop in Richmond Hill. The symposium featured experts from Northwell…
Jamaica Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Vicious Triple Homicide
By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday that Travis Blake was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole…
Baltimore Man Charged in Second Superseding Indictment for 2024 Bayside Murder
By Forum Staff On Friday, a seven-count second superseding indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Jalon Lenny Garrett, also known as “Lips,”…
Five Members of Notorious Drug-Trafficking Ring Indicted
By Forum Staff Five members and associates of a Long Island-based drug trafficking organization known as “No Budget” were charged on Thursday with conspiring to…
City Aims to Help Wipe out $360M in Student Loan Debt for 100K Public Servants
By Forum Staff The City on Monday announced a new effort to help more than 100,000 public servants enroll in the federal government’s Public Service…
Broad Channel’s Call-A-Head Burns Down in Massive Blaze
By Michael V. Cusenza A mighty two-alarm fire on Sunday at the base of Call-A-Head in Broad Channel injured a civilian and a firefighter while…